Production Year: 1992 - Music / Performing Arts - Director: Derek Bailey - Original Language: Italian - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Edita Gruberova, Giorgio Zancanaro, Neil Shicoff, Carlo Rizzi
Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring: BBC Concert Orchestra, Dennis Quilley, Christopher Gable, Honor Blackman
Production Year: 1986 - Music / Performing Arts - Director: Keita Asari - Original Language: Italian - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Yasuko Hayashi, Hak-Nam Kim, La Scala Theatre Orchestra, Lorin Maazel
Advantages: well acted and interesting topic matter Disadvantages: ending is very open
First Impressions
This is a film that I wanted to watch for ages but it took me a really long time to get round to it. When I did it was well worth it and I would thoroughly recommend this film to anyone who is not daunted by subtitles or big issues.
Summary
María Álvarez (Catalina Sandino Moreno) is a poor girl living in Columbia she has a job taking the thorns off roses in a local factory. Her mother and sister take her for granted and expect her to work in order to support the family and buy medicine for her sister's baby. When she becomes pregnant she panics realising that she does not love, or want to marry her boyfriend. To try and escape her lot she takes on a risky and dangerous job smuggling drugs into America.
And this is where the summary stops because I don't want to spoil it, but let me tell you that this is ...
Advantages: Great cast, conductor and orchestra, top notch production Disadvantages: None, to be honest
all things are relative!?
Anyway, once you get around the issue of people singing most of the time, I have to say that the vast majority of operatic plots do deal with situations that are actually very realistic in terms of human nature - love, treachery, war, ambition, envy etc - and this is definitely the case with Richard Strauss' "Der Rosenkavalier" ("The Rose Kavalier".) The main aspect which has to be explained right at the start is that the character of Octavian - a male - is sung by a woman. Why? Because he is supposed to be only 17 years old and having a middle-aged tenor just wouldn't cut it dramatically. For me it is no different from the female Principal Boy in pantomimes.
Richard Strauss wrote the opera to a libretto by his long-time collaborator Hugo von Hofmannsthal and it was premiered in Dresden in 1911 ...
Advantages: It's gorgeous, it'a alcoholic, it's a sweet, luxurious liqueur.. Disadvantages: Too expensive!
This has got to be my favourite drink in the world. And to use an American expression that I think rather fitting....Period. It's fantastic, I could rave on about it using all sorts of adjectives. but that's not going to get me a high rating, nor particularly inform you guys. :P
As described on the rather lovely packaging, this drink is 'uniquely dark and intriguing' and I've got to agree. Tia Maria is a dark rum and while it looks like it could be quite dry, it's got a deliciously sweet coffee/vanilla taste to it that is so moreish. Pour it into a glass and you'll see a thick, dark coloured, wonderful-smelling liquid come out. Put the glass to your lips and inhale the vanilla/coffee smell. Sip it slowly and taste the luxurious pleasure that is Tia Maria. I can't describe the taste, I wouldn't do it justice.
It's26.5% volume ...
Trixie_Firecracker 18.05.2005
· Read full review
Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Tia Maria
Similar products and search queries by other users »
Der Weber, Der Freischutz Weber, Der Carl Weber, Der Maria Weber, Der Von Weber, Der Freischutz Carl Weber, Der Freischutz Maria Weber, Der Freischutz Von Weber, Der Carl Maria Weber, Der Carl Von Weber, Der Maria Von Weber, Der Freischutz Carl Maria Weber, Der Freischutz Carl Von Weber, Der Freischutz Maria Von Weber, Der Carl Maria Von Weber
Are you the manufacturer / provider of Der Freischutz - Carl Maria Von Weber (DVD)? Click here
![Weber: Der Freischtz [DVD] [2004]](http://picnica.ciao.com/uk/79472866.jpg)
![Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischutz - Harnoncourt [DVD] [1999] [US Import]](http://picnica.ciao.com/uk/83388780.jpg "Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischutz - Harnoncourt [DVD] [1999] [US Import]")
