Georges Bizet - Les Pecheurs de Perles / Massis, Grassi, Nakajima, De Donato, Viotti, Pizzi (Teatro la Fenice, Venice)

Georges Bizet - Les Pecheurs de Perles / Massis, Grassi, Nakajima, De Donato, Viotti, Pizzi (Teatro la Fenice, Venice)
by Tiziano Mancini, Pier Luigi Pizzi

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Actor: Annick Massis, Luca Grassi, Luigi Di Donato, Marcello Viotti, Yasu Nakajima
Director: Pier Luigi Pizzi, Tiziano Mancini
DVD: Region Code 0
Audio: French (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 122 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-03-29
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Dynamic (Italy)

Movie Reviews of Georges Bizet - Les Pecheurs de Perles / Massis, Grassi, Nakajima, De Donato, Viotti, Pizzi (Teatro la Fenice, Venice)

Movie Review: Brava Annick Massis! Bravo Bizet! Boo Pizzi!
Summary: 3 Stars

This is one of those opera productions where you really need to close your eyes and just listen. I didn't do that, of course. The first thing to catch my notice was the stylized set and exotic, erotic, slithering over the top dancing and the lack of action from the four major characters. I kept thinking of that raunchy Thais production with Eva Mei and Michele Pertusi, so I checked my DVD copy and, lo and behold, it was also staged and directed by Pier Luigi Pizzi! Unable to shake this comparison, I could barely focus on the Pearl Fishers.

Annick Massis' angelic voice is the only thing that saves this production, apart from Bizet's beautiful music. I can only imagine how wonderful she could have been in another set, where she was allowed to act. My impression of Yasu Nakajima as Nadir was that he did not know his lines as he seemed to be always looking at a prompter rather than his partner on stage. Otherwise, his performance was competent. Luca Grassi as Zurga and Luigi De Donato as Nourabad were very good also (and seemed to know their lines).

If you're on a tight opera budget, I'd recommend you buy a CD for the music and skip this.

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