Originally broadcast live by the BBC from the Royal Opera House on New Year's Eve 1990, ... more
this production ofDie Fledermaus, Johann Strauss' masterpiece of comic operetta, was a truly historic occasion, marking the retirement from the stage of one of the ...
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Originally broadcast live by the BBC from the Royal Opera House on New Year's Eve 1990, ... more
this production ofDie Fledermaus, Johann Strauss' masterpiece of comic operetta, was a truly historic occasion, marking the retirement from the stage of one of the ...
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Viennese operetta is a fearful genre to get right. It demands great (often coloratura) ... more
voices which can still sparkle with improvisatory freshness, and the whole project has to sound like it was thrown together that afternoon on a whim. It has to fizz like the champagne that so often plays a part in the plot. For the most part, this recording possesses all the right ingredients and mixes them with superb skill. Karajan directs the proceedings with light-hearted precision, and keeps the pace crackling with comic energy. Rita Streich is a fantastic Adele and makes the most of this soubrettish soufflé of a role with a host of silvery voiced coloratura pyrotechnics. She is also an excellent foil to the richer voiced Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, who throws herself into the spirit of things with equal energy. The cons are the laboured German dialogue, given in full, and the casting of a man to sing the mezzo drag role of Orlofsky: but these aside, this account is pure Veuve Cliquot. --Warwick Thompson
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Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Teatro Alla Scala, Riccardo Muti, Daniela Dessi, Delores Ziegler, Alessandro Corbelli, Jozef Kundlak, Adelina Scarabelli, Claudio Desderi
Production Year: 1990 - Music / Performing Arts - Original Language: Italian - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Eva Marton, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Dolora Zajick, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Advantages: Suspenseful, compelling Disadvantages: Some bad performances
rather horrible over-acting. I really cringed each time he came on screen; there was much leering and sucking on a stupid pipe like Sherlock Holmes - he really made a mockery of the whole film.
In a lot of ways, this is a great thriller, which is based on a book by Ira Levin (who also wrote Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives). I first watched it about four months ago when it was shown on TV and enjoyed it so much, I bought the DVD. However, there is a real need to suspend disbelief at times. It is just so unlikely that Dory, who is a rich, beautiful young woman, would be able to have a lover that no-one ever saw. As it is, plenty of people saw them together, but the information somehow manages to remain undiscovered until the last minute. However, plenty of films have unrealistic threads in them and, in this case, I think that ...
Advantages: One of the best DVD sets available Disadvantages: Not out in the UK, only for us multi-regionners (On way though)
!!! RIGHT – BEFORE I START I MUST MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I AM REVIEWING THE NEW AMERICAN DVD RELEASE OF THE DIE HARD TRILOGY – NOT THE UK RELEASE OF THE FIRST FILM. I FELT IT WAS SO GOOD THAT IT DESERVED A REVIEW HERE. THEREFORE I ACCEOT THAT TECHNICALLY I AM IN THE WRONG CATEGORY, BUT PLEASE ACCEPT THIS. CHEERS – MARTIN !!!
Right now I can begin :o)
Oh yes!! We are talking the ultimate DVD boxset here, we are talking a must for every single fan of the Die Hard Series of films, we are talking extras galore, glorious picture quality and amazing sound that makes this a fabulous purchase.
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Die Hard was the original and ultimate action film. Bangs, bullets and more corny one-liners than you can imagine. For anyone who doesn’t know (does ...
Nameless 19.07.2001 (06.08.2001)
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Advantages: Brucieeee! :-D Disadvantages: Some acting isnt wonderful...
Love this film :-p
And not only because its got a VERY sexy Bruce Willis running around!!!! The film has been on TV alot recently, possibly promoting the new Die Hard 4.0 film, and I was (forced!!) to watch it with my husband, I didn't want to...its not my kind of film, but when we watched it, I found it amazing!!!
Yes some of the acting of the foreign men (Karl), isn't wonderful, but other than that, the film is amazing! The story line is gripping, the characters are played wonderfully by the actors, and theres the right amount of comic factors in there to make it light hearted whilst still been a good action film!
The basic storyline is that of a police agent who goes to see his wife and kids who he lives apart from in new york for christmas, but when he is at the office block she works in, all hell breaks loose and a huge ...
stephbond89 17.06.2009
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