Product Details

• Actors: Joan Sutherland, Alfredo Kraus, Anne Howells, Stafford Dean, Francis Egerton
• Directors: Brian Large
• Writers: Felice Romani
• Format: Classical, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: Italian (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• 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: Kultur Video
• DVD Release Date: March 26, 2002
• Run Time: 140 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000640T8
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #60,302 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Bonynge, Sutherland, Kraus, Royal Opera" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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57 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unforgetabble performance, August 3, 2002

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Dr. David Gigineishvili (Tbilisi, GEORGIA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Bonynge, Sutherland, Kraus, Royal Opera (DVD)

This is review of the Kultur Film DVD copy, catalogue #D2070 of 1980 Covent Garden Opera performance. What we can say about old generation operatic stars, like Dame Joan Sutherland (born in 1926) and Alfredo Kraus (born in 1927). Both are in excellent shape. Kraus is so fine that in Gennaro's aria in the beginning of II act usually omitted from performance of the opera (even do not presented in his RCA 1965 studio recording with Montserrat Caballe!) he received loud applause from usually reserved British audience. His sound is still very clear and intensive in higher register and fantastic in top Cs. The other principal singers are well too. Please, listen how effective is Anne Howells in Orsini's II act aria 'Il segreto per esser felici". The profound deep bass of Stafford Dean (Alfonso) is very attractive. Beautiful design and costumes, excellent orchestra playing under the conduction of maestro Richard Bonynge. Fine staged and recorded, sound is clear with enough higher frequency. Only one complaint: there is unexpected persistent noise in the sound. Otherwise irremovable English subtitles do not bother you. By the way it is full version of the opera, as it is in 1974 DECCA studio recording. I suggest that this DVD-performance should be presented in all opera lovers library.

53 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LA STUPENDA DOES IT AGAIN, October 24, 1999

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LUIS GIRON MAY "LUIGI" (Guatemala, Central America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Bonynge, Sutherland, Kraus, Royal Opera [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Dame Joan Sutherland sings the rol of Lucrezia Borgia with such virtuosismo that one wishes she had sung Elisabetta in Roberto devereux,Maria in Maria di Rohan and all the Donizetti roles that need a prima donna of her calibre. In Lucrezia her trills, high notes and coloratura, as well as the drama in her voice, make the video a must for all bel canto lovers, and for all Sutherland fans too. Kraus is stupendous and they both make a superb couple in Borgia.

42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I give it 6 stars !!, March 6, 2003

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Opera fan "bravadamejoan" (Southampton, NJ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Donizetti - Lucrezia Borgia / Bonynge, Sutherland, Kraus, Royal Opera (DVD)

I agree with all the positive reviews of this rarely performed opera. ( Thank god this great performance was captured for us to enjoy for a long time to come ).Don't hesitate, add this one to your opera collection------it's a must for bel Canto lovers.