First Rate
drkhimxz | Freehold, NJ, USA | 07/21/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Kultur has just released nine DVD's featuring Joan Sutherland. This one is a jewel. The first thing that impressed me was how well scenery, lighting, costuming, and stage/video direction, created from this live performance, recorded in 1983, a superb video experience, There is little that does not come through the television screen as made for that medium. Quite an achievement and quite an impact on the viewer. As to that which comes through so well, it is superb. Every featured member of the cast sings and acts with skill and feeling,while the orchestra, under Bonynge, provides driving force and strong underpinnings at every stage. No element that matters will disappoint. A proud evening, indeed, for Australian opera and a gratifying one for the viewer,
The performance is sung in Italian with English sub-titles. The picture and sound are fine with ordinary equipment"