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DVD : Richard Strauss - Die Frau Ohne SchattenIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Cheryl Studer, Thomas Moser, Marjana Lipovsek, Bryn Terfel, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz directed by: Brian Large  List Price: $39.98 Amazon.com's Price: $27.97 You Save: $12.01 (30%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0044007142592 Format: Classical, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC Label: Decca Manufacturer: Decca Number Of Discs: 2 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Decca Release Date: September 24, 2002 Running Time: 203 minutes Studio: Decca Theatrical Release Date: 1992 Sales Rank: 83094 MPN: 071425 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Production not very GoodIf you want a Frau for the singing alone then buy a CD -- if you want something to look at you will be disappointed. This is very typical Gunter Schneider-Siemsen. If you like his productions you may like this DVD -- personally I hate his productions as he always updates something or makes it too modern. The best production on Video is one from Paris in the 1980's - the video is very dark, but it is a great production, very magical and captivating. In short it has everything this staging does NOT. ... Read More Rating:  - Ah, those "terrible" chords!Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten (The Woman without a Shadow) asks more of the opera viewer than many operas do. You have to be willing to look beyond the surface at deeper levels of meaning, and at the meaning of life and human interactions. If you're still reading, after hearing about that tough "homework" assignment mentioned above, let me continue, by telling you that this performance is worth the investment on your part. Contrary to what a couple of reviews have said, the acting ... Read More Rating:  - Only Lipovsek is worth watchingBefore the DVD, I listened to Solti's CD. I liked it very much at first, and the more I listened to it, the more I loved it. I followed the libretto and I imagined a very fantastic kind of opera with lots of sets and coulours. I thought that Studer made a very good Empress, better than Varady. I turn on the DVD instead of the CD when I want to listen to the Empress in particular. Her acting is not very good, however. Most of the time she has a confused open-mouthed expression, as if she ... Read More Rating: - Better than the audio CDI have both a laser disk version of this release and the audio CD Sir Georg made witrh Placido Domingo singing the role of the Emperor. In my view the cast is better in the video version, the orchestral playing about the same, but enjoyment is greatly enhanced by the video component. Generally, the cost favors the video version. The only negative for the video version is that one cannot follow the German and English versions of the libretto side by side. One the screen it's either one ... Read More Rating: - Thoroughly inspiring performance of magical,fairytale opera.The negative criticisms of some previous reviewers notwithstanding, this is a fantastic performance of a wondrous, magical opera, the last and perhaps best collaboration between Hugo von Hoffmannstahl and Richard Strauss. Here the composer, surprisingly, returns to his earlier style (e.g. Salome, Elektra) with a huge orchestra and vast volume of sound, but at the same time combines it with quiet, chamber music sections. The overall effect is a balance between the two and the work remains fascinating ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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