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Prometheus: Musical Variations on a Myth [Berliner Philharmoniker/Abbado] Blu-ray Review

October 19, 2015 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

An unusual multimedia piece dealing with the Prometheus legend that, in spite of a top-notch orchestra and conductor, fails to cohere into a satisfying watch

Filed Under: Avant-garde, BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, EuroArts Tagged With: Berliner Philharmoniker, Classical, Claudio Abbado, EuroArts, Prometheus

Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi [San Francisco Opera/Frizza] Blu-ray Review

October 19, 2015 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

A Blu-ray premiere of a Bellini rarity that gets the star treatment that surmounts its minimalist staging.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, EuroArts, Italian Language, Opera Tagged With: Bellini, Classical, EuroArts, I Capuleti e I Montecchi, Opera, Roberto Frizza

Kern & Hammerstein: Show Boat [San Francisco Opera/DeMain] Blu-ray Review

July 13, 2015 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

This San Francisco Opera revival of one of the all-time musical blockbusters is a smashing success with great performances and superior production values.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, EuroArts, Musical Tagged With: EuroArts, Musical, Oscar Hammerstein, San Francisco Opera, Show Boat

Dvorak: Rusalka [La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra and Chorus/Fischer] Blu-ray Review

July 1, 2015 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Rethought version of Dvorak classic worth watching for Myrto Papatanasiu’s riveting portrayal of the title character.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Czech Language, EuroArts, Opera Tagged With: Adam Fischer, Classical, Dvorak, EuroArts, La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, Rusalka

Stravinsky: The Firebird [National Ballet of Canada/Gergiev] Blu-ray Review

May 11, 2015 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

A new version of Stravinksy’s modern classic, The Firebird, aided by nifty special effects and terrific dancing.

Filed Under: Ballet, BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Dance, EuroArts Tagged With: Ballet, Dance, EuroArts, Igor Stravinsky, National Ballet of Canada, The Firebird, Valery Gergiev

Martha Argerich: Evening Talks Blu-ray Review

March 4, 2015 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Piano virtuoso Martha Argerich shares her life and career with Georges Gachot in a series of intimate and probing interviews, interspersed with live performance excerpts.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, EuroArts, French Language Tagged With: Classical, Documentary, EuroArts, Evening Talks, Idéale Audience, Martha Argerich

Boito: Mefistofele [San Francisco Opera/Nicola Luisotti] Blu-ray Review

November 28, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

The revival of Robert Carsen’s 1989 San Francisco Opera production succeeds with a stellar cast and rises to the top of the Blu-ray list for this rarely performed opera.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, EuroArts, Italian Language, Opera Tagged With: Arrigo Boito, Classical, EuroArts, Mefistofele, Opera

Tchaikowsky: The Merchant of Venice [Wiener Syhmphoniker/Nielsen/Bregenzer Festpiele] Blu-ray Review

October 13, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Merchant of Venice would have benefited from the revisions that Tchaikowsky would have made had he lived long enough to make them.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, EuroArts, Opera, Unitel Classica Tagged With: Classical, EuroArts, Opera, Tchaikowsky, The Merchant of Venice

Spuck: Poppea // Poppea [Gauthier Dance] Blu-ray Review

October 8, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

A modernist interpretation of Monteverdi’s opera Poppea that is danced rather than sung with terrific dancers.

Filed Under: Ballet, BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, Dance, EuroArts Tagged With: Ballet, Christian Spuck, Classical, Dance, EuroArts, Poppea

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg [Salzburg Festival/Gatti] Blu-ray Review

August 8, 2014 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Director Herheim’s reinvention of Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg sheds new light with this production, well conducted and well sung.

Filed Under: BD & UHD BD, Classical Music, EuroArts, German Language, Opera Tagged With: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, EuroArts, Opera, Salzburg Festival, Wagner, Wiener Philharmoniker

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