Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots / Bonynge, Sutherland, Thane, Australian Opera
by Virginia Lumsden
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Actor: Anson Austin, Jennifer Bermingham, Joan Sutherland, Sergei Baigildin, Stephen BennettDirector: Virginia Lumsden
Producer: Virginia Lumsden
Producer: Peter Butler
Writer: Eug?ne Scribe
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 200 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-03-26
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Kultur Video
Movie Reviews of Meyerbeer - Les Huguenots / Bonynge, Sutherland, Thane, Australian Opera
Movie Review: Way to go, Dame Joan
Summary: 3 Stars
Yes, previous reviewers are correct, the great lady is past her prime. IT DOESN'T MATTER. She is still the best singer on the stage and her acting as well as her stage manners are exemplary. She gives some of the best demonstrations of how to acknowledge audience applause without breaking character.
This was a brilliant choice for a farewell performance. It showed off her voice, and though the historic Marguerite de Valois was a bride of 18 at the time of the St. Bartholomew's massacre, Ms Sutherland playing her as an older woman doesn't spoil the opera story-line. The next best singer was the page Urbain, who has lovely arias, which she sang competently and acted well. None of the other singers were upto snuff.
The staging and sets are lovely. The third act ballet (gypsies) was well done, but not well sung. It is a pity that the Australian opera did not, at least for this occasion, import talent to match Ms. Sutherland's. I suppose it made her stand out. Bravissima, La Stupenda, bless you and thank you for sharing your great gift with us all.
I would love to hear the earlier audio version with Ms. Sutherland in the same role and with a cast that can truly be described as the seven stars. The only problem is that you have to pay almost $10 per star! Someday, I shall own it.
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