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Kalman - Grafin Mariza

starring: Dagmar Schellenberger, Nikolai Schukoff, Harald Serafin, Rudolf Bibl, Mirjana Irosch

Release Date September 25, 2007
Ottima registrazione. Forse un po' troppo marcata la parte "comica", ma cantanti e orchestra sono ottimi.
Peccato sia l'unico DVD di questa operetta!

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Lehar - Die Lustige Witwe / Schellenberger, Gilfry, Beczala, Gfrerer, Prikopa, Hartmann, Welser-Most, Zurich Opera

starring: Rodney Gilfry, Dagmar Schellenberger, Piotr Beczala

Release Date July 19, 2005
No need for me to provide additional information about this DVD. I am simply confirming the judgment of the two reviews displayed to date:this is a handsome production, bright and scintillating to the eye, with both singing and acting admirably designed to induce one to join the widow and her merry men and women.
In other words, we have here a traditional staging of a lighthearted trifle by a company of skilled craftspeople who successfully accomplish their objective of giving us a good time without contemplation of the realities of Europe then or now.

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Poulenc - Dialogues des Carmelites

starring: Dagmar Schellenberger, Laura Aiken, Anja Silja, Barbara Dever, Riccardo Muti
directed by: Robert Carsen

Release Date August 28, 2007
After 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.