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DVD : Poulenc - Dialogues des Carmelites
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Poulenc - Dialogues des Carmelites starring: Dagmar Schellenberger, Laura Aiken, Anja Silja, Barbara Dever, Riccardo Muti directed by: Robert Carsen List Price: $32.98 CD-Charts Price: $29.99 You Save: $2.99 ( 9%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0824121002312 Format: Digital Sound, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: Tdk DVD Video Manufacturer: Tdk DVD Video Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Tdk DVD Video Release Date: August 28, 2007 Running Time: 149 minutes Studio: Tdk DVD Video Theatrical Release Date: 2004 Sales Rank: 63881 MPN: OPDDC Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A great musical and theatrical treatAfter the last guillotine comes down, there is silence... What else can be said, sung or shown? The last scene is a work of art by itself. The music and the human emotions go hand in hand in this opera. Poulenc did an incredible job of portraying real human emotions and devotion into words and music. A 20th century opera that doesn't sound or look like one. The music flows easy, the words fit the music (a la Debussy) and the emotions and psychology of the characters are there for everyone to see and hear. I strongly recommended it in particular to those who are looking to add somehting different to the repertoire of traditional operas. Rating:  - Get the Arthaus productionI usually tend to agree with Scott Morrison's reviews. However, this time I only partially agree with him. Yes, "Dialogues of the Carmelites is one of the greatest Twentieth Century operas. Yes the minimalist set is stunningly effective, as is the lighting and the choreography of the nuns. And yes, it is a very good production on stage; although I do hate it when there is a scene change and suddenly from the relatively dim lighting on stage one gets a bright full shot of the orchestra and then a close-up on Mr. Muti. This is jarring and grossly interferes with the atmosphere and momentum of the piece. But Dr. Morrison must not have seen the other DVD of "Dialogues" by Opera national du Rhin (1999) on Arthaus. I suspect that ... Read More: Rating: - Moving, stunningly staged and performed 'Dialogues des Carmélites' There are two operas which always leave me in tears at the end: La Bohème and Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmèlites. And surely Dialogues has the most effective final coup de théâtre of any in the repertoire. I have never seen or heard a bad production of it. This DVD of the 2004 production from La Scala is no exception. It is simply magnificent. Begin with the performance by Anja Silja as the old and ailing Madame de Croissy, whose death in Act I sets the plot in motion. Silja was 64 when she sang in this production and her acting, as always, is riveting. Even the threadbare quality of her voice is apt for the dying prioress. She is surrounded by singers who are also marvelous. Although I'd only ever heard of one of them -- Dagmar Schellenberger ... Read More: |
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