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Rossini: Le Comte Ory [Metropolitan Opera, 2011] [DVD] [2012] [NTSC]

Juan Diego Florez , Diana Damrau , Bartlett Sher    Exempt   DVD
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Juan Diego Florez, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato, Susanne Resmark, Maurizio Benini
  • Directors: Bartlett Sher
  • Format: Classical, Colour, NTSC
  • Language: French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired: Spanish, English, Italian, French, German
  • Region: All Regions
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Number of discs: 2
  • Classification: Exempt
  • Studio: EMI
  • DVD Release Date: 12 Mar 2012
  • Run Time: 153 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B006ZRAF0C
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 29,545 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Product Description

Metropolitan Opera chorus and orchestra
Maurizio Benini (musical direction) / Bartlett Sher (stage direction)
Diana Damrau (Comtesse Adèle)
Joyce Di Donato (Isolier)
Juan Diego Flórez (Comte Ory)
Susanne Resmark (Ragonde)
Michele Pertusi (Tutor)
Stéphane Degout (Raimbaud)
Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera, new York, 2011


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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Le Comte Ory 21 May 2012
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Gorgeous due to quality of cast and excellent performances and production. We are very lucky to have the possibility of acquiring a DVD on one of the most dazzling of Rossini's operas. When shall you do the same with Matilde di Shabran?
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars le compte ory 2 Jun 2012
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Top quality, first rate performance! If you have not dipped your toe into the vibrant waters of opera before then this is perfect for encouraging you to swim at the deep end!
A wonderful comedy.. (yes, opera can be comical) French farce full of passion, deception, men dressed as nuns and some cheeky three in a bed action...all in good taste of course! Rossini does carry on! Juan Diego Florez - outstanding. Bravo!
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Abel
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The story of this opera was set in the time of the Crusades, when all men gone out on military expeditions, leaving only women behind to wail and lament...But then, there is that son of a duke of something, a certain Count of Ory, who is nothing more than a libertine without any scruples...
You can imagine what a outdated background such is for modern viewers!
So this MET production has this 'historical' thing set as a play within a play, just to be a bit more convincing to modern viewers.
Nevermind that - the musical cast is excellent.
I totally disgree that Florez is disappointing in any way - his performance is utterly convincing, and truly terrific. This MET production is his reprisal of Ory's role since his debut at Pesaro more than a decade ago, and he is in excellent vocal form.
Partnering him, the magnificient German coloratura soprano Diana Damrau gave a truly insinuating interpretation of Adele. This Adele is not a medieval simpleton: as a play within a play, this Adele is a feigned virgin, a dressed-up saint. At heart, she wants men - no matter Ory, or cousin Isolier, she wants men for amusement and fun. Damrau is vocally superb in this performance, with her timbre getting fuller and richer since the birth of her son in 2010. It is her acting, however, that is the high point of this production.
Joyce Didonato's Isolier is also a sterling performance, though in a trouser role, she is handicapped by missing out the full stage glamour afforded to Damrau, who looks surprisingly like a young Meryl Streep.
This one even surpasses the earlier Glydebourne performance with the wonderful Annick Massis and Ludovic Tezier.
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