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The Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
The Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
Actors: Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ramon Vargas, Ludovic Tezier
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: DVD

List Price: $29.98
Buy New: $18.40
You Save: $11.58 (39%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars(15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 13196

Format: Classical, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 138 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: 001039209
UPC: 044007343777
EAN: 0044007343777
ASIN: B000UPSKO8

Release Date: January 8, 2008
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Description
Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the new faces of the opera world in a glamorous new live concert DVD: Anna Netrebko, El? - na Garanc?a, Ramon Vargas and the highly acclaimed young French baritone Ludovic Tezier sing a wide range of Italian and French opera favorites. This recording features highlights from concerts at Baden- Baden's Festspielhaus, where tickets to this extraordinary event sold out in record time. The DVD features the four young stars performing duets and the popular quartet "Bella figlia dell'amore" from Rigoletto. Other highlights include Delibes' famous flower duet from Lakme performed sumptuously by Anna and El?-na. Total Playing Time: 139 min.

Amazon.com
The Festival Theatre at the German spa town of Baden-Baden is a spanking modern concert hall behind the facade of a handsome 19th-century railroad station. In July 2007, it hosted an evening of wonderful singing by a quartet of leading operatic stars in a program that could have been titled "Opera's Greatest Hits." After a brief orchestral piece from Bellini's Norma the fireworks begin with the duet Mira, o Norma featuring soprano Anna Netrebko and mezzo Elina Garanca, their voices blending beautifully. From then on, it's one familiar, well-loved operatic chestnut after another, all done with spirited fervor and admirable vocalism. Tenor Ramon Vargas is a positive presence, giving us the bel canto gem Una furtive lagrima from Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore in a flawlessly idiomatic interpretation that includes stunning diminuendos and a melting mezza-voce. Ludovic Tezier's rich baritone scores with a subtle rendition of Riccardo's death scene from Verdi's Don Carlo and, in yet another highlight in an evening full of them, joins Vargas in the great duet Dio, che nell'alma infondere from that opera.

Garanca's Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix from Saint-Saen's Samson et Dalila is undersung but her showpiece aria from Rossini's La Cenerentola sparkles, with impressive coloratura fireworks. Netrebko is among the most brilliant stars of today's operatic firmament and while overparted in Norma's Casta Diva, she's effective elsewhere. She brings the house down with the first of the concert's many encores, a performance of Lehar's Meine Lippen from the operetta, Giuditta, that includes seductive singing and acting, sexual flirtations, and energetic dancing. Her enthusiasm is infectious, sparking her colleagues as well as the audience. All four singers join in the quartet from Rigoletto that ends the formal portion of the concert, and in the final encore, they trade verses in an arrangement of the Drinking Song from La Traviata. Conductor Marco Armiliato, whose supportive accompaniments help make the concert a rousing success, directs the capable orchestra.

So this two-hour singfest provides joys for vocal buffs despite the hectic video direction that keeps the cameras moving endlessly, unnecessarily swooping around the auditorium, zooming from balconies to the stage and back, and otherwise distracting from the main event. --Dan Davis


Customer Reviews:   Read 10 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Unforgettable Concert   August 21, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Do not hesitate to buy this DVD. It is worth every dollar. The four singers really stand out, Netrebko with her angel-like voice, Vargas with a wonderful tenor voice, Garanca as a colorful mezzo and Tezier as a brilliant baritone. Each and every aria are outstandingly sung and when the four of them join to sing both an aria from Rigoletto and from Traviata their voices blend wonderfully. It is one of those treasures that are worth being discovered. Javier from Bariloche


5 out of 5 stars The Opera Gala: Live from Baden Baden   July 1, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

It was a very enjoyable concert. Anna Netrebko showed her multi-talents with her beautiful voice, great showmanship, spontaneity, charisma, warm personality and had the audience in the palm of her hand. I particularly enjoyed her singing and dancing Franz Lehar's "Meine Lippen sie Kussen so Heiss" for the encore.


4 out of 5 stars the opera gala;live from badan-badan   June 30, 2008
  2 out of 3 found this review helpful

the girls outdid the boys onthis dvd two of the very best sopranoson the concert stage today.anna n. put on some performance.this alone was worth the price of the cd.


5 out of 5 stars a very pleasant surprise   June 23, 2008
  2 out of 3 found this review helpful

The Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
I had read good reviews of this concert and was familiar with all of the singers except Elina Garanca, but i was still surprised by the quality of this program. Anna Netrebco is, as usual, very good until her encore when she kicks off her shoes and brings the house down.
Few concerts are worth more than a viewing or two - this is an exception. It's well worth buying
geok



5 out of 5 stars Moving concert   June 15, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

This Baden-Baden Gala starts right with a Bel canto duet "Mira o Norma" after the Sinfonia with beautfull singing and Good looking soloist.The whole Concert goes on from that. The quality of the mail singers as well up to par.The bariton less experienced it seems,but georgeous voice.This Concert has drawn my tears for several times now with heartwrencing music & I can only recommend it to the fullest.The BEST opera concert on DVD for me out of many. Clear booklet & fantastic sound.

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