Product Details

• Actors: The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
• Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Image Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: April 16, 2002
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000633SJ
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #152,672 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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Editorial Reviews

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For the 100th anniversary of Verdi's death, Claudio Abbado, the Berlin Philharmonic, a dazzling array of soloists, and a virtuoso chorus produce outstanding Verdi performances. The musicians' high level of energy does not undermine their superb precision and polished style. Selections from Un Ballo in Maschera, Don Carlos, Rigoletto, La Traviata, and Falstaff sample the composer's work at the height of his powers.

One complaint: About the packaging, not the performance. There are 13 solo singers, recruited internationally and listed in a group. All of them sing superbly, but the average viewer may have trouble, at times, figuring out who is singing what. It is easy for hard-core opera lovers to identify Ramon Vargas in "Questa o quella" and "La donna e mobile," and Vargas and Andrea Rost in the Brindisi and "Sempre libera" from La Traviata, but some of the 11 others are less familiar and should have been credited. --Joe McLellan

Product Description
Verdicento is the motto of the 2000 New Year's Eve Concert at the Philharmonic in Berlin. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi's death, the outstanding Berlin Philharmonic under the direction of maestro Claudio Abbado performs highlights from "Un Ballo in Maschera," "Don Carlos," "Rigoletto," "La Traviata" and "Falstaff."

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yes, a GALA!, October 23, 2002

By	Jean-Yves Malmasson (Villebon-sur-Yvette, Essonne (91) France) - See all my reviews

The greatest orchestra, the greatest soloists and the greatest conductor (moreover one of the best specialists of Verdi), how is it possible to find something better than that? This is the highest expression of Art, as usual with Abbado and the Berliner.

6 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful, May 9, 2002

By	Gerald H Falkenstein (Boynton Beach, Florida United States) - See all my reviews

This so called "Gala?" was one of the worst presentations I have ever seen and the audience must have been paid, the way they stood and applauded this third class "Gala?" I wish I could return it for a refund.