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5.0 out of 5 stars
Legendary german performance, poor visuals, April 23, 2007
This review is from: Don Giovanni [VHS] (VHS Tape)
First the warnings: 1. This is a German performance. 2. It's black-and-white, and 3. The visual recording quality is poor. It's difficult to make out the singers' facial expressions much of the time (although you can usually see them during the arias, fortunately).
Then the strengths: the cast are all legendary singing actors: Fischer-Dieskau, Eliz. Grummer, Erika Koth, Donald Grobe, Pilar Lorengar, Walther Berry, and Josef Greindl. And Ferenc Fricsay, the best ensemble-conductor ever, leads them. The result is a performance no one should miss.
I hope they release it again.
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