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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro -- 1966 Salzburg Festival/Bohm [DVD] [2006]

Ingvar Wixell (Actor), Claire Watson (Actor) | Rated: Exempt | Format: DVD
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  • Actors: Ingvar Wixell, Claire Watson, Reri Grist, Walter Berry, David Thaw
  • Format: PAL
  • Language: Italian
  • Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: Arthaus
  • DVD Release Date: 19 Sep 2003
  • Run Time: 180 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0000C084O
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 147,604 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Another Salzburg classic with Karl Bohm at his fluent, crisply-phrased best, a lively Gunther Rennert staging, and a cast of already historic Mozart voices. Performance ***** Picture & Sound *** --BBC Music Magazine,Feb'12

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Cast:

  • Il Conte di Almaviva – Ingvar Wixell
  • La Contessa di Almaviva – Claire Watson
  • Susanna – Reri Grist
  • Figaro – Walter Berry
  • Basilio – David Thaw
  • Bartolo – Zoltan Kelemen
  • Marcellina – Margarethe Bence
  • Cherubino – Edith Mathis
  • Antonio – Klaus Hirte
  • Barbarina – Deirdre Aselford
  • Don Curzio – Alfred Pfeifle

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5.0 out of 5 stars Perfection! 14 Feb 2012
By Bonzo
The received wisdom is that a 1966 Salzburg Festival production of Le Nozze di Figaro will surely be unbearably outdated and will contain wooden performances with little directorial intervention/invention. Think again. This production has THE perfect cast, both musically and visually. Claire Watson in the role of the Countess was one of the world's great sopranos, and was at the height of her powers here. 'Dove sono' had me on the verge of tears. Sadly, although she was 39 at the time of this recording, she had only a further 20 years to live. Reri Grist is thankfully still with us; she is a superb Susanna, beautiful, playful, seductive AND hits all the notes with exquisite ease. Walter Berry is the perfect foil, and a genuine comic turn. Ingvar Wixell is a truly villainous Count, dominating the stage with his furious outbursts, and Edith Mathis, playing Cherubino, is at once sexy and boyish. Karl Bohm's conducting is a revelation. I had always associated him with rather dour performances of Mozart symphonies but in this performance the rhythmic energy is palpable, making the 3 hours duration whiz past. I guess some may take issue with singers bowing to the audience after arias, but to me that just made it more charming. I rapidly adapted to the dated black and white imagery, and the sound is remarkably good for its age.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A wonderful perfomance of a wonderful production of a miraculous opera 8 April 2013
By Roy and Pauline (London UK)
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I recently purchased this on Amazon and have been asked to comment on the DVD. Benjamin Britten once described “Le Nozze di Figaro” as “this miracle”: if any proof were still needed of that description’s truth, this performance provides it.
Some caveats: it’s b/w and mono – this didn’t bother me: the sound is good, as is the film quality. More problematic, the cuts - why are there any? The musical style is typical of the mid-60s and might seem a little dated to modern ears. And as the reviewer Bonzo has said, there is a constant taking of bows after arias, which (unlike him/her) I find very annoying (the cast is first rate and the applause extensive).
Sets and costumes are trad and attractive, but there is nothing “sugar and spice” about Rennert’s direction: without being “in-your-face” it deals with a specific (ie feudal) social situation in all its nastiness. The Count sees nothing inconsistent with wanting to bed his wife’s maid, while being pathologically jealous (plus ca change). The Countess, to win back her husband, needs Susanna’s help and does things which she finds demeaning and hurtful. Susanna needs all her wits to fend off the Count’s advances but her economic position depends on him; Figaro, who throughout needs to think on his feet, is also careful not cross class lines too obviously. It remains wonderfully funny, but it is also disturbing. There are lovely small touches showing the relationships between the various characters.
Claire Watson, a fine Ellen Orford and Sieglinde, is lovely as the Countess: I will just add to Bonzo’s comments that I have rarely been so convinced that the Countess was, a few years previously, Rosina, the clever young woman who outwitted Dr Bartolo and married the man she still loves.... Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 stars Enduring reminder of a golden age 2 April 2013
By trottman
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A soprano duet from Le Nozze Di Figaro features prominently in the prison drama "The Shawshank Redemption" and showcases the talents of the Swiss soprano Edith Mathis (then singing the role of Susanna) together with Gundula Janowitz. A Mozart specialist Edith Mathis is quite well represented on CD but only two perfomances are available in the current DVD catalogue. In addition to singing Cherubino in the 1966 production of Le Nozze Di Figaro performed at the Salburger Festpielhaus, under the baton of Karl Bohm, the singer makes an engaging Annchen in the 1968 opera film from Hamburg of Der Freischutz masterminded by Rolf Liebermann.

Any reservations that the black and white record of this vintage production could be seriously dated is quickly disproved for not only is it a record of truly excellent musicianship but the acting is also very acceptable. That said this well staged traditional production belongs to a golden age when opera performers were singers first and actors second. There is nothing in the acting that could be described as "stand and deliver" but in addition to a multitude of curtain calls the performer also takes a bow at the end of a famous solo. A pleasing manifestation of the production is that the three soprano leads represent women of considerable resolution with an elegant countess, blessed with backbone, well capable of standing up to a domineering husband, a feisty and seductive Susanna and a smartly dressed boyish Cherubino, who is not portrayed as a wimpish misfit.

The production is fortunate to have five outstanding singers who adhere to a fine vocal line complete with excellent phrasing and diction. The stand-out is Reri Grist as Susanna who simply could not be bettered.... Read more ›
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