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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 3760115302051 Format: Classical, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen Label: Bel Air Classiques Languages: Manufacturer: Bel Air Classiques Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Bel Air Classiques Release Date: May 08, 2007 Running Time: 130 minutes Studio: Bel Air Classiques Theatrical Release Date: 2003 Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Violetta as road kill...This current example of European Regietheater can be summed up in one word: monotonous. Verdi's heart-wrenching portrait of a good-time girl sacrificing all for the love of a single man hardly contains a monotonous moment. But in the hands of an egocentric director (Peter Mussbach) who wants to be noticed as much as the composer, even this most tuneful and inventive of scores is diminished. Here at Aix en Provence the opera is performed without pause as Violetta takes a night-time ... Read More Rating:  - HeartbreakingDirector Peter Mussbach's concept for this "La Traviata" is quite simple: we are seeing the events through the delirious memories of the dying or dead heroine, consumptive courtesan Violetta. Yes, it's the Regie-director's favorite "it's all in the mind, you know" trick, but here it is beautifully and heartbreakingly realized. The visuals seem to be borrowed from bits of "Lost Highway," featuring a dark road and what seem to be car lights flashing by. Violetta wears a white gown, everyone else ... Read More Rating:  - Was this really "La traviata"?One of the most dreadful Euro trash productions I've come across, further disgraced by a soprano who could have been a pupil of Florence Foster Jenkins. Baritone and tenor are good - but how can they make an impression in this travesty of a beloved and great opera? Rating: - Mesmerizing, haunting...After reading the only two reviews here on amazon I was confused, and curious. My copy of this version of La Traviata arrived today, and I have just viewed it---and wow! I own 3 other versions of this opera. I love this version---very metaphysical, thought provoking and beautiful. No, it's not your gramma's Traviata. But this one brings out nuances you may have missed in others. (BTW---the magazine "Opera News" put it on their best dvd's of 2007 list). Mireille Delunsch ... Read More Rating: - A truly unwatchable productionThis is my sixth recording on DVD plus a couple on VHS in addition to one taped off PBS. No contest: this is without doubt the worst display by a self-indulgent stage director allowed to put forth his incredibly bad taste without someone in authority at the theater stoppng him and suggesting that he must be suffering from temporary insanity. I have been searching for the perfect La Traviata for well over 50 years and yes, I realize that my search may never be successful due to the difficulty ... Read More |
