vhs video: metropolitan

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Metropolitan

Poirot

Acorn Media, 2001

Poirot 10
Three more for the case book, with David Suchet (Poirot) the dandy. Love the cars, cloths,location and sets. Hastings gets what he asked for in Murder in the Mews. All of the cases are good on this set and my wife and I have collected all but one case, I'm not sure ...

Bizet - Carmen / Levine, Baltsa, Carreras, Metropolitan Opera

Agnes Baltsa, Josep Carreras

Deutsche Grammophon, 1991

Carreras and Baltsa are stealing the show
At first I have to say that a lot of operas often happen to have a wonderful tenor and a really bad soprano or vice versa. This is absolutely not the case here. Both mezzo soprano Agnes Baltsa and tenor José Carreras are doing a brilliant job with both their singing ...

Richard Strauss - Elektra / Levine, Nilsson, The Metropolitan Opera

Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek

Paramount, 1992

Some corrections to prior postings
I thought I would add some corrections: 1. this performance was not Nilsson's return to the MET after a five year absence. Her first Elektra in 1980 was on February 1 and this recording is from February 16. 2. this performance was not "cut" due to her vocal ...

Puccini - Turandot / Zeffirelli, Levine, The Metropolitan Opera

Eva Marton, Plácido Domingo

Deutsche Grammophon, 1991

Awesome
I was a little reluctant to purchase such a popular title; however, I was not disappointed because the costumes and performances were wonderful. I found myself clapping from my living room when watching.

Humperdinck - Hansel and Gretel / Fulton, Blegen, Von Stade, Metropolitan Opera

Frederica von Stade, Judith Blegen

Paramount - Bel Canto, 1992

Gorgeous Music and a Charming Story
This is the Metropolitan Opera's grand production of Hansel and Gretel, starring Julith Blegen and Frederica von Stade. It is absolutely a delight to the eyes and ears, and is so deliciously done, you can almost smell the gingerbread and taste the witch's candy ...

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Jim Henson's Sesame Street Muppets, Producer Dulcy Singer

Random House Video, 1987

I love this movie!!
I used to watch this movie almost every day when i was a little kid. I absolutly love love love it!! Its about what happens when the cast of sesame street gets locked inside the met. museum of art after it closes and how big bird meets this boy named prince sahu and ...

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Carlo Alban, Alan Arkin

Random House Home Video, 1995

Very Memorable
As a kid, I used to watch Sesame Street, a show that was by then a classic. My parents bought this film from the library and my sister and I watched it constantly. My dad still remembers songs from the film and my sister and I reminisce about it. The plot of the ...

Verdi - Aida - The Metropolitan Opera/James Levine

Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo

Deutsche Grammophon, 1991

Excellent Recording!
This DVD recording of "Aida" is a feast for the eyes and the ears! Even though it's from a few years ago, the voices are outstanding and the recording clear and up to date. This is my favorite opera of all time and this DVD really does it justice. I recommend it ...

Verdi - Il Trovatore / James Levine, The Metropolitan Opera

Eva Marton, Dolora Zajick

Deutsche Grammophon, 1992

Il Travatore-Pavarotti-Milnes-Marton-Zakick
I have never seen a better Il Travatore, with exciting singing all round and an emphasis on the role of fate. Pavarotti's duets with Dolora Zajick as the old gypsy are among the most affecting scenes in opera.

The Metropolitan Opera - La Boheme (Puccini )

Richard Stilwell, Jose Carreras

Paramount, 1998

Superb male cast in this heart wrenching Boheme.....
I'm relatively new to opera, but still an ardent Carreras-fan who thinks his singing is heavenly and I think he makes a more than convincing Rodolfo here. And his looks at the time is certainly no drawback for him. His acting skills are in my opinion very good; his ...

Kathleen Battle At The Metropolitan Museum

Kathleen Battle, Warren Jones (IV)

Polygram Video, 1992

The Voice of an Angel
Kathleen Battle is one of the most exquisite sopranos of our time. This video displays Ms. Battle at her finest with selections by Gershwin, Strauss, Obradors, as well as the most lovely spirituals of all. Her voice is that of an angel that soars through the heavens ...

The Hudson River and Its Painters (The Metropolitan Museum of Art Home Video Collection)

George Page

Homevision, 2000

Boring
I'm one of the few people I know who love videos on art and artists but this one will put you to sleep in no time. It's just plain boring--though you will discover a few facts that you did no know before about America's artists.

Mozart - Idomeneo / Ponnelle, Levine, The Metropolitan Opera

Luciano Pavarotti, Ileana Cotrubas

Paramount, 1992

Mozart's Grand Opera is a superb show
Following Mozart's final youthful opera, Il re pastore, which was composed in 1775 (see the fine new DVD performance from Salzburg conducted by Neville Marriner), Mozart received no new operatic commissions (other than the fragment Zaide) until 1780-81. He spent those ...

25th Anniversary Gala

Metropolitan Opera, Levine

Polygram Video, 1992

First Review was James Levine Gala, not 25th Anniversary Met
My first/former review applies to the James Levine Gala, not the Met's 25th anniversary Gala, which was not missing anything. The Met 1983 Centennial and 25th Anniversary are absolutely required if you love opera even a little. This is a truly great evening featuring ...

The Goldwyn Follies

Adolphe Menjou, The Ritz Brothers

Mgm Entertainment, 2000

Just a Silly Musical
The Goldwyn Follies is Samuel Goldwyn's answer to the popular Ziegfeld Follies films based on the work of Florenz Ziegfeld of the 1920s. This film is packed with musical and vaudeville-type numbers. The mood is very light and silly, but it is also quite fun at times. ...