Roman Fever
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DVD Cover Information
DVD: Region Code 1Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-09
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Arsis Records
Movie Reviews of Roman Fever
Movie Review: Enjoyable Contemporary American Opera
Summary: 5 Stars
A beautifully orchestrated short opera by American Composer Robert Ward with text by Roger Brunyate. The opera is based on a story "Roman Fever" written by Edith Wharton. It is story about two American 40-year widows who were friends in Rome in the 1920s (when they were flappers), and one was engaged and had a fiance there. They return 20 years later and each has a 20-year-old daughter. Thus a great drama unfolds over their past. This is a great one-hour opera for those who haven't been exposed to operas as it is short and written in English. The staging and music is beautiful, performers have stunning voices with all the drama and emotion of an opera. Robert Ward is among the first contemporary American composers who is best known for his Opera, the "Crucible," which he won a 1962 Pulitzer Prize. He has written a number of wonderful operas, so I found this short opera very enjoyable and fresh.