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DVD : Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Seiffert, van Dam, Schnitzer, Salminen, Strehl, Pinter, Volle, Zysset, Groissbock, Welser-Most, Zurich OperaIn association with Amazon.com 
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0724359973692 Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: EMI Classics Manufacturer: EMI Classics Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: EMI Classics Region Code: 1 Release Date: April 12, 2005 Running Time: 267 minutes Studio: EMI Classics Theatrical Release Date: 2004 Sales Rank: 101046 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - A good MeistersingerA former reviewer really didn`t like this DVD. I must disagree with him. Yes, the Levine/Met are wonderful, and I hope to get back to it many times. But, this DVD is a very good alternative. I like Van Dam, and I think he is wonderful here. The other singers are also very good. So the staging isn`t exactly traditional, so what? It`s interesting, and doesn`t interfere with rhe music. Sound and picture - very fine. Rating:  - A poor production, a poor performance.I hate to say this, but this performance is simply unacceptable. The singers seem each to be in his/her own private universe. The conversations--Sachs and Eva (act 2), Sachs and Walther (act 3)--do not feel like conversations but like two selfish soloists duelling for attention. The sets--especially the second and third act sets--are too abstract to give any sense of Nurnberg, showing no buildings or streets. When the crowd of angry townspeople appears at the end of ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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