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DVD : Gaetano Donizetti - La Fille du regiment / Dessay, Florez, Palmer, Corbelli, French, Campanella, Pelly (Royal Opera House 2007)
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Rating: 
- Delicious
Desssay and Florez are wonderful together -- one of the best pairings in recent memory.
Rating: - Cast of a lifetime
Natalie Dessay is the best operatic comedienne I have ever seen! Both she and Florez are the very best vocally and physically. They both sing this difficult music as if it were easy. VERY highly recommended.
Rating: - Delightful
Dessay and Florez were at there best. A delightful entertaining opera for the family.
Rating: - An energetic and amazing tour de force
As another reviewer has noted, this Covent Garden production was recently (spring 2008) performed at the Met in New York. I had the pleasure of seeing that production via the Met's closed circuit HD broadcasts.
While I am on that subject, I congratulate and thank the Met for those broadcasts. While not quite the same as being in Lincoln Center for the live performance, it is the next best thing. Those of you who are opera lovers and have not yet discovered or attended those broadcasts should buy your tickets for the 2008-09 season.
Natalie Dessay is a petit French soprano whose acting ability, especially in this comic opera, and whose energy level, matches her excellent musicianship and beautiful voice. Juan Diego Florez, a Peruvian tenor with a light lyric yet powerful voice, matches her perfectly. Alessandro Corbelli is superb as the Sergeant protector. A special treat is the speaking role of Felicity Palmer.
Unfortunately I have not yet seen the Teatro Carlo Felice production reviewer Toni Bernhard referred to in an excellent write-up. But I have seen Natalie Dessay live in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met and can tell you that she is an outstanding actress and made the famous "mad scene" totally convincing.
Florez is well launched on a successful career in comic opera that I believe will see him grow into true stardom in the years to come.
All in all a very worthy opera DVD.
Rating: - Dessay and Florez are Spectacular
For singers, especially, this is a spectacular and exciting event. Seen on the Giant Cinemark screen it was excellent, but scrutiny at one's leisure of the quality and talent of these two artists was breathtaking. Actually, it wasn't just these two artists. The Orchestra was spectacular with not a weak spot in the entire opera, crisp, clean execution, and magnificent musicality. The support singers were also better than you can imagine. I was unfamiliar with this opera until I saw this production, and can't for the life of me imagine anything more thrilling! Staging and comedy were not forced, but naturally good humored and beautifully timed. I bought this and have watched it several times. It is one of the most inspiring performances I've ever scene. You'll LOVE it!
- DeliciousDesssay and Florez are wonderful together -- one of the best pairings in recent memory.
Rating:
- Cast of a lifetimeNatalie Dessay is the best operatic comedienne I have ever seen! Both she and Florez are the very best vocally and physically. They both sing this difficult music as if it were easy. VERY highly recommended.
Rating:
- DelightfulDessay and Florez were at there best. A delightful entertaining opera for the family.
Rating:
- An energetic and amazing tour de forceAs another reviewer has noted, this Covent Garden production was recently (spring 2008) performed at the Met in New York. I had the pleasure of seeing that production via the Met's closed circuit HD broadcasts.
While I am on that subject, I congratulate and thank the Met for those broadcasts. While not quite the same as being in Lincoln Center for the live performance, it is the next best thing. Those of you who are opera lovers and have not yet discovered or attended those broadcasts should buy your tickets for the 2008-09 season.
Natalie Dessay is a petit French soprano whose acting ability, especially in this comic opera, and whose energy level, matches her excellent musicianship and beautiful voice. Juan Diego Florez, a Peruvian tenor with a light lyric yet powerful voice, matches her perfectly. Alessandro Corbelli is superb as the Sergeant protector. A special treat is the speaking role of Felicity Palmer.
Unfortunately I have not yet seen the Teatro Carlo Felice production reviewer Toni Bernhard referred to in an excellent write-up. But I have seen Natalie Dessay live in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met and can tell you that she is an outstanding actress and made the famous "mad scene" totally convincing.
Florez is well launched on a successful career in comic opera that I believe will see him grow into true stardom in the years to come.
All in all a very worthy opera DVD.
Rating:
- Dessay and Florez are SpectacularFor singers, especially, this is a spectacular and exciting event. Seen on the Giant Cinemark screen it was excellent, but scrutiny at one's leisure of the quality and talent of these two artists was breathtaking. Actually, it wasn't just these two artists. The Orchestra was spectacular with not a weak spot in the entire opera, crisp, clean execution, and magnificent musicality. The support singers were also better than you can imagine. I was unfamiliar with this opera until I saw this production, and can't for the life of me imagine anything more thrilling! Staging and comedy were not forced, but naturally good humored and beautifully timed. I bought this and have watched it several times. It is one of the most inspiring performances I've ever scene. You'll LOVE it!