|
|
List Price: $34.99 Amazon.com's Price: $30.99 You Save: $4.00 (11%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0824121001964 Format: AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Tdk DVD Video Languages: Manufacturer: Tdk DVD Video Number Of Discs: 2 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Tdk DVD Video Release Date: October 31, 2006 Running Time: 201 minutes Studio: Tdk DVD Video Theatrical Release Date: 2004 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELLIt's a vivid recording; the next best thing to live. Robert Carson, the stage director, and Peter Pabst, the set and costume designer, fumble Act II and really push the envelope in Act III. I know we buy opera on DVD to see as much as to hear, but the conductor, orchestra, and singers are all so good that I have to recommend it, despite its drawbacks. Given what European opera companies have been getting away with for well over two decades, this updating (to the Weimar Republic) actually isn't that ... Read More Rating:  - Who Let That Horse In the Dining Room?Robert Carsen, that's who! What's that you say, you don't remember a horse in "Der Rosenkavalier?" Bet you don't remember a dining room, either. But that's where Act 2 of Strauss's masterpiece inexplicably takes place in this updated, turn-of-the-century take by the Canadian badboy opera director. In fact, after the bedroom in Act 1 and the dining room in Act 2, I was a little concerned that Act 3 would take place in a lavatory. But no, we get a brothel instead. And what a brothel! I know I'm ... Read More Rating: - Skin-crawling experienceStrongly felt the need to shower after viewing this debauchery. The conductor and orchestra are excellent. Beautifully played. Singers are okay. Stage director needs to be shunned, along with the ubiquitious Brian Large. A nasty piece of work, if there ever was. Keep it up Salzburg, and the 'Mohammad moment' at the opera's close will happen for real. Disgusting display. UGH! Rating: - Mostly Good, but with some Surprises and ShocksSalzburg Festival opera productions in the last few years have been infected with some of the worst of the Regietheater mystique and one comes to this DVD of a live performance at the 2004 production with some trepidation. But any concerns about how this opera could be Eurotrashed by the stage director are mostly set aside in the first two acts which, although updated to pre-World War I Vienna, have little to shock or unsettle the traditional opera fan. In the third act, though, we encounter some things ... Read More Rating: - BEST FINAL DUETTI agree totally with Harbison. There was Bonney/Te Kanawa/Murray in the early 90s that brought me to tears on the final duett, then there was the incredible dreamy production from Seattle Opera...but, this DVD has the best final duett. |
