Product Details

• Actors: Plácido Domingo, Sarah Brightman, Helmut Lotti, Riccardo Cocciante, Stephen Mercurio
• Directors: Humphrey Burton
• Format: Classical, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Sony
• VHS Release Date: September 29, 1998
• Run Time: 74 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00000DG5V
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #293,678 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Customer Reviews

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fantastic christmas music, December 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: A Gala Christmas in Vienna [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is not your average "Jingle Bell" type of Christmas music. 4 Great singers sing traditional as well as European Christmas songs in 5 different languages and are backed by a delightful children's choir. Placido domingo and Sarah Brightman are simply wonderful. Brightman's rendition of "Child in a manger, Silent night, & First of May" is simply superb. I Highly recomend it.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommended, July 7, 2000

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Stephen Tan (Singapore Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Gala Christmas in Vienna (DVD)

This is a wonderful video - great vocals accompanied by a delightful children's choir and an absolutely sublime Vienna Philharmonic. I've watched it over and over again and I highly recommend it to lovers of Christmas music.

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A gala Christmas in Vienna - better than expected, February 18, 2000

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"joanie_balonie" (Kansas City - Home of the KC strip steak) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Gala Christmas in Vienna (DVD)

I bought this dvd to hear Sarah Brightman. I wasn't expecting anything great, maybe a nice disc to watch at Christmas time. I've listened to it 3 times and here is what I think. The choice of music was an eclectic mix of traditional European and modern songs which I thought worked very well. The dvd video and audio quality were excellent. The setting was a beautiful cathedral type structure. Brightman was great as usual. Domingo added a distinguished older presence. Cocciante (who I had not heard before) is very good - he has a raspy beatiful voice which filled the room. Lotti, I wasn't that impressed with (I thought his voice was rather weak). Anyway, I thought overall a pretty enjoyable disc. Those are my two cents. Enjoy the video and music. Buon natale.