Rating: - CANTATA SINGERS HARTELIUS AND BAR VISIT ANIMAL HOUSE
I have enjoyed collecting DVD with Malin Hartelius, an exciting young singer with an ability to bring out the best in almost any production. Her Adele, in this DVD, and Annchen in Der Freischutz however ... Read More
Rating: - BE CAREFUL!
Be careful! Don't buy this dvd unless it's your fully-conscious decision to go off the beaten path and perhaps into the briars and brambles. I expect a really good production from the Salzburg Festival, ... Read More
Rating: - be warned ! avant garde to the point of absurdity !
a cocaine sniffing prince orlofsky . a director who decided to rewrite the operetta putting in new dialogue. dark ,sadistic,amateurish. i knew i was in trouble when i started reading the booklet inside the dvd ... Read More
Rating: - Iconoclastic, confrontational, and totally enjoyable
If you are looking for a polite and unoffensive night of pretty music, this is not the FLEDERMAUS for you. But if you are looking for a wild, biting, contemporary view of Strauss' operetta, this is as good as it ... Read More
Rating: - Grotesque! An Atrocity. But the Music's Nice.
I have little good to say about this DVD of the 2001 Salzburg Festival production of Johann Strauss's 'Die Fledermaus' in Hans Neuenfels's grotesque staging. The production, while sumptuous in some respects, is so ... Read More