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Puccini - Madama Butterfly - Herbert von Karajan
Of all Puccini's major operas, the intimate tragedy of Madama Butterfly is least in need of elaborate staging and might therefore benefit most from the close scrutiny of film. The story is domestic, the setting Spartan, the incidental characters k... »
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Wagner - Das Rheingold / Levine, Morris, Jerusalem, Ludwig, Metropolitan Opera
Das Rheingold is my favorite of all of Wagner's Ring. An opera such as this (especially an opera by Wagner in general) is not meant to be experienced by DVD alone. If one watches this, one has to keep in mind the limits of stage filming and recording. Th... »
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Wagner - Gotterdammerung / Levine, Behrens, Jerusalem, Metropolitan Opera
I have to disagree strongly with Khan in his 2000 review. The performance (which I have seen live in New York four times) is remarkable in every way, and if you really want to hear every note Wagner wrote (read that as I followed the score while watchin... »
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Bernstein: Candide
I didn't see the other user comments when I ordered this. I must have been distracted. What a disappointment! I thought I was ordering a theatrical version - a play as I had seen it in 1978. Instead, it's an orchestral version with narration. If I wa... »
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