Product Details

• Actors: Rolando Villazon, Anna Netrebko, Placido Domingo, Marco Armiliato
• Format: Classical, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
• Language: Unknown (DTS 5.1), Unknown (PCM Stereo), German (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: German, Chinese, Spanish, French, English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
• DVD Release Date: April 10, 2007
• Run Time: 109 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (59 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000JJSRNY
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,463 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #28 in Movies & TV > DVD > Performing Arts
  • #74 in Music > Classical

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BERLIN CONCERT - DVD Movie

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40 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This DVD is definitely a keeper!, May 12, 2007

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Milda Ruffo (Mount Royal, Quebec Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Berlin Concert: Live from the Waldbühne (DVD)

My DVD collection is now quite extensive and I give away some that I won't return to, but this concert is so good that I watched it twice in two days. It has earned a place on my "to keep" shelf. First of all, the filming and the sound are excellent and you almost feel that you are there, in the best seats, of course. Placido Domingo, gray hair and all, still has his powerful voice and real star presence. He sings with two of the greatest current vocal greats, Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazon, in a beautifully chosen and most enjoyable repertoire. The orchestra is a good match for the three stars in quality. You won't regret acquiring this DVD. It is an outstanding concert and perhaps there won't be that many more with Placido Domingo singing, rather than conducting,as he does more and more often these days. Highly recommended!

33 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please, share this one with your friends!, August 21, 2007

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Mr John Haueisen (WORTHINGTON, OHIO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Berlin Concert: Live from the Waldbühne (DVD)

Yes, Netrebko, Villazon, and Domingo all sing as perfectly as we could imagine. But the surprise for me was the acting and passion that each brought to this outdoor performance before a gigantic and appreciative audience.

First, it's Netrebko, swaying to the music and almost dancing as she sings the line, "My mother was a dancer" from Franz Lehar's Giuditta.

Later, Villazon captivates the audience with a rousing, delightful, "Italian Wedding-style" La Danza by Rossini. Alongwith the audience, Netrebko is so inspired that she's still dancing, as he leads her out for her La Boheme aria.

As twilight approaches at this outdoor "forest concert" in Berlin, the night is capped off by all three, performing a Lehar song, "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz" ("You are my only love"), in which Domingo and Villazon alternate their wooing, each pulling Netrebko towards them. Alternating her own flirtations, she puts the cherry on the sundae with a high note that brings down the house. It just doesn't get any better than this.

I was so enthusiastic about this concert that I invited friends over to see whether I was just bewitched, or if they too, found it enchanting. Indeed, they too found it irresistible. You will love this concert so much that you will barely be able to wait to share it with friends!

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everybody is having a good time. C'mon and join the party!, April 13, 2007

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Constantine A. Papas - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Berlin Concert: Live from the Waldbühne (DVD)

If you love good operaric singing but you're not in the mood for an entire opera, play this festive and informal DVD from the 2006 outdoors Berlin concert. Everybody-the singers,the conductor, the orchestra, the audience-is happy and having a good time. The informality of the concert does not diminish or affect the quality of singing or the orchestra playing. Domingo's almost exclusive involvement with the dramatic/heroic tenor roles has not affected the legato and timbre of his voice, and its expressiveness and lyricism are so beautiful in "Federico's" aria from L'Arlesiana. Villazon's clarion and top ring are glorious. Netrebko's voice is bigger, darker and sweeter. In the last encore from Lehar's "Merry Widow," Netrebko overpowers both Doomingo and Villazon in the last high note the three are singing together! The video is sharp and first rate. The audio is well-balanced, and thanks to Armiliato's conducting and fine acoustics engineering, it produces a studio quality sound. This DVD deserves, unquestionably, 5 stars for entertainment and artistic value.

Constantine A. Papas
El Paso, Texas