Advantages: Great cast, conductor and orchestra, top notch production Disadvantages: None, to be honest
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I have always been a huge fan of opera - ever since the day a group of us were given a day's parole from grammar school and bussed to the old Glyndebourne Opera house to see Beethoven's "Fidelio". So I guess it is only logical that I often spend time trying to persuade friends and acquaintances to share my own operatic favourites: either dragging them along to performances or lending CDs and DVDs. Unfortunately many people seem to be ... ...Well, yes, I do have to put my hand on my heart and admit that many operatic plots are a little far-fetched, but no more so than any movie such as "I am Legend" where Will Smith and a mangy German Shepherd in dire need of some Frontline treatment and a tin of Pedigree Chum manage to save Manhattan from a zombie invasion... Hmm. I guess all things are relative!? Anyway, once you get around the issue of people singing most of the time, I have to say ...
Maestrolover 17.06.2008
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Production Year: 1985 - Music / Performing Arts - Director: Peter Hall - Classification: Exempt - Starring: London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink, Barry McCauley, Marie McLaughlin, Maria Ewing
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