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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1Binding: DVD EAN: 0807280032994 Format: Classical, NTSC Label: Arthaus Musik Languages: Manufacturer: Arthaus Musik MPN: 100329 Number Of Discs: 2 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Arthaus Musik Region Code: 1 Release Date: June 18, 2002 Running Time: 187 minutes Studio: Arthaus Musik Theatrical Release Date: 2001 Average Rating:
 Rating: - Excellent all aroundI have only one beef with this performance: instead of a statue, the Commendatore's gravestone is a large black abstract sculpture, and during the dinner scene DonG tries to feed a small replica of it (actually wipes its "mouth" with a napkin). Also in the first scene Matti Salminen shakes his buttocks at the audience in a completely inappropriate way. Other than that it's great. Rating:  - Director versus LibrettistI purchased this DVD on the strength of the opinion of one of Amazon's most active reviewers. However, for once his evaluation let me down. When I see Harnoncourt listed as conductor I am assured that his tempi will be erratic...but usually not better. The sets (when there are any) are pretty awful. The last half of the opera takes place in front of an unidentifiable structure that looks for all the world as if they simply set fire to the set from a previous show and left it on the stage. Read More Rating:  - Pleasurable Don GiovanniThis is a thrilling performance. It is deeply attractive on a number of levels, of which I would stress just one--the stage (and screen) presence of the central male duo: Rodney Gilfry as Don Giovanni and Laszlo Polgar as Leporello. Those two are funny and sexy, often both--delicious to listen to and to look at. Given how much time they spend on stage together, this is crucial for the success of this opera. Both are fantastic singers and actors, and the costume designers and choreographers have done ... Read More Rating: - Cecilia Bartoli ruins the showI may be completely in the minority here, so please read all the reviews, then buy the recording and judge for yourself. The worst part about the Bartoli production, in my opinion, is well, Cecilia Bartoli. My tastes tend to trend towards the Gardiner productions. I love both the Gardiner Cosi and his Nozze, both of which, of course come with Rodney Gilfry, who is masterful as both Guglielmo and the Count. So I came in with big hopes that this production would be as wonderful as those. ... Read More Rating: - Drama and comedy - This production has it allIt has been around a decade since I first listened to Don Giovanni and it has remained my favourite opera since. Mozart's operatic genius reached its zenith and did not surpass itself after Don Giovanni; and it is arguably his finest written opera, despite (or in spite of) Beethoven's famous disapprobation of the subject matter as "immoral". Rodney Gilfry's Don's perhaps the handsomest and most charismatic to date. His looming stature and well-chiselled looks certainly helped in deepening ... Read More |
