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1.Bryn Terfel - Don Giovanni - Mozart [2000] (NTSC) starring: Bryn Terfel, Solveig Kringelborn, Paul Groves, Hei-Kyung Hong, John Relyea directed by: Gary Halvorson March 14, 2005
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This is one of the best versions of Mozart's masterpiece presently available in DVD. Its greatest attraction is obviously the presence of Renée Fleming and Bryn Terfel. Ms Fleming's interpretation of Donna Anna is truly exceptional: the candor and purity of her voice make a perfect expression of the pain and suffering of that noble woman who's father has been killed by the man who tried to rape her. Bryn Terfel is undoubtely a great singer, but he is not a credible Don Giovanni. His voice lacks that touch of evil that makes of the Don the seductor that everybody admires and fears at the same time, specially when he seduces Zerlina and sings below Donna Elvira's balcony. Mr. Terfel's physical appearance is the other factor that prevents us ... Read More:

2.Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro) -- Paris/Gardiner [1993] (NTSC) starring: Rodney Gilfry, Hillevi Martinpelto, Bryn Terfel, Alison Hagley, Pamela Helen Stephen directed by: Olivier Mille October 15, 2001
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This is the best Marriage of Figaro on DVD. Alison Hagley is splendid as Susanna. The Count is as good a count as one could wish. The madre/padre scene is intelligible, well-acted and wonderfully sung. All the cast are to be congratulated; Barbarina's aria is beautiful. Though the staging is stylised and minimal, it is worlds away from some of the modernist, ill-judged rubbish seen recently at Salzburg.

3.Oedipus Rex - Stravinsky starring: Philip Langridge, Jessye Norman, Min Tanaka, Bryn Terfel, Harry Peeters directed by: Julie Taymor June 13, 2005
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This is a film based on an unnerving but seductive production of Stravinsky's Neoclassical opera/oratorio Oedipus Rex, given only twice to launch the Seito Kinen Festival in 1992. The production confronts us with brilliantly conceived and staged image upon image, with the huge chorus (80 singers and 20 dancers) deployed around the vast set of sculpted wooden slats over a huge pool of water. The chorus - absolutely central to this `opera' - are in mud make-up and torn clothes emphasising the diseased decay of Thebes, at times presenting them like the `living dead' or statues come to life. Placed in blocks they are - as Stravinsky wanted - `monumentalised' and eerie. This is even more the case with the soloists. Stravinsky had wanted ... Read More:

4.Salome starring: Catherine Malfitano, Bryn Terfel, Kenneth Riegel, Anja Silja, Robert Gambill directed by: Hans Hulscher February 24, 2003
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A record of a live performance at the Royal Opera House of what was a truly remarkable production. The simplicity of Luc Bondy's classical setting, beautifully lit, focuses the work almost totally (and as it should) on Salome herself. In Catherine Malfitano's performance there is a worthy star to hold the spotlight. Her almost balletic movements through-out (culminating in the famous Dance of the Seven Veils)create a trance like feel for the characters' obsessions, as well as retaining the feel of a young girl. Her voice has hardened over the years but has tremendous dramatic and musical power - as well as the full range required for the part. There are many dramatically telling moments - not least when the Prophet unconsciously ... Read More:

5.Bryn Terfel - Live In Concert [2003] starring: Bryn Terfel February 10, 2003
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A record of a live performance at the Royal Opera House of what was a truly remarkable production. The simplicity of Luc Bondy's classical setting, beautifully lit, focuses the work almost totally (and as it should) on Salome herself. In Catherine Malfitano's performance there is a worthy star to hold the spotlight. Her almost balletic movements through-out (culminating in the famous Dance of the Seven Veils)create a trance like feel for the characters' obsessions, as well as retaining the feel of a young girl. Her voice has hardened over the years but has tremendous dramatic and musical power - as well as the full range required for the part. There are many dramatically telling moments - not least when the Prophet unconsciously ... Read More:

6.Cecilia And Bryn At Glyndebourne - Arias And Duets [1999] starring: Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Myung-Whun Chung directed by: Brian Large July 01, 2002
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To see and listen to Cecilia and Bryn singing is pure joy: their mastering of technique is superbe and as interpreters they are very far from the stiff opera singers of older times. They enjoy singing, we enjoy listening to them. Their choice of repertoire is quite intelligent for it sets on their various capabilities, running away from the mere display of technical virtuosity. The energy they convey jumps out of the TV and takes us on a wonderful musical session.

7.Vienna State Opera Gala 2005 - Gala Concert 50th Anniversary Of The Re-Opening starring: Vienna State Orchestra And Choir, Falk Struckmann, Michael Schade, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Seiji Ozawa January 30, 2006
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On November 5, 2005 the Vienna State Opera held a gala to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the reopening on November 5, 1955 of the Opera after its destruction by Allied bombs in 1945 followed by the ten-year-long reconstruction. They pulled out all the stops and had a cast of stars (as well as current stalwarts of the Opera): five conductors (Ozawa, Gatti, Mehta, Thielemann and Welser-Möst) and such luminaries as Domingo, Baltsa, Gruberova, Hampson, Terfel and Kirchschlager, as well as the fabulous Opera chorus and the Vienna Philharmonic. The gala featured scenes from six of the seven operas given new productions in that 1955 season -- Don Giovanni, Der Rosenkavalier, Aida, Meistersinger, Frau ohne Schatten and Fidelio. The whole thing lasted over ... Read More:

8.Verdi - Falstaff / Graham Vick, Bernard Haitink, Royal Opera House [1999] starring: Bryn Terfel, Barbara Frittoli, Roberto Frontali, Désirée Rancatore, Kenneth Tarver directed by: Humphrey Burton September 03, 2001
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I bought this DVD to familiarise myself with the work before seeing Bryn Terfal sing the role with Welsh National Opera. Going by the DVD, I thought some of the singing was nice, but the whole atmosphere and story seemed a bit pointless. (It has one of those modern productions that don't seem to have much to do with the music.)WNO did it so much better!!! It is actually a great opera, but I didn't get much idea of that from this flat production.

9.Last Night of the Proms 2000 (NTSC) starring: The BBC Symphony Orchestra, Bryn Terfel, The BBC Singers, Evelyn Glennie, BBC Symphony Chorus directed by: Brian Large September 03, 2001
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I bought this DVD to familiarise myself with the work before seeing Bryn Terfal sing the role with Welsh National Opera. Going by the DVD, I thought some of the singing was nice, but the whole atmosphere and story seemed a bit pointless. (It has one of those modern productions that don't seem to have much to do with the music.)WNO did it so much better!!! It is actually a great opera, but I didn't get much idea of that from this flat production.

10.Cecilia And Bryn At Glyndebourne - Arias And Duets [Blu-ray] [1999] starring: Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Myung-Whun Chung directed by: Brian Large June 02, 2008
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To see and listen to Cecilia and Bryn singing is pure joy: their mastering of technique is superbe and as interpreters they are very far from the stiff opera singers of older times. They enjoy singing, we enjoy listening to them. Their choice of repertoire is quite intelligent for it sets on their various capabilities, running away from the mere display of technical virtuosity. The energy they convey jumps out of the TV and takes us on a wonderful musical session.

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