Handel: Semele
by William Christie;Robert Carsen s
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Actor: Birgit Remmert, Cecilia Bartoli, Charles Workman, Isabel Rey, Liliana NikiteanuDirector: William Christie;Robert Carsen s
Brand: BARTOLI,CECILIA
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 1111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-05-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Decca
Movie Reviews of Handel: Semele
Movie Review: Very disappointed!
Summary: 2 Stars
I was waiting for this release to come out with baited breath. Semele is one of my favorite handel works and I've owned the CD version with Battle and Horne with Nelson conducting. I can't tell you about this production because I found the singing to be so god-awful that I paid little attention to the staging. Bartoli is fair - although I found her sung English to be quite understandable. I feel that the other singers really ruined this performance for me. Very sorry that I bought it.
Summary of Handel: Semele
Opera superstar Cecilia Bartoli offers her first operatic release on DVD in 12 years, and also her first opera in English. Bartoli stars as Semele (a role usually taken by a soprano) in Handel s late opera, which features such well-known arias as Endless pleasure, endless love, Myself I shall adore, and Oh sleep, why dost though leave me? Robert Carsen s stylish modern dress production hints at parallels with the problematic relationship between the late Princess Diana and the British Royal Family. Recorded live at the Zurich Opera House in January, 2007. Available in both standard DVD and hi-definition BluRayformats.
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