Product Details

• Actors: Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Leiferkus, Vladimir Jurowski
• Directors: Annabel Arden
• Format: Classical, Color, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
• Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
• 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: July 29, 2008
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00197YZ8Q
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #55,475 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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MISERLY KNIGHT (GLYNDEBOURNE) - DVD Movie

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5.0 out of 5 stars YES, IT IS WELL DONE, BUT., April 6, 2010

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This review is from: Rachmaninov - The Miserly Knight / Vladimir Jurowski , Sergei Leiferkus, London Philharmonic Orchestra , Opus Arte (DVD)

Interested readers should examine the reviews for the 2005 edition for more detailed examination of the content. I am writing with the assumption that the potential buyer will look at those reviews as well as mine (or in preference to mine. As to my views, here they are:
If ever you had the desire to see what Americans conceive an archetypal Russian story to be, this short opera by Rachmaninov, based on a story by Pushkin, will fill the bill. Not one character worth weeping over, much less identify with, not one action untainted by greedy self-interest, rampantly anti-semitic characterization, dim, dark and gloomy. On the other hand, as other reviewers have amply pointed out, the acting, singing, staging, scenic design, music, direction, and conducting are first rate. It is a work of which Glyndebourne rightly can be pound. (The other short opera which shared the bill, Puccini's, Gianni Schicchi, has been issued separately on another high definition DVD. From a few brief excerpts appearing in the "Extras" in this album, it would appear to be beautifully done.) Given the length to which the other four reviewers have gone to elaborate upon the production, I see nothing much worth taking your time to add, save to explain, that my five star rating should be taken, in the familiar words, to mean, that this is a fine choice, for people who like this kind of thing; others may well find it a rather dismal waste of time.