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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0044007340158 Format: Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled Label: Deutsche Grammophon Languages: Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon MPN: 000384009 Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon Region Code: 1 Release Date: January 11, 2005 Running Time: 155 minutes Studio: Deutsche Grammophon Theatrical Release Date: 1990 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - MEMORIESBEING 89 YEARS OLD AND HANDICAPPED AND HAVING SEEN THE FLEDERMAUS PERFORMED IN THE VIENNA STAATSOPER IN PERSON IT BROUGHT BACK SPLENDID MEMORIES.IT ALSO BROUGHT BACK WALTER CRONCKITES YEARLY NEW YEARS DAY REPORT FROM VIENNA. ALL IN ALL LOVELY! Rating: - I Would Expect BetterI would expect better than I have received. Having just purchased another Unitel product, I fault NOT the production, the music, the performers, or any of the artists involved in bringing this joyous bon-bon into my home theater. I DO take exception with the packeging by Unitel, the company who markets these products, who can give me 5.1 surround sound, but then reduce the picture to last millenium's antiquated aspect ratio standard of 4:3. I would think that the Germans (Unitel/Munich), ... Read More Rating:  - Excellent staging, singing, acting, orchestra, conducting make this DVD a joyCarlos Kleiber (1930-2004) was often considered the most enigmatic conductor of the post World War II era. The son of noted conductor Erich Kleiber (1891-1956), Carlos never leaned on his father's reputation for fame, but made his own way. Carlos Kleiber disliked the recording process and made very few recordings for commerical labels: Beethoven Symphonies 5 and 7 (DG, Vienna Philhamormonic); Brahms Symphony 4 (DG, Vienna Philharmonic); Schubert Symphonies 3 + 8 (DG, Vienna Philharmonic); Verdi: La ... Read More Rating: - Exuberant FledermausThe previous reviewer had it right--this is a "traditional" Fledermaus for lovers of Strauss and Vienna. The production brims over with comic high spirits, while Carlos Kleiber's sensuous, echt-Viennese musical idiom makes you forget that the theater and orchestra are not Austrian but German. The mostly Austrian male and mostly British, and very attractive, female principals are outstanding singers and comic actors. Tenor Eberhard Wachter, late in his career, creates a vain, blustering, but always lovable ... Read More Rating: - ExcellentThis version of Die Fledermaus, is an all-round excellent performance. I have a personal interest in the operetta: it was composed in the house in Vienna where my father grew up in, and which is now owned by my cousin. The conductor, Carlos Kleiber, who passed away in July 2004, was little known, but he showed he could lead in an interpretation of the operetta in the spirit that it was written in. The persons on the stage had the fortunate combination to be both excellent singers and excellent actors. The production, ... Read More |
