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58 of 59 people found the following review helpful
The Emmy that Franco Zeffirelli won for his film Pagliacci was justly deserved and the film speaks for itself. However, the underated Cavalleria Rusticana alone is worth the price of this DVD. A very young Placido Domingo is in truly fine form and his scene/duet with Elena Obratsova is really intense! Elena Obratsova is the real star of this film and her performance at times can easliy move you to tears. Filmed in Sicily the cinema photography is beautiful and the quality of the sound is better then any version of Rusticana that I so far heard on CD. A truly outstanding production that stands way above the other opera movies from this era.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Be warned..... Deutsche Gramophone should be ashamed for releasing such poor, if not an appalling quality film. The film which was poorly made and released in video format was not that good the first time round, but I would have expected Deutsche Gramophone to have released this after being re-mastered, but sadly they seem more concerned in making a quick buck... How anyone can watch it is beyond me. I was so looking forward to this and especially as the DVD cover has been revamped and gives one the impression that the recording has too. That's the only thing Deutsche Gramophone did to this... The DVD cover....So as I've said BE WARNED! ... Personally I never thought that Franco Zeffirelli managed to capture the essence of the opera, and the semi stage and open-air production doesn't work. One or the other, but not mixed is my opinion so what is the point of struggling on, when there are far better ones on the market. Save your money.. Or buy my copy...
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
The disc is NTSC Region 0, so should be playable on most modern DVD players.
Italian is the original language; sub-titles are in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish and Chinese; the DVD menu is in English.
Italian is the original language; sub-titles are in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish and Chinese; the DVD menu is in English.
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Superb
Addressing a couple of previous negative comments: First: the Top Menu requires you to click on the Act 1,2 etc for Pag - not on the Title. Read more
Published 1 month ago by John8142
Magnificent Cav and Pag
Cavalleria Rusticana was shot on location in Sicily and not in a theatre. This works very well with Zeffirelli's direction producing a very moving performance. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Colin W
opera as film
Quite good but would prefer it on a stage do not like the film setting prefer a CD I have the artists are better my only pluswas I had forgotten the story so enjoyed the sub titles... Read more
Published 16 months ago by N. H. Mcleay
Enjoyable films, moving performances.
Both films are powerful and very watchable. Colour could be a shade deeper and images sharper, but that is a minor issue because overall the picture quality is quite acceptable. Read more
Published 17 months ago by operatic
A Great production of this pair
Domingo dominates this pair if operas and Stratas matches his standard,
The prologue to Paglacci, sung by Pons is the best I can recall. Read more
The prologue to Paglacci, sung by Pons is the best I can recall. Read more
Published 19 months ago by D. Neill
Cav and Pag
Excellent, moving productions. Amazing to see Placido Domingo as both a young man and an old man. Well worth the money.
Published 19 months ago by J. Staveley
Cav and Pag
First class. I enjoyed cav better than pag. Well worth having
Published on 7 April 2010 by W. A. Breen
Un-playable on Panasonic DVDR & DVD players
I was disappointed to find that this DVD, along with four other recent purchases from Amazon, is configured for Area '0' rather than Area '2', 'ALL' or '2,3,5'. Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2009 by Parki
Faulty DVD
I have old videos (from the TV) of the two operas which i think are outstanding and was looking forward to the better quality of the DVD. Read more
Published on 12 Jan 2009 by William T. Mckain
Not what I expected
I was very disappointed. Admittedly the filming was very good, but I was expecting much more. In future I will stick with grand opera. Read more
Published on 26 Mar 2008 by B. J. A. Searle
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