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Offenbach à Paris - Une soirée avec Anne Sofie von Otter (2002)
Anne Sofie Von Otter at her best
This concert from the Theatre du Chatelet in Paris in 2002,is a feast showing pieces from Jacques Offenbach's best loved and popular Operettas.This DVD is very enchanting,Anne Sofie Von Otter is the queen of the show,she is great,beautiful,charismatic,hilarious,delightful,naughty,dazzling and very entertaining.She is joined by Naouri, Leger, Ragon, d'Oustrac, Grapperon,They were all very good. Marc Minkowski was the conductor whose presence added to the greatness of this nice atmosphere. The show included pieces from La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein, Madame l'Archiduc, La Belle Helene, Barbe-Bleue, Lischen et Fritzchen, La Vie Parisienne, La Fille du tambour-major and La Perichole, as well as the famous Barcarolle from the opera Les Contes d'Hoffmann. In my opinion it is a must have DVD for Jacques Offenbach's fans.
La traviata (2005)
Anna Netrebko is mesmerizing
I am glad of possessing this production of Verdi's masterpiece La Taviata.it was premiered at the 2005 Salzburg Festival. Anna Netrebko is mesmerizing as Violetta Valery,Rolando Villazon was very good,with whom she also performed in L'Elisir d'Amore in 2005,also a must for Anna Netrebko fans.La Traviata is conducted by Carlo Rizzi,the production is modern but very good,picture quality is excellent,the audio is superb with DTS. Anna Netrebko sang a highly regarded Romeo et Juliette also with Rolando Villazon. A must for La Traviata fans.I was deeply touched to the degree that I watched it three times on three consecutive days.