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Ariadne Auf Naxos - Strauss [1978]

 
Ariadne Auf Naxos - Strauss [1978]   Staring: Gundula Janowitz, René Kollo, Walter Berry, Trudeliese Schmidt, Edita Gruberova
Director: John Vernon
Average Customer Rating: Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5Average rating of 3.0/5

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Product Details
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Exempt
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0044007343708
Format: AC-3, Classical, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, PAL, Subtitled
Label: Universal Classics & Jazz
Manufacturer: Universal Classics & Jazz
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Universal Classics & Jazz
Release Date: 2007-10-15
Running Time: 137
Studio: Universal Classics & Jazz
Theatrical Release Date: 1978
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Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5Average rating of 3/5 Great singing, shame about the pictures!, 2008-06-03
Comment: On paper what more could you want for an Ariadne - superb cast, fine conductor and orchestra, and a faithful production that doesn't mess about with the setting. And yet what materialises is a dull studio recording (based on a stage version from Vienna in the 1970's) that can't decide if it is a film or a recording of a staged production, and fails on both counts - flat, two-dimensional characters in a museum piece, like butterflies pinned into an album, never to float again. This impression is only made worse by the singers (badly) lip-synching to a previously recorded audio track which removes any excitement or immediacy to their singing.

And this is all the more frustrating, for what glorious singing there is - Gundula Janowitz simply radiant as Ariadne, Edita Gruberova carving out the beginning of her career in stunning coloratura, Walter Berry, Trudeliese Schmidt, Rene Kollo, all conducted by Bohm with the Vienna Phil - what dream casting that is wasted!

If you're not familiar with Ariadne don't try to start with this one - watch the Met Jessye Norman version and then the black and white Salzburg recording, far more interesting productions that truly capture the ravishing music of this opera. Only later is it worth "listening" to this DVD, but don't bother watching the screen (which rather defeats the point of a DVD) as the glossy veneer of this film ruins what could have been a fabulous record of some great Strauss singing!