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DVD : Jules Massenet - Werther (concert version) / Hampson, Graham, Piau, Degout, Schirrer, Piolino, Alvaro, Capitole de Toulouse, Plasson (Theate du Chatelet 2004, Live)In association with Amazon.comstarring: Michel Plasson, Thomas Hampson, Susan Graham, Sandrine Piau, Stéphane Degout directed by: Olivier Simmonet  
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0094635925791 Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC Label: Virgin Classics Manufacturer: Virgin Classics Number Of Discs: 2 Number Of Items: 2 Publisher: Virgin Classics Release Date: July 18, 2006 Running Time: 137 minutes Studio: Virgin Classics Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Sales Rank: 64715 MPN: 59257 Related Items:
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 Rating:  - Werther: Hampson & GrahamThe music is sensational and beautifully sung by Thomas Hampson and Susan Graham. Very romantic. What a pair! Ginny, Oakland, CA Rating: - Utterly breathtakingAlthough this is a concert performance rather than a fully staged one, there is no lack of drama. Everyone sings as though he or she WERE the actual character. Sets, costumes and movement are completely unnecessary when every emotion is displayed in the singers' faces and voices. Although the title role is typically taken by a tenor, Thomas Hampson is so invested in his performance and sings with such gorgeous tone that you can forget you ever heard a tenor in this part. Susan Graham is for me ... Read More Rating: - over the topExceptional performances. This being the baritone version, I found it more effective than the original tenor version. For me, the fact that it was a concert rather than a fully staged opera resulted in no diminution of the impact. Excellent audio engineering. Immediate post performance backstage shots and curtain calls should have been more abundant. Rating: - Ainsi soit il, tous les tempsCurrently the DVD catalog holds three WERTHERS--Dvorsky (1985), Hampson (2002) and Alvarez (2005)--with fine singers in the principal roles. The DVDs differ greatly in every way, however. Dvorsky and Alvarez are tenors, while Hampson is baritone. The original score calls for tenor, but the composer himself lowered the title role ten years later for a performance in Saint Petersburg. So there is no reason to look down one's nose at Hampson's version, and his performance is so fine that it validates ... Read More Rating:  - A great performance sabotagedI have no idea how many (if any) stars to award this DVD. Take a stellar cast and a well conducted orchestra, put in a lot of microphones and cameras, and one starts with a first class performance. Then get a film editor who seems to have an attention deficit disorder(or believes that those who will watch this DVD have ADD) and who cuts and cuts from one thing to another, zooming and out; and the whole thing is sabotaged. If one has to watch with eyes shut, one might as well get a CD -- although with surround ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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