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Mozart - Don Giovanni / Alvarez, Pieczonka, Antonacci, Kirchschlager, d'Arcangelo, Schade, Regazzo, Selig, Muti, Vienna Opera

starring: Anna Caterina Antonacci, Adrianne Pieczonka, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo, Riccardo Muti, Angelika Kirchschlager

Release Date June 21, 2005
This is a beautiful version of Don Giovanni with a very attractive and
talented cast of singers. Ildebrando D'Arcangelo is such a charming and
wonderful singer. Anna Caterina Antonacci is magnificent, as always.
She makes a strong and sympathetic Donna Elvira. Kirchshlager is
outstanding. Carlos Alvarez, as Don Giovanni, is quite believable!
It may not be "operatically correct" to say so, but he is Sexy!
A fabulous singer, a wonderful actor, and really handsome!
Many a soprano or mezzo would find this Don Giovanni hard to resist.
Also, I personally found the costume changes interesting and
fun. I don't know what all the fuss was about. Opera is entertainment,
and having different ... Read More:

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Mozart - Don Giovanni / Kreizberg, Cachemaille, Martinpelto, Page, Ainsley, Pieczonka, Banse, Glyndebourne

starring: Gilles Cachemaille, Steven Page (II), Hillevi Martinpelto, Adrianne Pieczonka, John Mark Ainsley
directed by: Derek Bailey

Release Date January 13, 2004
Glad to have bought. The only thing I wasn't aware about was the setting up scene, it is too modern for Don Giovanni's time. Anyway not bad.

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Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier

starring: Adrianne Pieczonka, Angelika Kirchschlager, Miah Persson, Franz Hawlata, Franz Grundheber
directed by: Robert Carsen

Release Date October 31, 2006
What to make of this production of "Rosenkavalier"...I bought it a couple of years ago, watched it once, and promptly gave it away. This was a most depressing treatment of a beloved opera I have yet seen. I don't mind modern "takes" on old classics, but this was just disheartening. The producers looked like they spent a good deal of money in the sets--particularly the spectacularly oversized first act where you got to see not only the Marschallin's bedroom, but the antechamber as well as the private room from which Ochs entered. However the bedroom soon became an eyesore since it was dominated by this deep red that just swallowed everything (maybe I am exaggerating but that's what I remember the most). The second act was more interesting, but it was set in what ... Read More:

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Don Giovanni [Region 2]

starring: Gilles Cachemaille, Steven Page (II), Hillevi Martinpelto, Adrianne Pieczonka, John Mark Ainsley
directed by: Derek Bailey

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Glad to have bought. The only thing I wasn't aware about was the setting up scene, it is too modern for Don Giovanni's time. Anyway not bad.