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| 1.Mozart - Don Giovanni / Maazel, Raimondi, Te Kanawa, Paris Opera starring: Ruggero Raimondi, John Macurdy, Edda Moser, Kiri Te Kanawa, Kenneth Riegel directed by: Joseph Losey February 26, 2002 |
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| Although the colors are a bid faded, this is a beautifully shot movie. The scenery is very pleasing, and the acting is superb. The real downfall of the film is the sound. It's as if they were singing into tin cans to burn the sound onto records. At times, it's almost acceptable, then something happens and it's horrible again. This really is a pity, because with good sound this would truly be an excellent, cinematic opera production. |
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| 2.The Making of West Side Story - Leonard Bernstein starring: Leonard Bernstein, Kiri Te Kanawa, Josep Carreras, Tatiana Troyanos, Kurt Ollmann directed by: Christopher Swann August 09, 2005 |
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| I just watched this on a Lufthansa flight to Frankfurt and was mesmerized. Wonderful to see a wilder side to Lennie, to listen to the heart melting songs, to see Jose struggle with the rapid fire English lyrics and the thrilling orchestra. I rarely buy DVDs given how easy it is to rent or download these days but I bought this one. |
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| 3.Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro / Te Kanawa, Cotrubas, von Stade, Luxon, Skram, Fryatt; Pritchard, Glyndebourne Opera starring: Kiri te Kanawa, Ileana Cotrubas, Frederica von Stade, John Pritchard, Benjamin Luxon September 21, 2004 |
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| As Cherubion, Frederica Von Stade made tingles race up my spine when she sang Voi che sapete che cosa. This to me is what opera is about- timeless beauty, energy, and dramatic human emotion.
This is the first time I have heard Kiri Te Kanawa, she was divine. The energy and connection between The Countess and Susanna was delightful. Ileana Cotrubas as Susanna was fantastic; she brought a sense of playful, mischievous fun to the role. Ileana made her character feel real for me. Her timing was perfect. ... Read More: |
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| 4.Mozart - Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) starring: Hermann Prey, Mirella Freni, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Kiri Te Kanawa, Maria Ewing directed by: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle June 14, 2005 |
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| A strange mix of beautifully performed music and a director's view trying to create a burlesque atmosphere where it does not belong. Conducted by the great classicist conductor and Mozart specialist Karl Bohm and sung by an excellent cast (with some pluses and minuses, of course), this production is worth collecting if you are willing to ignore some of the director's visualizing solutions.
Leading the cast is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, as always bringing a very nuanced and sophisticated interpretation of ... Read More: |
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| 5.Richard Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier / Te Kanawa, Howells, Haugland, Bonney, Solti, Schlesinger (The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden) starring: Kiri Te Kanawa, Aage Haugland, Anne Howells, Barbara Bonney, Georg Solti directed by: Brian Large, John Schlesinger January 13, 2004 |
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| If you're looking for one video ROSENKAVALIER I bet this is the one. (Unless you're a die-hard Eliz. Schwarzkopf groupie.) It's very unusual to get a cast like this with four born-for-their-parts singing actors and zero weaknesses. ALL the minor actors reward close observation. Valzacchi and Anina are as interesting in their way as the principals. (Valzacchi is played by the British celebrity tenor Robert Tear.) Watch the Italian Singer's pantomime argument with his accompanist and his vocal competition with Ochs. The ... Read More: |
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| 6.Johann Strauss - Die Fledermaus / Domingo, Te Kanawa, Prey, Royal Opera Covent Garden starring: Kiri Te Kanawa, Hermann Prey, Dennis O'Neill (II), Hildegard Heichele, Paul Crook directed by: Humphrey Burton October 14, 2003 |
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| Although the performance dates from the 1980s the DVD is visually and technically quite satisfactory. The DVD I ordered suffered from two or three brief interruptions. It was a gift to a relative and I wasn't able to determine whether the problem was with the disc or the player. The performances were all first-rate. Domingo took the orchestra at a very fast clip in the more "technical" portions of the Overture, but it was musically still quite appropriate. I particularly enjoyed the occasions where the spoken dialog switched ... Read More: |
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| 7.Puccini - Manon Lescaut / Sinopoli, Domingo, Te Kanawa, Allen, Royal Opera Covent Garden starring: Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo, Thomas Allen, Forbes Robinson, Robin Leggate directed by: Brian Large November 18, 2003 |
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| "Manon is a heroine I believe in and therefore she cannot fail to win the hearts of the public. A woman like Manon can have more than one lover."--Puccini.
Puccini's third opera Manon Lescaut (1893) was his first great success, and hints at his three great compositions to come: La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900), and Madama Butterfly (1904). I experienced a live HD simulcast performance of Puccini's opera from The NYC Metropolitan Opera yesterday, with soprano Karita Mattila and tenor Marcello Giordani in the title roles, and conducted ... Read More: |
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| 8.Mozart Opera Glyndebourne Collection: Cosi fan Tutte, Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Entfuhhrung aus dem Serail, Idomeneo, Die Zauberflote (6 DVDs) starring: Kiri te Kanawa, Frederica von Stade, Felicity Lott, Valerie Masterson, Bernard Haitink January 17, 2006 |
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| Save your money. I believed the other reviews here and bought this, trusting that this was a good collection; what a mistake that was. All of the operas are recorded from 1970-1980, and the sound quality is HORRIBLE. Maybe I've just been spoiled by contemporary recordings, but this is pretty bad. I found myself snoozing through two of my favourite operas, Don Giovanni and The Magic Flute, which I absolutely LOVE. These recordings just aren't anywhere near up to par with others that are available. I haven't watched all of them yet (and I probably won't), ... Read More: |
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| 9.Metropolitan Opera Gala - James Levine's 25th Anniversary starring: Renee Fleming, Deborah Voigt, Karita Mattila, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson November 22, 2005 |
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| This is a magnificent presentation, so many artists and such terrific performances from all of them, the pity of it is that there have been so many other fabulous performances that have been left out, I have the original VCR issue and there are far more arias and duets than there are on the two DVD's, the magnificent aria from Jessye Norman is missing and so is Alfredo Kraus's fantastic rendition of Pourquoi me reveiller among others. I would prefer to pay a bit extra for a 3 DVD set to get the missing items. The original concert went for something like 6 hours, why ... Read More: |
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| 10.Puccini Gold starring: Giacomo Puccini, Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Bryn Terfel May 13, 2008 |
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| This is a magnificent presentation, so many artists and such terrific performances from all of them, the pity of it is that there have been so many other fabulous performances that have been left out, I have the original VCR issue and there are far more arias and duets than there are on the two DVD's, the magnificent aria from Jessye Norman is missing and so is Alfredo Kraus's fantastic rendition of Pourquoi me reveiller among others. I would prefer to pay a bit extra for a 3 DVD set to get the missing items. The original concert went for something like 6 hours, why ... Read More: |
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