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DVD : Strauss: Arabella
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Strauss: Arabella starring: Renee Fleming, Morten Frank Larsen, Julia Kleiter, Johan Weigel, Zurich Opera House Chorus & Orchestra directed by: Gotz Friedrich List Price: $29.98 CD-Charts Price: $19.97 You Save: $10.01 (33%)Prices subject to change. |
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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0044007432631 Format: AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Surround Sound, Widescreen Label: Decca U.S. Manufacturer: Decca U.S. Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Decca U.S. Release Date: July 08, 2008 Running Time: 180 minutes Studio: Decca U.S. Theatrical Release Date: 2008 Sales Rank: 14551 MPN: 001138009 Related Items:
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Editorial Review: Product Description: The first DVD of Renée Fleming The definitive Strauss interpreter of our time (Chicago Sun-Times) in one of her greatest roles. Filmed in HD (High Definition) Widescreen. Production by the venerable opera director Götz Friedrich Among the most powerful creative influences on opera in recent times (Telegraph, London). Subtitles available: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Three "BEST" Arabellas"Fleming seems born to be Arabella. Her conversational style here suits Strauss.She illuminats this opera on a par with two others, Te Kanawa at the Met and Janowitz in Vienna. All three of these dvds are equally good and bring insights into this opera. Amazed by other reviewers who criticized the singing, I would not want any one fond of Arabella to miss this performance . The singing is better than 5 star. (except Sen Guo's Faikermilli who understandably is not up to that of Guberova or Dessay on the other dvds). As an compelling inducement to watch this dvd, the Mandryka of Morten Frank Larson reaches beyond the best ever to extraordinary. If you have come to think that good male voices are in short supply these days, the ... Read More: Rating:  - FLEMING AT HER BEST!This is an absolutely wonderful display of vocal and dramatic sensitive by Renee. The production is not my favorite and I do not really care for the costume concept but Renee's singing is so glorious that one is caught in this stunning vocal spectatcle.She captures all the nuances and intricacies of the role.Fleming has proven to be one of the best middle voice Strauss interpreters of our time. Rating: - FabulousThis version of Arabella is fabulous. If you love Renee you must add this to your collection. Her singing is unbelievable and her tone is spellbinding Rating:  - Sisters are doin' it for themselves...As a young music major, my initial attraction to Strauss and to opera in general was through the Solti "Elektra," which thrilled me and stirred my imagination like no other vocal work. I must have worn out the LP copy in the music library at Carson-Newman College, overachieving in drop-the-needle test preparation. My other revelations were the Ormandy-Bach 'St. John Passion' and the incidental music from Hindemith's "Mathis der Maler." In the following years I've jonesed on countless Salomes and Ariadnes and stretches of the Kleiber "Rosenkavalier," as well as the Hockney "FroSch" from L.A. But, now in my September years, I've come to treasure the sentiments in the final collaboration of Strauss and von Hofmannsthal, the opera "Arabella." ... Read More: Rating:  - Dissaponiting ArabellaJulia Kleita is absolutely great in the role of Zdenka both for her acting and her singing/character. Flemming on the other hand brings nothing in the way of style to this great score. Where are the vocal colorings and that special Vienna style? And she's clumsy looking in that modern(!??) production. She (Flemming) is beautiful but for me it's all about the music. There's no better Arabella in the last 10 or 15 years than Kiri Te Kanawa. You can see it on video with a superb cast in a super production. Here's a big production that never losses the essence of Strauss' intimate play. And if we're all lucky we will eventually see the Lisa Della Casa/Fischer-Dieskau from the 1950s, (While we wait you can catch a glimps on You Tube). |
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