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Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0809478009696 Format: Classical, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen Label: BBC / Opus Arte Languages: Manufacturer: BBC / Opus Arte MPN: 969 Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: BBC / Opus Arte Release Date: April 24, 2007 Running Time: 105 minutes Studio: BBC / Opus Arte Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Most Wonderful !I can absolutely recommend this DVD, I have watched this zarzuela over and over again. The very simple staging - everything is black and white - takes a little getting used to, but other than that it's beautiful. Great singers! and if you like Placido Domingo, it's a must - as ever: he's still dashing and charming and makes you suffer, when he doesn't get the girl. I wish there were more zarzuelas with this kind of casting on DVD. Rating: - Beautiful production! Enhanced by DVD Extras!I loved this production, including the minimalist set featuring black and white costumes and props. The model of Madrid with buildings and the prominent letters spelling out MADRID set to the lower right of the stage revealed the setting. At the start of Act III, the choristers came on stage and removed the letters for Madrid and covered the buildings with an earth-colored cloth and poked little trees into the hills. This was a clever way to announce the change of setting to the countryside. ... Read More Rating:  - Spoiled by the set!!Based on other reviews I had high expectations for this but the production was spoiled for me by the use of a bright, white screen as a background for almost the entire production! Visually, I couldn't get past the glaring white set! The cast, singing, dance, and costumes were excellent. But I couldn't get past the background! Rating: - Maximizes minimalismHaving seen this production in its Italian incarnation at Milan (but not at La Scala, of course), I bought the DVD as soon as I learned of its existance. The scenography here is minimal: draperies and chairs dominate the stage, but everything is carefully chosen and exquisitely executed. One fascinating and appropriate element is a model of part of the city of Madrid located subtly but visibly just down-left of the stage proper; when the scenic location shifts out of Madrid for the final act, ... Read More Rating: - Sublime Example of the Spanish ZarzuelaI recall a certain image from back in the Siskel and Ebert days of movie reviews. They showed themselves leaving the theatre in an elevator, with the obligatory thousand mile stare, as we all do in the awkwardly intimate space of that strictly linear, austere metal cocoon. The object being, in part, to not gush with compliments or sneer with disdain, but to go home and be scientifically objective with their reviews. I just finished watching this DVD, and I confess, I am gushing. The odd ... Read More |
