DVD: runnicles

DVD: runnicles

DVD:

Runnicles

Richard Strauss - Capriccio / Runnicles, Te Kanawa, Hagegard, Troyanos, San Francisco Opera

Kiri Te Kanawa, Håkan Hagegård

Kultur Video, 2003

Capriccio's beauty and subtle music in a masterful performance!
Capriccio is a difficult nut to crack as some critic commented somewhere but in a performance like this, the opera becomes a delight and worthy of all our attention. Te Kanawa is in radiant voice becoming Madeleine in voice, drama and acting. Troyanos, already ...

Britten - Peter Grimes (The Metropolitan Opera HD Live Series)

Anthony Dean Griffey, Patricia Racette

Emi Classics, 2008

Actually, not a review but a question...
I see that under Product Details, the Aspect Ratio for this DVD is specified as 1.33:1, which is the 4:3, or Fullscreen aspect ratio. PLEASE tell me that's a misprint. Surely they're releasing these discs in Widescreen, or 16:9 (1.78:1), format. That's how the HD ...

Turandot (San Francisco)
Donald Runnicles

Puccini - Turandot / Conductor: Donald Runnicles, Starring: E. Marton & M. Sylvester - San Francisco Opera, ...

Eva Marton, Michael Sylvester

Image Entertainment, 2001

Among the Greatest Production Designs in the HIstory of Opera
This DVD captures a truly excellent performance of Puccini's most ambitious and musical complex opera. But the true importance of this DVD is that it captures David Hockney's amazing sets--among the most original and important in the history of Opera. I have seen the ...