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DVD : Monteverdi - L'OrfeoIn association with Amazon.comstarring: Simon Keenlyside, Rene Jacobs, Juanita Lascarro, Graciela Oddone, Martina Dike directed by: Trisha Brown  
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD EAN: 0794881818792 Format: Classical, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr. Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. Number Of Discs: 2 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Harmonia Mundi Fr. Release Date: January 16, 2007 Running Time: 171 minutes Studio: Harmonia Mundi Fr. Theatrical Release Date: 2007 Sales Rank: 84642 MPN: 9909003 Related Items:
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 Rating: - Neither opera, nor dance, but FANTASTIC!If early opera is an acquired taste, and the difficulty with acquired tastes is the acquiring of them, here is the perfect remedy. The msuic is late Renaissance-early Baroque and the melodies and harmonies are those that I would associate with the Church rather than the theatre, so it was a little strange at first, strange, but mesmerising. I put the DVD in "just for the prologue" and sat there, glued to my chair, until the messenger bringing the news of Euridyce's death fell from the stage into ... Read More Rating:  - keenlyside is a wonder...magnificent....What a wonderful performance...quality is great and keenlyside is wonderful...I am new to classical...and just adore his voice...you won't regret this purchase.... Rating:  - Overstylized MonteverdiTempos are slow, costumes strange; semi-choreography irrelevant. Singers are good, but the whole effect is flat--on its way to a mobile Robert Wilson production. I'm not even sure I would prefer just the CD. Rating: - An All Singing, All Dancing Orfeo!In a word: Wow! This is the much ballyhooed 1998 Trisha Brown "All singing All Dancing" production from Theatre de la Monnaie. Rene Jacobs leads chorus and orchestra in an absolutely dazzling performance capturing the essence of baroque flavor with flourish and sans fussiness. Orfeo's opening fanfare is one of my favorite moments in all of Western music and, like the Parsifal Vorspiel, La Traviata's Prelude and the Overture to Die Meistersinger, seizes and transports me immediately out of my own ... Read More Rating: - Beautiful, but disappointingI eagerly bought this DVD. I saw this production a few years ago at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and was stunned by the incredible beauty of the performance. I was, however, dubious as to whether it could be captured on a recording. It wasn't. The disappoinment begins at the very outset with the spirit of music dancing on wires above the darkened stage in a circle of light. The constant cuts to close-ups of Rene Jacobs in the pit destroyed the effect of this stunning performance. ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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