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List Price: £24.99
Our Price: £67.29
Rated: Exempt
Staring:
San Francisco Opera Orch And Chorus, Samuel Ramey, Dennis O'Neill, Gabriela Benackova, Maurizio Arena
Director:
Robert Carsen
 Really too silly to be disgusting!, 2010-07-05
Robert Carsen, the director, and Michael Levine, his designing accomplice, ignored the simple pathos of the score, not to mention the mythic profundity of its literary source. The theatrical whiz-kids concentrated instead on a nifty musical circus decorated with sight gags.
The universe became a Baroque theater run by none other than old Mef, who clambered out of the orchestra pit via a convenient ladder. He was the fellow with the deep voice, the red beard, the matching suit, the bare chest, the little horns and the odd habit of hitching tenors, Peter Pan style, to hokey aerial contraptions. He's the one who cackled dramatically while carrying on a petty argument with an invisible God.
The satanical protagonist cast poor Faust as the chubby juvenile lead in a nightmare show within the show.
Ah, that sweet theatrical cliche again.
The colourful, anti-musical, dramatically contradictory proceedings were observed by a choir of masked angels stationed in fake proscenium boxes. In the final apotheosis, they showered the floor with fistfuls of confetti. Presumably, that glittery act symbolized salvation.
This "Mefistofele" looked magnificently silly in the opera house. It looks just as silly on the DVD.
Carsen's images are amusingly telegenic, if nothing else, and Brian Large moves his cameras around them resourcefully. He even knows when to look the other way, allowing a glimpse of nudity in a generally sanitized version of the kermesse scene but no suggestion of priapic prostheses at the witches' sabbath.
Samuel Ramey emits mighty noises and strikes gleeful poses in the title role. Dennis O'Neill brings bel-canto fervor to the music of Faust, even if he doesn't fly through the air with the greatest of ease. Gabriela Benackova makes Margherita a poignant peasant and Helen of Troy a dignified diva.
Maurizio Arena conducts with an stubborn sense of the grand sentimental style.
List Price: £8.99
Our Price: £4.11
Artist:
Ralph Benatzky,
Johann II Strauss,
A. Wunsch,
Various,
Ludwig Gruber,
Imre Kálmán,
A. Karás,
Franz Lehár,
Dmitry Shostakovich,
A. Sleczynski,
André Rieu
King of the Waltz by Royal Command, 2009-12-08
My copy of this CD and for which I did the review is called 'Andre Rieu Waltzes' with a different cover picture and now offered under this item. This is a splendid collection of cheery Waltz favourites with the odd Polka and March making a well thought out programme. The sound quality is excellent. It is ideal for playing on festive occasions or as a special gift now that Andre Rieu and his orchestra is appearing by Royal Command on the Royal Variety Show 2009 and is sure to capture even more fans. I was delighted to have the romantic Vilja Song and the charm of Village swallows with it's tinkling bells among other delights on this CD. If you like this CD you might also like the sensational 3 CD compilation 'Andre Rieu Eine Musikalische Traumereise' (an absolute bargain) which I have also reviewed
List Price: £9.00
Our Price: £24.12
Artist:
Erzgebirgsgruppe Bimmelbah',
Karl Schreiter,
Unbekannt,
Gedicht,
Erich Wunderwald,
M. Hüttel,
Otto Peuschel,
Korndörfer,
Seifert,
Edition Phonica,
Manfred Blechschmidt,
Geschichte,
Elfriede Weisbach,
Erich Lang,
Hofmeister,
Chistoph Flath,
Luise Pinc,
Seff Gessinger,
Edmund Wünsch,
Anton Günther
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