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DVD : Verdi - Un Ballo in Maschera / Levine, Pavarotti, Nucci, Metropolitan OperaIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Aprile Millo, Luciano Pavarotti, Florence Quivar, Harolyn Blackwell, Leo Nucci 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: 0044007302996 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: 137 minutes Studio: Deutsche Grammophon Theatrical Release Date: January 26, 1991 Sales Rank: 21650 MPN: 073029 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - An Opera NeophyteAll in all a very good presentation. The Soprano took a little while to warm up, "Oscar" was a delight, and Pavarotti was not in his strongest voice but, as I said, a very good presentation. Deutsche Grammaphon seems to excel in these Metropolitan Opera recordings. Rating: - Pavarotti's BalloI purchased this after hearing a number of interviews with Luciano in which he satated repeatedly that Un Ballo In Maschera is his favorite opera. Interviewers were trying to put words in his mouth and Luciano kept repeating, no...that Ballo is his all time favorite, then stated his reasons. I purchased this performance based on Amazon customer reviews. Pavarotti, Nucci and Milo and Levine are suprub, as usual. However, when I will be shopping again I will look for a different production. Not, ... Read More Rating: - Tears Amid PerfectionUn Ballo In Maschera has long been my favorite Verdi opera since seeing it first, live, with Placido Domingo and Gilda Cruz-Romo in Ft. Worth in the late 60's. I've seen and heard it many times since, but my new DVD with the exceptional cast of Pavarotti, Millo, Nucci & Blackwell is the best ever. The love scene brought tears such as only perfect beauty can induce, and the death of King Gustave (Pavarotti) brought tears of sadness as I realized that this incomparable singer is forever silenced. ... Read More Rating: - Riveting OperaThis opera runs a little over two hours, and it will be the fastest two hours of opera you will ever see. James Levine and the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra support a superstar cast. The costumes and set are magnificent. This DVD is a must-have for your collection. One thing that I found unusual about this opera is the lack of any big choruses, the normal Verdi trademark. It doesn't matter. What choruses there are were well-sung by the Met chorus. The principals are stunning, ... Read More Rating: - Ballo at the MetAfter hearing to this wonderful performance, I couldn't avoid and started to compare it (mentally) to the Met's DVD of this same opera taped in 1980. Both have their strong and weak points: 1- The production: Both Moshinsky (1980) and Faggioni (1991) offer the viewer rather conventional productions that, however, work very well, being inobtrusive to the action (something essential to me). 2- The conducting: Personally, I prefer Giuseppe Patane's (1980) to James Levine's (1991). Sometimes ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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