Sir Georg Solti returns to the podium to conduct the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus in Richard Strauss' comic opera "Der Rosenkavalier." In German.
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Actor(s): Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Howells, Aage Haugland, Barbara Bonney, Royal Opera House Orchestra, Georg Solti
Director(s): John Schlesinger
Genre: Musicals & Music Films - Opera & Operetta
Classification: Exempt
Production Year: 1985
Running Time: 3 hours 15 minutes
Plot: Kiri Te Kanawa stars in this production of one of Richard Strauss's most famous operas, conducted by Sir George Solti. Performed at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): WARNER MUSIC VISION; CINRAM LOGISTICS
Release date: 23/02/2004
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: 0630 19391 2
Opera Performer: Kiri Te Kanawa
Barcode: 0706301939123
Music Performer: Covent Garden Royal Opera House Orchestra
Composer: Richard Strauss
Featured: Kiri Te Kanawa
Opera Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa
DVD Description
Sir Georg Solti returns to the podium to conduct the Royal Opera House Orchestra and Chorus in Richard Strauss' comic opera "Der Rosenkavalier." In German.
Review: "...Rarely has this luscious, burnished score been so realized with such emotional intensity or played with such glowing fervour..." (Daily Mail, )
"...With a superb cast of principals...the evening turned out a resounding success..." (Daily Telegraph, )
Advantages: Great cast, conductor and orchestra, top notch production Disadvantages: None, to be honest
...who can "act" properly and one of the main reasons why this is my top DVD choice for "DerRosenkavalier" is that the acting quality is undeniably first rate. I have to say that my favourite character is Kurt Moll as Baron Ochs. He treads that fine line between good acting and caricature perfectly. You cringe at Ochs' antics as the bachelor male relative from Hell, yet he doesn't go so far as to make himself unlikeable. At the end you are compelled to feel a little sympathy for him as he is humiliated in the inn by Mariandel/Octavian and her collaborators, and I think that's what Richard Strauss would have intended.
In an opera where interaction between the characters is so vital, I especially like the way in which TV director Horant Hohlfeld has successfully managed the difficult balance between close-up shots with the wider...
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Advantages: World class production, singers Disadvantages: None
...this piece.
I highly recommend this operaDVD to opera lovers and hope fervently that we'll see it performed in a British house in the not to distant future....
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Advantages: Its only fools and horses! Disadvantages: Not worth the money, the worst of the specials!
.... She ends up throwing up and gets them thrown out of the opera.
Rodney gets invited to the Dukes house to a shooting weekend and you guessed....... Del turns up with Uncle Albert! Del innocently manages to rake havoc! And of course he manages to twist things and ends up bagging himself a grand regardless of Rodneys feelings!
This film is 58 minutes long. Any longer and I am sure I would have died of boredom!
The age rating for this film is PG - Contains mild language. Region 2 and 4.
The ISBN: 5014503156220
As for the actual dvd, there are no special features or extras, however you can switch on subtitles and select scenes.
The film is produced/directed by Ray Butt and written by John Sullivan....
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