Product Details

• Actors: Thomas Allen, Pamela Armstrong, Hkan Hagegrd, Artur Korn, London Philharmonic Orchestra
• Directors: Francesca Kemp, Stephen Lawless
• Format: Classical, Color
• Language: German (PCM), English (PCM)
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: BBC / Opus Arte
• DVD Release Date: May 27, 2008
• Run Time: 198 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0015U7ZXO
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,853 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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STRAUSS:DIE FLEDERMAUS - Blu-Ray Movie

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hard to top Blu-ray, December 28, 2008

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Steve Perlowski (Des Moines, IA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strauss: Die Fledermaus [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Although I prefer the Kleiber version (with Pamela Coburn), and the version conducted by Domingo with te Kanawa, this Blu-ray version of Die Fledermaus is quite the spectacle [widescreen, excellent picture and sound, colorful costumes, creative set(s), wonderful cinematography, and fine singing]. The last act (at the jail) is also probably better in this version than the other two. In the first act, and the most important second act, however, the Kleiber and Domingo version(s) seem to get much closer to the operetta's spirit, frivolity, and joie de vivre; it's too bad that those gems will forever remain trapped in their pre-Blu-ray, full screen, medium. But for those of you with widescreen HDTVs, who have grown tired of the fullscreen (1.33:1) black (or worse, grey) sidebars, this Bluray Fledermaus takes full advantage of your HDTV's entire widescreen aspect, and it's not likely that you will be disappointed with it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'd give it a 10 if i could!, June 22, 2009

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Wayne Kuhaupt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strauss: Die Fledermaus [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

This production is hands-down the best I have seen. All of the principal performers were truly excellent. The sound, lighting and sets were fabulous on the blue-ray disk. Thomas Allen and Pamela Armstrong were hilarious throughout. The role of Prince Orlofsky was performed with absolutely amazing virtuosity by Malena Ernman, while Lyubov Petrova was bubbly as the maid. The nuanced gestures and glances of all the characters were a joy to see on the screen--many times in a theater, the audience misses out on the true subtlety and strength of the acting. Here each twitch and bat of the eyelash were captured perfectly. I applaud the result of rewriting some of the text of this opera-it added a freshness and relevance to today's audiences that was superb. Other productions may have some bigger names, but this production is uniformly outstanding in its entirety. Bravo!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Ummm - Hmmm, February 8, 2011

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Satish Kamath (India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strauss: Die Fledermaus [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)

Many reviewers before me have gone gaga over the technical excellence of this blu ray disc. Actually the casting and singing and the orchestra is of very good standard, and I have NO complaints about the singing or the acting or the performance/conducting... per se. It is shot very well and sounds great too. One may read what the other reviewers have had to say about the performance insofar as singing is concerned. I agree, I will not repeat those points...

HOWEVER, The producers have gone a little overboard with the conversation part. They tried to make it into a very lengthy evening of play and singing which is of course, what an operetta is all about... but crossed the limits insofar as the un-sung portions are concerned. It makes you wait quite a while between the parts that are sung and makes it into more like a lengthy musical rather than the one notch higher qualities that an operetta is supposed to have. I did not buy this to watch a play... It is the singing that I was more interested in.

If one were to compare this production with say, Kiri te Kanawa/Hermann Prey production, this sounds like Largo compared to the Allegro vivace tempo of that one. With just adequate amount of conversations, that production just kept one enthralled from the beginning to the end.

In this one, after the first time one watches it, I am sure that one would be tempted to press the 'next chapter' button on the remote. Repeatedly watching this one in its entirety would be in the realm of masochists.
I would recommend this blu ray for precisely the same reasons that my fellow reviewers who wrote earlier than me gave it four and five stars,... provided those qualities are the only things you are looking for.... a very fine blu ray disc well shot..
I dont regret buying it, but.......