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Handel - Rodelinda / Roschmann, Chance, Palmer, Nilon, Robson, Chiummo, Bolton, Munich Opera
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DVD : Handel - Rodelinda / Roschmann, Chance, Palmer, Nilon, Robson, Chiummo, Bolton, Munich Opera
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0675754830427
Format: Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Farao Records
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Farao Records
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Farao Records
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 26, 2005
Running Time: 203 minutes
Studio: Farao Records
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I love this opera, and recordings of it are in short supply, so I actually bought this DVD (and the Glyndebourne one as well) just to hear some different renditions of this wonderful music. Both DVDs are good, but Roschmann's singing is a revelation! Anna Caterina Antonacci, on Glyndebourne's DVD, is a bit stretched by the tessitura of the part, but Roschmann has the coloratura, volume, and luminous shimmering tone that sets her apart from any other voice I have heard in the role. Her acting is also less stilted, although I think that has more to do with the productions they are in (the Glyndebourne is set in a sort of 1920's silent film Hollywood milieu). The Glyndebourne production is better overall, and better cast overall (Scholl is much better than Chance is here), but this one is still essential. The production here (Dir. David Alden) is really not THAT bad, and he doesn't betray the basic plot or emotions that the libretto calls for, but it is just a little silly sometimes (Garibaldo ... Read More
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The music of Rodelinda is glorious. The singers are great, I particularly liked the dramatic, almost... verista!!! :) , performance of Dorothea Roschmann and the delicate voice of Michael Chance. The interpretative (from the musical standpoint) aspects of this Rodelinda are great too. Yes Mr (or Mrs.)Didden (from Pennsilvania) it is Eurotrash at its best, I agree. But do not forget that it is a David Alden's production after all. However, it is not the worse attempt of this british stage director to ruin a Handel's opera. If you did not like this Rodelinda keep away from his other stagings of Ariodante (ENO) and Rinaldo (Munich?) otherwise you will be horrified!. I also hate his stage productions and I think the guy (David Alden) should be in jail or sued by Handel's heirs, but this Rodelinda is OK among his other disgraces. A bit too dark to my taste though. Anyway, after watching so many Eurotrash productions of Handel's operas (it seems that this is the most common way of staging them ... Read More
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I agree for the most part with the reviewer from Carlisle, PA. Having had a chance also to view and listen to the Glyndebourne DVD published by Kultur, I definitely prefer the Munich opera performance. Why? There are 2 main reasons: First and perhaps most importantly, the sound of the music on this DVD is very warm and much more brilliant than that of the Glyndebourne DVD. This may be due to different recording techniques and therefore be unrelated to the quality of the musicians. In fact, the singers in the Glyndebourne performances (especially Anna Antonacci and Andreas Scholl as Queen and rightful King) appear at least as good artistically as their Munich counterparts (Dorothea Roschmann and Michael Chance). Listening to the Munich performance, you feel as though you are in a theater auditorium. I don't have this feeling at all when playing the other DVD. Of course, one needs a high quality stereo system to appreciate the differences. Second, I like the more dramatic and passionate singing and ... Read More
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THE TRULY MAGNIFICENT SINGING MUST BE THE FOCUS OF THIS PRODUCTION!
'Rodelinda' was first performed in the Haymarket Theater on February 13, 1725 (ten days before Handel's 40th birthday). The success was supposed to have been ecstatic, and his fame increased, He stood at the height of his art as an opera composer.
David Alden has staged Handel's hymn to women's love in time of battle in a modern setting. He stages it somewhere in Italy in the 50's and turns it into a story of an occurrence in the Mafia. To my mind the story is not as important as the production itself.
And it is indeed an excellent rendition by the singers as well as the orchestra. There are 7 characters one of whom is a young boy who really is only a "prop"; the son of the male lead Michael Chance, who plays Bertarido, and does it gloriously with his wonderful countertenor voice and his great dramatic sense. He plays the role of the tragic exile returning to his country incognito to regain ... Read More
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I watched my copy of this production after I had seen a pirated copy of the Glyndebourne production and listened to the new cd set conducted by Alan Curtis. I also have the older LP set on Westminster, very admirably sung, and the cd set of the older still production with Sutherland etc. which I am going to listen to, soon. If this dvd were the only game in town, then I would advise the prospective viewer to go for it. However, with the announced dvd version from Glyndebourne, one would be advised to wait and watch a much better staging, with in most cases superior singing. Like the Munich production, the British is set in twentieth century, but the era seems closer to the twenties than the Munich's thirty's fascist Italy, which conceit is a bit strained anyway. Too bad we do not, and probably will not, have the new Met production with Fleming and Daniels; THAT would probably put these out of contention, but the british production is highly satisfactory in staging and singing, and above all, acting. ... Read More
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