Tannhauser
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Canada DVD Cover InformationActor: Franz Mazura, Gwyneth Jones, Heinz Feldhoff, John Pickering, Robert SchunkComposer: Richard Wagner Conductor: Colin Davis DVD: Region Code 0 Audio: German (Original Language), DTS 5.1; Chinese (Subtitled); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled) Format: AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 188 minutes DVD Release Date: 2008-08-12 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Deutsche Grammophon Movie Reviews of TannhauserMovie Review: Historic TannhauserTime to celebrate! Finally this memorable production comes on DVD! What made the folks at DG wait such a long time? There were so many other sub-par DVD performances of this opera available out there long before this version was available. This is perhaps the only version of the opera that I have seen where I have not been bored or just turned off by some director's "vision". And boy does this opera need all the help it can get-which is exactly what happens here! First is the production itself which successfully combines (mostly) the traditional directions of the composer with a good jolt of the modern perspective. Of course nowadays this production would probably be seen as tame compared the the Munich production (w/ Rene Kollo and Waltraud Meier), although nowhere near as traditional as the Met's. Second, this production would only succeed with strong, visually believable singers in the principal roles. In Gwyneth Jones and Spas Wenkoff we have two such singers. Yes, they are not exactly in the first flush of youth, but good grief, has any Wagnerian soprano displayed such physique as Dame Gwyneth (Venus) in her prime? Waltraud Meier (Venus) certainly matches her in Munich, but Dame Gwyneth goes one step further and performs the role of Elisabeth with even more distinction since it is vocally better suited to her. Spas Wenkoff of course has to be mentioned since Tannhauser is such a murderous role. He more than holds his own, and while his acting is respectable, the overall combination of vocal stamina and dramatic concentration makes him an interesting Tannhauser (how often can you say that about a Wagnerian tenor?). Bernd Weikl and Hans Sotin lead the distinguished supporting cast while Colin Davis leads a reading of lyricism devoid of sentimentality and cheesiness. The chorus is of course superb, and the videography is good for its age (1978). Don't expect any HD-like visual quality. Highly recommended.
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