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1.Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - Eugene Onegin / Fleming, Hvorostovsky, Vargas, Gergiev, Carsen [Metropolitan Opera 2007] starring: Renee Fleming, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Ramon Vargas, Valery Gergiev, Elena Zaremba directed by: Robert Carsen February 04, 2008
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It is hard to add much to what has already been written but after watching this dvd last night I felt that I had to say something. I was initially taken aback by the minmalist staging. I gradually got used to it but never really liked it. The singing was superb with not a weak performance anywhere and Horostovsky certainly had the arrogant presence but why he had to do a striptease I do not know as it seemed to add nothing to the plot. Does anyone know why Gergeiev played the polonaise at such an incredible pace, again I can't see how it helped the story. Having said all that it won't be long before I hire it again.

2.Robert Carsen - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Britten [2005] directed by: Robert Carsen January 09, 2006
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It is hard to add much to what has already been written but after watching this dvd last night I felt that I had to say something. I was initially taken aback by the minmalist staging. I gradually got used to it but never really liked it. The singing was superb with not a weak performance anywhere and Horostovsky certainly had the arrogant presence but why he had to do a striptease I do not know as it seemed to add nothing to the plot. Does anyone know why Gergeiev played the polonaise at such an incredible pace, again I can't see how it helped the story. Having said all that it won't be long before I hire it again.

3.Dvorak: Rusalka -- Paris Opera/Conlon starring: Renee Fleming, Eva Urbanova, Larissa Diadkova, Sergej Larin, Franz Hawlata directed by: Robert Carsen November 03, 2003
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Musically this production is alright, but the production bears no relation to the opera of Dvorak. Anyone who wishes to see how it should be staged should watch either of the Czech productions, either the film which is a delight to the eye, or that staged in Prague opera house in 1998. The latter is excellent in every way, and has a very fine bass.

4.Puccini: Manon Lescaut starring: Miriam Gauci, Antonio Ordonez, Jan Danckaert, Flemish Opera Orchestra, Flemish Opera Chorus directed by: Robert Carsen October 01, 2001
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Although this production is superb,it is marred by the poor sound quality. Particularly note worthy is the performance of Miriam Gauci (Manon Lescaut) whose looks, acting and singing are all of the highest quality.

5.Mefistofele - Boito [1989] starring: San Francisco Opera Orch And Chorus, Samuel Ramey, Dennis O'Neill, Gabriela Benackova, Maurizio Arena directed by: Robert Carsen June 30, 2003
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to view this opera you need to be broadminded asthere is a lot of nudity but it is well the effort the music is beutiful and the acting and sing ing supper not to missed

6.Poulenc - Dialogues Des Carmelites - Riccardo Muti/Teatro Alla Scala [2004] directed by: Robert Carsen July 30, 2007
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There are two operas which always leave me in tears at the end: La Bohème and Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmèlites. And surely Dialogues has the most effective final coup de théâtre of any in the repertoire. I have never seen or heard a bad production of it. This DVD of the 2004 production from La Scala is no exception. It is simply magnificent. Begin with the performance by Anja Silja as the old and ailing Madame de Croissy, whose death in Act I sets the plot in motion. Silja was 64 when she sang in this production and her acting, as always, is riveting. Even the threadbare quality of her voice is apt for the dying prioress. She is surrounded by singers who are also marvelous. Although I'd only ever heard of one of them -- Dagmar Schellenberger making her ... Read More:

7.Mefistofele [1989] starring: San Francisco Opera Orch And Chorus, Samuel Ramey, Dennis O'Neill, Gabriela Benackova directed by: Robert Carsen February 12, 1996
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There are two operas which always leave me in tears at the end: La Bohème and Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmèlites. And surely Dialogues has the most effective final coup de théâtre of any in the repertoire. I have never seen or heard a bad production of it. This DVD of the 2004 production from La Scala is no exception. It is simply magnificent. Begin with the performance by Anja Silja as the old and ailing Madame de Croissy, whose death in Act I sets the plot in motion. Silja was 64 when she sang in this production and her acting, as always, is riveting. Even the threadbare quality of her voice is apt for the dying prioress. She is surrounded by singers who are also marvelous. Although I'd only ever heard of one of them -- Dagmar Schellenberger making her ... Read More:

8.La Traviata - Giuseppe Verdi [Teatro La Fenice 2004] starring: Patrizia Ciofi, Roberto Sacca, Dmitri Hvorostovsky directed by: Robert Carsen October 03, 2005
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...Ciofi, Hvorostovsky, Sacca, and Maazel. Was it for productions such as this 'nightclub' TRAVIATA that La Fenice was rebuilt? I won't waste your time describing a 'modern-dress' production where more flesh than 'dress' is displayed (for the sleazy details, see the enthusiastic 5-star reviews on the US site). If you insist on a modern staging of this opera, get the elegant Salzburg DVD instead.

9.Verdi - Il Trovatore [2007] directed by: Robert Carsen August 14, 2007
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Are European audiences so jaded by traditional productions of operas in the standard repertoire that they have to have more and more bizarre productions to satisfy them? Was the audience at the 2005 Bregenz Festival so ignorant of the plot of 'Il trovatore' that they applauded spectacular stage effects that completely ignored the narrative line of the opera? Whatever the case, this production by director Robert Carsen is a disaster. It is set on Bregenz's floating stage (in Lake Constance) with a huge multistory set designed to look like a petrochemical plant painted blood red (symbolic, eh?) and spouting fire frequently at every possible location on the set (something about petrochemicals and global warming?). Impressive though all this be visually -- and even ... Read More:

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