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DVD : Verdi - Simon Boccanegra / Levine, Te Kanawa, Metropolitan OperaIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Kiri Te Kanawa, Plácido Domingo, Vladimir Chernov, Robert Lloyd, Bruno Pola directed by: Brian Large  List Price: $29.98 Amazon.com's Price: $19.97 You Save: $10.01 (33%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0044007303191 Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Deutsche Grammophon Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon Region Code: 1 Release Date: September 24, 2002 Running Time: 141 minutes Studio: Deutsche Grammophon Theatrical Release Date: April 26, 1995 Sales Rank: 29296 MPN: 073031 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Verdi's Greatest Music......and therefore his greatest opera! That's not an opinion shared by everyone, I know, but watching and listening to this production by the Metropolitan Opera might concern a few. Verdi himself thought, as he put it, that he'd done something worthwhile with Simon Boccanegra, and he revised it and promoted it assiduously. In no other opera is his music so consistent, both in melodic invention and in sustained development. The aesthetic failings of earlier operas, in my ears, were their ... Read More Rating:  - ImmensoA then-new Met BOCCANEGRA production that was panned in 1995 (and earned a retrospective eye-roll from former GM Joseph Volpe in his memoir) benefits from being cut down to size for home viewing. There is much to fill and dazzle the eye in Michael Scott's vast, elaborate, and no doubt frighteningly expensive sets; the problem is what director Giancarlo Del Monaco has his stage-savvy cast do (and not do) in front of them. The principals desultorily wander about the large staging area when not striking ... Read More Rating: - Domingo and Te Kanawa are beautiful togetherKiri Te Kanawa truly is a marvel to behold. Her voice is buttery and her acting is without peer. Her pairing with Placido Domingo is a wonderful matchup. They both bring excitment to this work. Rating: - Outstanding performance of all singers in this editionVladimir Chernov's voice and vocal expression goes directly to the heart. Rating: - Exceptional PerformanceA pleasure to watch this under-appreciated Verdi masterpiece being performed so well. Kanawa has such a beautiful voice and the role of Gabriele fits Domingo like a glove. Dramatically, he grows more and more involved as the story develops. If for no other reason, this DVD is a must, because of the remarkable portrayal by Chernov, as fine an individual performance as I have ever seen, in any role. His acting could not be improved upon and the close ups demonstrate this again and again. Such an impressive ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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