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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very strongly recommended!,
This review is from: Verdi - Otello (Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orch.) [DVD] (DVD)
This superb production is a stunning success. The entire cast sings and acts with total authority and conviction. Fleming sings beautifully (even if she does look a bit like she's walked straight out of an American soap opera), my only reservation is over James Morris, whose acting is a bit hammy (he should have made less use of his (very strange) eyebrows). Domingo overwhelms. Levine gives the music all the ferocious power it needs, with a fantastically disciplined Met orchestra. Sets and costumes strike an ideal balance between traditional and modern, sumptuous and understated. One tiny gripe - not every line in the opera is subtitled. There are some serious gaps in the subtitling. Overall verdict though: excellent - the five stars richly deserved. I cannot imagine this opera better presented.
37 of 40 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Otello the Great,
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This review is from: Verdi - Otello (Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orch.) [DVD] (DVD)
Another great production from the Met. I bought this DVD without the benefit of a review. I was not disappointed.This is a typically traditional production from the Met but imaginitive lighting and colour creates a sense of modernity. Placido Domingo, Renee Fleming and the dasterdly James Morris are in fine form as is the Met orchestra under James Levine. The picture and sound quality of the DVD are excellent. This is one of the best of my growing collection of operas on DVD- now over 70, and I can recommend it without hesitation.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
otello,
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This review is from: Verdi - Otello (Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orch.) [DVD] (DVD)
Wonderful singing, but such poor sound quality! And the real killer is that it is 4:3 format, which makes viewing on even our 37inch TV very unsatisfactory.
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