Product Details

• Actors: Edita Gruberova, Deon van der Walt, Jacob Will, László Polgár, Adam Fischer
• Directors: Daniel Schmid, Alf Bernhard-Leonardi
• Writers: Gaetano Donizetti, Gaetano Rossi
• Producers: Opernhaus Zurich
• Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
• Language: Italian
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: TDK Music
• DVD Release Date: May 20, 2003
• Run Time: 164 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000094Q4L
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #267,770 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive performance, September 25, 2005

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Jose Maria Prieto Zamora "chemari" (Campus Somosaguas, Madrid Spain) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix (DVD)

Recorded in 1996 at the Opern House of Zurich, performers are first class. Not only for instance Edita Gruberova already specialized in mad characters, but also Cornelia Kallisch as Pierotto, mezzo soprano in a cross dressed role. László Polgár is also persuasive in his role of prefetto. Linda di Chamounix (1842) is somehow the reprise of Lucia de Lammemoor (1835), sense of humor and irony added. I suggest this DVD as a gem for those interested in virtually forgotten opera that were great success about one and a half centuries ago. It makes the difference between commoners and sybarites in opera houses.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Linda di Chamounix, January 19, 2009

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Wayne R. Klatt "knowitall" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Donizetti - Linda di Chamounix / Daniel Schmid · Edita Gruberova · Zürich Opera [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Buy this video for beautiful singing all round, and the music is consistantly fine. The story seems to be a comedy done seriously, or a drama done lightly, the production is unsure which, and the staging is serviceable but looks cheap--perhaps intentionally. Gruberova takes the "hit tune" early on rather fast to show off, but she can get away with it. These drawbacks are minor. The dumbness of the storyline may be why "Linda" is neglected. In general, this rarely performed opera is a surprisingly beautiful and often exciting "find."

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful singing; Puzzling story, August 23, 2010

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Dr. John W. Rippon "May 19, 1932 and still going" (Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix (DVD)

"Linda is a pretty little opera"is a quote from 19th century superstar Luisa Tetrazzini. And for many years it was a favorite of sopranos to show off their skills and audiences to show their adulation. The story is based on a kind of Christmas-time fairy tale by Frenchmen Adolphe-Philippe d'Enney & Gustave Lemoine "Le Grace de Dieu". Innocence is rewarded after trials and tribulations. It is pretty music but a dull story line. For this reason, I suppose, the producers had to "fill in" with lots of busy work on stage. There is the "hurdy-gurdy" of Pierotto that looks like a Star Wars gadget that at one point spits snow and otherwise shows a light beam. Then when Linda is ensconced in a ritzy appartment in Paris there are all these people doing things in the background that are not relevant to the story. The woman with her legs up being carried on a platter was just too much for me. I'm a great Gruberova fan so I loved this one more star in her many jeweled crown. The story is a trifle and it would be better to just ignore it and let the singers sing; and they are all good at that.