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Offenbach - Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) / Pretre, Domingo, Royal Opera Covent Garden
»rank: 11890
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This is as good a video of the traditional Tales of Hoffmann as we are ever likely to see. lt alters the material 0ffenbach left when he died, but it is the Hoffmann that audiences have loved for decades in a brilliant all-star production. Plácido Domingo is vocally resplendent and theatrically convincing as the poet Hoffmann enduring one amorous disappointment after another. He is supported by a large, expert, international cast, alert to the opera's wit, horror, and pathos. Particularly outstanding are Luciana Serra, vocally flawless and ...
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Herbert Von Karajan: Bruckner - Symphonies 8 & 9
»rank: 27911
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This is as good a video of the traditional Tales of Hoffmann as we are ever likely to see. lt alters the material 0ffenbach left when he died, but it is the Hoffmann that audiences have loved for decades in a brilliant all-star production. Plácido Domingo is vocally resplendent and theatrically convincing as the poet Hoffmann enduring one amorous disappointment after another. He is supported by a large, expert, international cast, alert to the opera's wit, horror, and pathos. Particularly outstanding are Luciana Serra, vocally flawless and ...
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Beethoven: 9th Symphony
»rank: 30959
Chroniques et points de vue:From :This is as good a video of the traditional Tales of Hoffmann as we are ever likely to see. lt alters the material 0ffenbach left when he died, but it is the Hoffmann that audiences have loved for decades in a brilliant all-star production. Plácido Domingo is vocally resplendent and theatrically convincing as the poet Hoffmann enduring one amorous disappointment after another. He is supported by a large, expert, international cast, alert to the opera's wit, horror, and pathos. Particularly outstanding are Luciana Serra, vocally flawless and ...
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
»rank: 35761
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Mozart's third and final opera with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, the hugely ambitious dramatic comedy Così fan Tutte (roughly translated as 'They're All Like That'), is brought passionately to life in a first-class production conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and featuring one of the great starring roles for Cecilia Bartoli. Filmed live at the Zurich 0pera House in February 2000 on a set that visualizes the subtitle 'The School for Lovers,' the plot revolves around two army officers arguing about the fidelity of their brides, then setting out ...
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Herbert Von Karajan/BPO: Beethoven's Symphony no. 9
»rank: 35761
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Mozart's third and final opera with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, the hugely ambitious dramatic comedy Così fan Tutte (roughly translated as 'They're All Like That'), is brought passionately to life in a first-class production conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and featuring one of the great starring roles for Cecilia Bartoli. Filmed live at the Zurich 0pera House in February 2000 on a set that visualizes the subtitle 'The School for Lovers,' the plot revolves around two army officers arguing about the fidelity of their brides, then setting out ...
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Così fan tutte
»rank: 35761
Chroniques et points de vue:From :Mozart's third and final opera with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, the hugely ambitious dramatic comedy Così fan Tutte (roughly translated as 'They're All Like That'), is brought passionately to life in a first-class production conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and featuring one of the great starring roles for Cecilia Bartoli. Filmed live at the Zurich 0pera House in February 2000 on a set that visualizes the subtitle 'The School for Lovers,' the plot revolves around two army officers arguing about the fidelity of their brides, then setting out ...
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