Placido Domingo: My Greatest Roles Vol3 French
Label: KULTUR Catalog: KULDV4649 Format: DVD CARMEN (Bizet) - Vienna State Opera Carmen:ELENA OBRAZTSOVA Don José: PLÃCIDO DOMINGO Escamillo: YURI MAZUROK Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera Vienna Boys' Choir Conductor: CARLOS KLEIBER For this legendary staging of Carmen, the masterly director Franco Zeffirelli created colorful and atmospheric imagery, while the musical genius of conductor Carlos Kleiber drew from the music a rhythmic vitality and subtle passion. Kleiber was conducting an extraordinary cast. Placido Domingo, still the young lyrical tenor, gave a stunning performance as Don Jose, and Elena Obraztsova was a wonderfully natural Carmen, a far cry from the usual she-devil erotic cliche. ' The applause threatened to last as long as a full-length opera' SÃDDEUTSCHE ZEITUNG Directed for stage and TV by FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI SAMSON AND DELILAH (Saint-Saens) San Francisco Opera Samson: PLACIDO DOMINGO Delilah: SHIRLEY VERRETT High Priest of Dagon: WOLFGANG BRENDEL Chorus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera Conductor: JULIUS RUDEL Saint-Saens' great dramatic opera closely follows the biblical tale of the struggle between the Hebrews and the Philistines, and the downfall of Samson at the hands of the temptress Delilah. The colorful and evocative sets and costumes reflect Saint-Saens' melodic and sensual score. 'Placido Domingo and Shirley Verrett...incomparable in the title roles' SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE '...boasting three excellent principals, an extraordinarily handsome scenic and costume design, crisp, effective stage direction, and exceptionally good orchestral playing under an operatic conductor of the first rank' SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER Directed by NICOLAS JOEL Directed for video by KIRK BROWNING THE TALES OF HOFFMANN (Offenbach) The Royal Opera Covent Garden Hoffmann: PLACIDO DOMINGO Olympia: LUCIANA SERRA Giulietta: AGNES BALTSA Antonia: ILEANA COTRUBAS Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Conductor: GEORGES PRETRE Seeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves - the doll-like Olympia, the high-class courtesan Giulietta, and the ambitious but delicate Antonia - and recalls how each was thwarted by the evil influence of his rival. In this production by the distinguished film director, John Schlesinger, Offenbach's nightmare world is brought to life. The all-star cast is headed by Placido Domingo as Hoffmann: his three loves are Ileana Cotrubas, Agnes Baltsa and Luciana Serra and the manifestations of his rival are sung by Geraint Evans, Robert Lloyd, Siegmund Nimsgern and Nicola Ghiuselev. Stage Production JOHN SCHLESINGER Directed for video by BRIAN LARGE Bonus DVD Placido Domingo speaks at length, with passion and fervor, about each of the roles he sings in these three operas. Production Manager: ANGELA HALL Editor ANDREW FINDLAY Produced and Directed by CHRIS HUNT Artistic Supervision: PLÃCIDO DOMINGO CARMEN 154 Mins Audio Subtitles: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol SAMSON AND DELILAH 111 Mins Audio Subtitles: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol THE TALES OF HOFFMANN 150 Mins Subtitles: English, Francais, Deutsch, Italiano, Espanol, Japanese BONUS INTERVIEWS 59 Mins Unsubtitled |