DVD: Nicolai Ghiaurov     DVD:     Nicolai Ghiaurov      Evgeniy Onegin [Region 2] Mirella Freni, Sandra Walker Spendid performance This version of "Eugene Oneghin" is one of the best; sung on stage, in Russian by Russians with extraordinary voices (all of them), filled with emotion, this interpretation displays all the beauty and sensibility of Ceaikovski's most popular opera.             Verdi - Aida / Maazel, Chiara, Pavarotti, La Scala Paata Burchuladze, Luciano Pavarotti Image Entertainment, 1999 not perfect, but not trash, either First off, I must address the reviewer who criticized the nude women in Amneris' bath scene. This production was staged in Italy, where the native population does not giggle like a schoolgirl at the sight of a woman's bare breast. The nude women, all chosen according ...             Rossini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia Vesselina Kasarova, Manuel Lanza Euroarts, 2007             Gounod - Faust Nicolai Ghiaurov, Alfredo Kraus Video Artists Int'l, 2007 Magnifique Some allowances must be made in consideration of the DVD release of this 35-year-old Japanese television broadcast. The burned-in Japanese subtitles cannot be gotten rid of, although they become less distracting when those of one's own language are superimposed over ...             Mussorgsky - Khovanshchina / Abbado, Ghiaurov, Atlantov, Vienna State Opera Nicolai Ghiaurov, Vladimir Atlantov Image Entertainment, 2001 A really great Opera. Khovanshchina considered by many to be Mussorgsky's greatest work is grand opera in the greatest sense. There is ballet, huge choruses, and even a on-stage brass band (which sounded really good too). The Vienna Opera Orchestra/Vienna Philharmonic is one of the best ...             Verdi - Ernani / Domingo, Freni, Bruson, Ghiaurov, Muti, La Scala Opera Plácido Domingo, Renato Bruson Kultur Video, 2004 MIRELLA FRENI CHANGES THE NAME OF THE OPERA WHEN VERDI WROTE "ERNANI" (1844), HE WAS FASCINATED BY THE VOICE OF TENOR GAETANO FRASCHINI (1818-1887), THUS HE MADE THE TENOR'S ROLE THE TITLE-ROLE. IF HE HAD WRITTEN THIS OPERA ONE HUNDRED YEARS LATER, AND HEARD MIRELLA'S VOICE SOARING ABOVE THE WHOLE CAST AT THE ...             Verdi - Don Carlo (remastered) Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 Verdi's opera of love and politics Under the sensitive direction of James Levine, Placido Domingo plays Don Carlo, heir to the Spanish throne, as close to the edge of madness. I think this interpretation works much better than playing him as Schiller's romantic hero--plus it's more accurate, since the ...             Verdi - Don Carlo / Levine, Domingo, Freni, Metropolitan Opera Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni Geneon [Pioneer], 2001 Verdi's opera of love and politics Under the sensitive direction of James Levine, Placido Domingo plays Don Carlo, heir to the Spanish throne, as close to the edge of madness. I think this interpretation works much better than playing him as Schiller's romantic hero--plus it's more accurate, since the ...             Giacomo Puccini - La Bohème / Francesca Zambello · Tiziano Severini - M. Freni · L. Pavarotti · San Francisco ... Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti Kultur Video, 1999 Heartbreaking! Anyone who has read my reviews knows that I am the biggest Freni fan imaginable. She does not disappoint me here. Yes, at this stage, her voice is a size too large for Mimi, more suitable for heavy verismo such as Tosca, Fedora and Manon Lescaut. The voice is far ...             Verdi - Requiem / Henri-Georges Clouzot · Herbert von Karajan - L. Price · Cossotto · Pavarotti Herbert von Karajan, Leontyne Price Deutsche Grammophon, 2001 The best Verdi Requiem This is the definitive interpretation of the "Verdi Requiem" The scala orquestra and chorus have the feel of Verdi music, The soloists, the best of the twentieth century, and von Karajan, well a genius.             Verdi Opera 6-Pack (Amazon.com Exclusive) Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni Pioneer Video, 2002 Verdi Opera 6-Pack These are the best performances of these operas ever recorded on video. I have had the video tapes of all of these operas for several years and really appreciate having them on DVD. I attended the live performances of Ernani and La Forza at the Met when they were being ...             Aida [Region 2] Paata Burchuladze, Ghena Dimitrova not perfect, but not trash, either First off, I must address the reviewer who criticized the nude women in Amneris' bath scene. This production was staged in Italy, where the native population does not giggle like a schoolgirl at the sight of a woman's bare breast. The nude women, all chosen according ...             Aida [Region 2] Paata Burchuladze, Ghena Dimitrova not perfect, but not trash, either First off, I must address the reviewer who criticized the nude women in Amneris' bath scene. This production was staged in Italy, where the native population does not giggle like a schoolgirl at the sight of a woman's bare breast. 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