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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Joseph Losey |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 January, 1979 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Columbia Tristar Hom |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Performing Arts - Opera |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 043396072121 |
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Customer Reviews of Mozart - Don Giovanni / Maazel, Raimondi, Te Kanawa, Paris Opera
Mozart miracle! This is possibly the most beautiful opera video ever produced. It was not filmed on stage, but on location in Vicenza, Italy, with absolutely stunning setting. It features excellent performances, including Ruggero Raimondi (the perfect Don) and Kiri Te Kanawa (the perfect Donna Elvira). Of the 5 or 6 greatest operas ever written (all Mozart's, in my opinion), some say Don Giovanni stands out as the most perfect achievement. Whatever your opinion may be, by getting this video you will be getting the very finest rendition of this masterwork I have ever seen. It is sung in the original Italian, with English subtitles. Incidentally, one reviewer complained of the poor quality of the sound. This is unfortunately true (shame on Kultur Videos!) but don't let this stop you from purchasing this excellent video - you won't regret it.
The perfect opera to be your first!
I got this copy of "Il dissoluto punuto," ossai "Il Don Giovanni" for Christmas. This was my first opera, and I am astounded. I'm hooked on this style of entertainment, now. Kiri Te Kanawa and Ruggero Raimondi are the perfect opera performers to introduce you to opera. They both have wonderful voices and can act like nobody's business. Enough about the main performers. When I got this, I was expecting it to be a film of a stage performance.. and that's not at all what it was. These "opera films" are absolutely wonderful. Kind of unusual and take a bit to get used to, but are very nice. Excellent film. Great performance of the scene that made me want the opera (Don Giovanni, a cena teco). I love the happy, bouncy quality of the marriage party, where we first meet Masetto and his wife. It's so Mozart! I never really understood the purpose of the valet in black. (O.o). Mozart can be so intriguing... he was my favorite composer to begin with, and this only increased it. Great opera to be your first. I strongly recommend it.
SUBLIME film, but the sound is just AWFUL !
Having seen this film years and years ago in the cinema at least twice, I jumped at the chance to get it on DVD when I saw that it was released.
I wasn't disappointed - if you can abstract from, say, Dame Kiri te Kanawa, walking around in a corn field singing in Dolby stereo, you are in for a rare treat !
Aaaah, the settings, the costumes, the singers, the time details are just fantastic ! Especially Dame Kiri is at the height at her vocal powers and possesses enough dramatic flair to act as well as sing but the show stopper MUST be Kenneth Riegel, singing his heart out in "Il Mio Tesoro" - I have rarely heard a more heart-felt and passionate rendition of the aria !
This film would definitely get 5 stars if it hadn't been for the poor sound transfer ! On the back it is marked "digitally mastered audio" and "Dolby Surround" - full of anticipation I switched on my dolby surround system only having to switch it off again and go for "normal stereo". Sometimes during the film it sounded as if the singers were singing inside a tin can so I have to deduct a start for bad sound remastering - otherwise maybe the BEST opera adaptation for the screen EVER !