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| 1.Mozart - Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) / Haitink, Finley, Hagley, Fleming, Glyndebourne Festival Opera starring: Gerald Finley, Alison Hagley, Renée Fleming, Andreas Schmidt, Mandred Röhrl directed by: Derek Bailey September 16, 2003 |
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| Overall, very appealing. Bright, sharp visuals; full crisp sound; mostly good cast. Weaknesses, surprisingly, is Rene Fleming at the time who was about 30 pounds overweight and who's voice as yet had no dynamics. Also, staging a bit crude and minimalist. Also, not widescreen. So, better than many but not quite satisfying. |
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| 2.La Bayadere - The Royal Ballet starring: Altyani Asylmuratova, Darcey Bussell, Anthony Dowell, Irek Mukhamedov, The Royal Ballet directed by: Natalya Makarova, Derek Bailey November 21, 2006 |
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| IF YOU WANT A COPY OF THIS BALLET, I RECCOMMEND THE PARIS BALLET OR THE KIROV |
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| 3.Verdi - La Traviata / Gruberova, Shicoff, Zancanaro, Rizzi, La Fenice starring: Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff, Giorgio Zancanaro, Mariana Pentcheva, Antonella Trevisan directed by: Derek Bailey April 26, 2005 |
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| Perfect! Gruberova sings her precious heart out with control and conviction. Her agility is astounding. Shicoff is a sweatheat and I fell in love with him as Alfredo. His pain and joys are clearly felt and alomst unbearable. He is strong yet senstive. Their acting is superb, every jesture is meaningfull and beautiful. This DVD haunts me in the best possible way! |
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| 4.Richard Strauss - Salome / Peter Hall · Edward Downes · Maria Ewing, · ROH Covent Garden starring: Maria Ewing, Michael Devlin (II), Kenneth Riegel, Gillian Knight, Robin Leggate directed by: Derek Bailey November 20, 2001 |
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| I am not really a fan of Strauss operas. They are too dark and ponderous for my taste. But I have treasured an old vinyl record of his "Dance of the Seven Veils' on one side, and 'Although Sprach Zarathustra' on the other. When I found this version of 'Salome' by Maria Ewing, I immediately ordered it, since she is fantastic in 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia'. She is excellent in 'Salome' also. Of course, I was astounded to see her nude ending of 'Dance of the seven veils'. |
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| 5.Janacek - Jenufa / Davis, Alexander, Silja, Glyndebourne Opera starring: Roberta Alexander, Anja Silja, Menai Davies, Philip Langridge, Mark Baker (II) directed by: Derek Bailey June 11, 2002 |
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| There are two DVDs available of Jenufa, and this is slightly the better choice for musical reason. Neither production satisfies my conception of this great and moving opera. Both are somewhat dramatically turgid. The flaws of this production are chiefly visual and acoustical, as pointed out by other reviewers. It really is a problem, on a DVD movie scale, that Roberta Alexander simply doesn't "look the part" though she acts with conviction; in an opera house, the same production would be sublime.
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| 6.Verdi - Aida / Maazel, Chiara, Pavarotti, La Scala starring: Paata Burchuladze, Luciano Pavarotti, Ghena Dimitrova, Maria Chiara, Nicolai Ghiaurov directed by: Derek Bailey December 14, 1999 |
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1. If you know the opera very well and can handle the Italian, tough. There's no way to get Italian subtitles (on either the PAL or the NTSC version). 2. The "grand march" (musically intended to be the most magical moment of this opera) was inanely choreographed. According to the libretto, they're supposed to be bringing in "the spoils of war," as they dance to the music. Instead we have a bunch of guys dragging giant statues around the stage with ropes. The famous "Dance of the Moorish Slaves" was also ineptly ... Read More: |
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| 7.Janacek - Kat'a Kabanova / Davis, Gustafson, Palmer, Glyndebourne Opera starring: Barry McCauley, Felicity Palmer, Ryland Davies, Nancy Gustafson, John Graham-Hall directed by: Derek Bailey March 26, 2002 |
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| On the DVD the orchestra is really there. I liked the production, and the cast sang and acted well. Perhaps the sound was remixed for the DVD as I could not understand the negative reviews given this production. |
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| 8.Mozart - Mitridate, re di Ponto / Daniels, Ford, Kowalski, Royal Opera starring: Bruce Ford, Ann Murray, Jochen Kowalski, Luba Orgonasova, Lillian Watson directed by: Derek Bailey March 26, 2002 |
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| Amadeus means "loved by God." Only a genius loved by God could write and orchestrate like this and only be 14 years old. Sure it's the old opera seria style yet Mozart even at 14 expands the boundaries of this convention. I love this opera with this cast. Ford, Murray, Orgonasova and all sing wonderfully. The sets are fair the costumes are ridiculous but, who cares with singing and conducting like this. I'd rather have this then some recent euro trash I've just seen live! Don't miss any of a favorite soprano's (Orgonasova) other recordings. She's GREAT! What a ... Read More: |
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| 9.Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Maazel, Hayashi, Kim, Dvorsky, Teatro Alla Scala starring: Yasuko Hayashi, Hack-Nam Kim, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Peter Dvorsky (II), Giorgio Zancanaro directed by: Derek Bailey December 11, 2001 |
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| Here we have yet another Asian Madama Butterfly, with Yasuko Hayashi in the title role and Hak-Nam Kim as Suzuki. Peter Dvorsky's Pinkerton is a little brash, but then he is no prince charming. Giorgio Zancanaro is superb as Sharpless, this man has one of the best baritone voices on the planet. This production from La Scala is of the traditional Kabuki theatre style of Japan. Who better to stage an opera set in Japan, than the Japanese. For those who are not familiar with Kabuki, the basic rules are thus: Any persons dressed in black are NOT actually there. Your minds eye is not ... Read More: |
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| 10.Verdi / Pavarotti / Chiara / Dimitrova / Ghiaurov / Pons - Aida (1985) directed by: Derek Bailey 2008 |
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| Here we have yet another Asian Madama Butterfly, with Yasuko Hayashi in the title role and Hak-Nam Kim as Suzuki. Peter Dvorsky's Pinkerton is a little brash, but then he is no prince charming. Giorgio Zancanaro is superb as Sharpless, this man has one of the best baritone voices on the planet. This production from La Scala is of the traditional Kabuki theatre style of Japan. Who better to stage an opera set in Japan, than the Japanese. For those who are not familiar with Kabuki, the basic rules are thus: Any persons dressed in black are NOT actually there. Your minds eye is not ... Read More: |
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