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- Review count18
- Helpfulness votes3
- First reviewNovember 23, 2008
- Last reviewMay 21, 2011
- Featured reviews0
- Average rating4.7
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Glorious opera!
PostedMay 21, 2011
The Met's Il Trovatore was a highlight of this season. Great music, great staging, great performances. It doesn't get any better than this. I wish they would bring it back this summer.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Great performance
PostedMay 13, 2011
Renee Fleming was terrific in this opera, also the other performers. The repartee about music v. poetry was tedious in the first act, but the last act was worth waiting for -- the gorgeous introductory orchestral piece and the Countess's final aria. I have a recording of these on Fleming's CD, Strauss Heroines, that I have enjoyed many times.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Great music, great performances
PostedJanuary 6, 2011
This is one of the best Met Opera Live in HD telecasts. The opera is one glorious piece of music after another, and the performances were all outstanding. The only problem is the audience was aware of some boom-boom special effects in the theatre next to ours. The operas should be shown in a theatre next to another movie that isn't loud enough to penetrate the theatre in which the opera is shown.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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A great Carmen!
PostedJuly 29, 2010
Elina Garanca is sensational as Carmen in this performance of Bizet's gorgeous opera. The rest of the cast is also terrific. Not ot be missed!
My only gripe: there were no intermissions. One 15 minute intermission would be nice, and a brief interview with Elina Garanca and Roberto Alagna.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Eugene Onegin
PostedJuly 11, 2010
Really enjoyed this opera - lovely music and great singing, especially by Renee and Dmitri. However, in the first act the sound was so low the singers could barely be heard. We could also sometimes hear the booming sound vibrations from a neighboring theatre in the movie complex -- this was an unfortunate distraction.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Grand and glorious opera
PostedJune 24, 2010
The Met's Romeo & Juliette was wonderful -- great singing on the part of Anna Netrebko and Roberto Alagna -- I missed this in 2007 and was glad for the rebroadcast this summer.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Beautifully sung
PostedMay 20, 2010
Armida is not among my favorite operas, but some of the music is really beautiful, and the performances by Renee Fleming and Lawrence Brownlee (and the other 5 tenors) are top drawer. Armida is worth seeing if just to hear Fleming's heart-stopping coloratura.
Excellent staging, and the ballet was very entertaining.
Excellent staging, and the ballet was very entertaining.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Wonderful Night at the Opera
PostedApril 15, 2010
I thoroughly enjoyed this French opera. Excellent performances, especially by the baritone Simon Keenlyside as Hamlet. He has a great voice and is riveting in this tragic role. The music, composed in the mid-1800's, is very accessible and melodic, though there are no memorable arias that you would hum on the way out.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Top Notch Carmen
PostedFebruary 4, 2010
Great performances from Elina Garanca and Roberto Alagna. I saw both the live performance and the encore.
However, I thought the production was a bit over the top with the sexuality in terms of staging and the dancing.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Der Rosenkavalier
PostedJanuary 28, 2010
A grand and glorious production of my favorite opera. Beautiful, touching performances by Fleming and Graham., Gorgeous costumes and scenery. Sublime music. Not to be missed!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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