A cinematic production of Puccini's masterpiece from acclaimed stage director Giancarlo del Monaco. Recorded live in March 2006 at the Teatro Real, Madrid, with the Chorus and... more...Orchestra of the Teatro Real.
Giancarlo del Monaco's cinematic production of Puccini's popular masterpiece takes its ... more
place among the great interpretations of modern times. Jesus Lopez Cobos directs an outstanding cast, led by Inva Mula and Aquiles Machado, in a landmark recording.
This guide presents a collection of critical, analytical, and documentary essays on ... more
Puccini's most popular opera. Amongst other things, there are new studies on the background to Parisian bohemianism, on Puccini's musical language, and on the opera's stage history.
Music / Performing Arts - Director: Lotfi Mansouri - Original Language: English - Classification: Exempt - Starring: Yvonne Kenny, Boje Skovhus, Angelika Kirchschlager, Gregory Turay
Music / Performing Arts, Comedy - Director: Trevor Nunn, Geoffrey Posner - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, Parental Guidance - Starring: Duncan Preston, Celia Imrie, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood, Jim Broadbent
Advantages: Classic Tebaldi, fine Bergonzi, wonderful Bastianini Disadvantages: perhaps a little slow
This is one of the classic Puccini recordings. Renata Tebaldi recorded the role of Mimi twice in the studio. This, her second recording made in the lae 1950s with stereo sound is one of her best records. Her Mimi may not give us the insights of Maria Callas (who is less consistent vocally) or the charming Victoria de los Angeles (that soprano's voice being far smaller and less powerful than Tebaldi) but Tebaldi's assumption of the role is probably the finest sung on record. Her velvet voice can strike the high notes with huge power and next be breathtakingly sweet and soft. Her "Si, mi chiamino Mimi" is a classic of the gramophone.
Carlo Bergonzi is her Rodolfo. His voice seems rather less focussed than say Pavarotti and Di Stefano but it is sweet and powerful and he is a fine stylist. Ettore Bastianini gives a warm voiced and powerful ...
Advantages: Opens your eyes to... Disadvantages: ...police brutality and racism in France
Blighty.
The film was released in 1995, and was a huge success in France, so much so that the (then) Prime Minster, Alain Juppé requested a private screening, he then instructed, actually it was more of an order than an instruction, his entire cabinet to watch it. The director went on to win Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival Awards in 1996, but apparently the police guards present turned their backs on those involved with the film, as a protest to the way that they had portrayed police brutality in France.
Note, there are a couple of words in the plot that may need clarification or defining, as this is quite a colloquial (is that the right word? Please correct me if not) film, so certain words will be translated and explained in full after the Plot.
~Plot~
La Haine follows a day in the life of three banlieusards*, Vinz (Jew ...
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Advantages: Superb acting, engaging storyline Disadvantages: Kassovitz is miscast as a skinhead
WHAT IS IT: La Haine is a French film - shot in black and white and released in 1995 - directed and written by Mathieu Kassovitz. It is in French with English subtitles and is around 90 minutes long. The film centres around 3 young men living on an impoverished housing estate in France. Vinz (Vincent Cassel), a French Jew, is full of rage at the injustices he is subjected to and the constant state of tension between the police and local youths in the aftermath of riots. Said is a talkative Maghrebin (French but of Moroccan/Algerian/Tunisian/Libyan/Mauritanian descent) who shares Vinz's dislike of the police but tries to keep the peace between everyone. Hubert is an Afro-French boxer and drug dealer who is philosophical about the situation he sees around him even when his gym gets burnt down during the riots. He suspects Vinz may have ...
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Product details
Genre
Musicals & Music Films - Opera & Operetta
Classification
Exempt
Production Year
2006
Running Time
2 hours 29 minutes
Country Of Origin
Spain
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
SELECT MUSIC & VIDEO DISTRIBUTION
Release date
02/10/2006
No of Discs
2
Catalogue No
OA 0961 D
Opera Performer
Aquiles Machado
Barcode
0809478009610
Performer
Aquiles Machado, Madrid Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Jesus Lopez-Cobos
Opera Singer
Inva Mula
Languages
Main Language
English
Dubbed Language
English
Subtitle Language
Spanish, Italian, French, German, English
Technical information
Special Features
Illustrated Synopsis and Cast Gallery, Interviews with Jesus Lopez Cobos, Giancarlo del Monaco, Inva Mula and Aquiles Machado.
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Anamorphic, 1.78 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Sound
DTS Surround, LPCM Stereo
Professional reviews
Review
Enormous, captivating, awesome... a complete show. (El Mundo, 19/09/2006)
The Madrid Symphony Orchestra played remarkably... and the cast, in its totality, showed a great level. Aquiles Machado gives his heart to the character. (El Pais, 05/09/2006)
DVD Description
A cinematic production of Puccini's masterpiece from acclaimed stage director Giancarlo del Monaco. Recorded live in March 2006 at the Teatro Real, Madrid, with the Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real.
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