Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [Blu-ray]

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [Blu-ray]
by Brian Large

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Actor: Anna Netrebko, Bo Skovhus, Christine Sch?fer, Dorothea R?schmann, Ildebrando d'Arcangelo
Director: Brian Large
Primary Contributor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Italian (Original Language), DTS-HD 5.1; German (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.77:1
Running Time: 197 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-11-18
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon

Movie Reviews of Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [Blu-ray]

Movie Review: An artistic disaster
Summary: 1 Stars

I had great hopes when I bought this disc but they were soon dispelled when I started to watch. I already have several DVD versions of this masterpiece in my collection - for me the best one by far was directed by Jean Pierre Ponnelle in a film studio, back in early 1980s. This blue-ray production borders on being an artistic travesty. It is so bad that I have given it only a one-star rating, the lowest I have ever given an opera on either DVD or Blue-ray. This disc's only redeeming quality is that it is technically excellent - the video direction is exemplary and the DTS-HD 5.1 soundtrack outstanding.
Unfortunately, the stage direction and overall presentation are among the worst I have ever seen. It is puzzling that a conductor with the experience and knowledge of Nikolaus Harnoncourt would ever agree to be associated with it. The staging is an unmitigated disaster as are the custumes. The addition of a cherub is both distracting and ridiculous - the stage director (Claus Guth) would have been very wise to present the work the way Mozart wrote it. If this is the best Mr. Guth can do then I think he ought to seriously consider an early retirement and not inflict his bizarre intrepretation of great operas on an unsuspecting public. Quite honestly, the custumes were far too austere and bordered on the absurb. The less written about the monochromatic sets and complete absence of elegant furniture the better.

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