Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel / Davis, Damrau, Allen, Silja
Opus Arte
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$42.99
Jul 28, 2009
Diana Damrau and Angelika Kirchschlager star in the acclaimed 2008 production of Humperdinck’s famous fairytale opera, in the company of two of Britain’s most revered musical figures: Thomas Allen, playing the role of the Father, and the legendary conductor Colin Davis. Directors Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leiser combine their characteristic wit and a dash of deliciously dark comedy with the opera’s fairytale charm. Humperdinck’s music mixes catchy folk-like songs with sumptuous instrumental colour, making the result as tunefully approachable, musically memorable and visually delightful as opera gets. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in full Surround Sound.
Hansel: Angelika Kirchschlager Gretel: Diana Damrau Gertrud: Elizabeth Connell Peter: Thomas Allen Witch: Anja Silja Sand man: Pumeza Matshikiza Dew Fairy: Anita Watson
Tiffin Boys’ Choir and Children’s Chorus The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Conductor: Colin Davis Stage Directors: Moshe Leiser & Patrice Caurier
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on 12th and 16th December 2008.
Plus Illustrated synopsis & animated cast gallery. Interview with Colin Davis. Fairytales feature. Cinema trailer.
Reviews ‘Angelika Kirchschlager’s tousled, boyish Hänsel and Diana Damrau’s Gretel are dramatically convincing and vocally superb, while their parents, excellently sung and played by Elizabeth Connell and Thomas Allen, earn our sympathy as well as our censure. Pumeza Matshikiza’s goblin-like Sandman is truly magical and Anita Watson’s feather-dusting Dew Fairy another amusing creation. Colin Davis, unafraid to relish the icing on the cake, draws a warm, effulgent sound from the orchestra.’ Evening Standard
REGIONS: All Regions PICTURE FORMAT: 16:9 LENGTH: 138 Mins SOUND: 5.1 DTS SURROUND / PCM STEREO SUBTITLES: ENGLISH/FRENCH/GERMAN/SPANIS/ITALIAN LANGUAGE: German NO OF DISCS: 2
Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel / Davis, Damrau, Allen, Silja
$42.99
DVD
Opus Arte
Jul 28, 2009
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