Rating: - Fabulous!
This is one of the most beautiful productions of "La Fille" that I have seen. The 5.1 or DTS sound is fantastic. A must have for any opera lover and if you have never heard "La Fille", you will be amazed at the beauty of this comic opera. Light hearted and whimiscal, yet the music is stunning.
Dussay and Flores deliver flawless performances. No that Pavarotti is gone, Flores may be the new "king of the high C". His performance of the aria "Ah Mes Amis" is one of the best I've ever heard. You will want to stand up and cheer after hearing it.
Buy it.
Rating: - BRAVO, GREAT, WONDERFUL.................................
With this spectacular cast, specially Dessay and Florez, who cares about the set and stage design or if it was updated to 20th Century ? Bravo ROH for taping this great production. The singing and acting are really wonderful and funny. You'll never regret if you buy this DVD.
Rating: - La Fille du regiment
It is first class, the photography, sound and the performance, Dessay and specially Florez are out of this world.
Rating: - stellar performances by Dessay and Florez
I saw this wonderful production live in New York and the video is very effective in recreating the excitement, talent and energy of the theater experience.
Rating: - I could not stop humming the tunes!
A couple of years ago I had not even heard of this Opera. Now I keep humming the infectious tunes.
Natalie Dessay gives one of the great comic performances ever seen on stage (or even film.) She also sings beautifully. Juan Diego must be one of the great tenors, especially for this period in Opera. I was reading on youtube today that he was not as good as Pavarotti or Kraus. This is Tosh! Juan Diego sings this part effortlessly. Buy this and play it to your friends, even though they may profess not to like Opera.
- Fabulous!