Product Details

• Format: Classical, Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Kultur Video
• VHS Release Date: February 23, 1999
• Run Time: 111 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0769720145
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #484,015 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

"Puccini" and "Love Scenes" are strong selling points, but they don't do complete justice to this varied and excellent compilation. It also includes scenes (not love scenes) from Verdi's Otello, Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann, and Johann Strauss Jr.'s Die Fledermaus, all of which add considerably to its value. Placido Domingo and Kiri Te Kanawa are featured on the cover, but you'll also enjoy outstanding performances by Hermann Prey, Neil Shicoff, Sylvia Sass, Mirella Freni, and others. One of Domingo's numbers is the "Kleinzach" song from Tales of Hoffmann, also included in Kultur's Great Tenor Performances collection. Though it's one of Domingo's best performances, you may not want to own it twice--three times if you get the outstanding complete Hoffmann. Quibbles aside, most of this collection is devoted to love scenes--material best expressed by music--in fine performances. --Joe McLellan

Product Description

This spectacular compilation presents the very best of Placido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, performing great love scenes from Puccini favorites.