Friday, December 5, 2008
Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Karajan, Freni, Domingo, Ludwig [Region 2] - As Good As The Show
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Of all Puccini's major operas, the intimate tragedy of Madama Butterfly is least in need of elaborate staging and might therefore benefit most from the close scrutiny of film. The story is domestic, the setting Spartan, the incidental characters kept to a minimum. This 1974 version, however, demonstrates that Butterfly still needs a healthy injection of proscenium arch melodrama. Director Jean-Pierre Ponelle's production strives for realism but remains unfortunately studio-bound, having neither the benefit of location filming nor the heightened reality of an opera stage. The exterior is a perpetually fog-shrouded heath of indeterminate locale; the interior is cramped and unadorned. The setting is just too prosaic to contain the epic emotions of grand opera.
If you love watching Mirella Freni or Plcido Domingo, you are deffinetly going to want to watch Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Karajan, Freni, Domingo, Ludwig [Region 2].
Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Karajan, Freni, Domingo, Ludwig [Region 2] has always been a favorite of mine.Through out the movie, Mirella Freni simply shines. Plcido Domingo actually caught my interest too.
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Of all Puccini's major operas, the intimate tragedy of Madama Butterfly is least in need of elaborate staging and might therefore benefit most from the close scrutiny of film. The story is domestic, the setting Spartan, the incidental characters kept to a minimum. This 1974 version, however, demonstrates that Butterfly still needs a healthy injection of proscenium arch melodrama. Director Jean-Pierre Ponelle's production strives for realism but remains unfortunately studio-bound, having neither the benefit of location filming nor the heightened reality of an opera stage. The exterior is a perpetually fog-shrouded heath of indeterminate locale; the interior is cramped and unadorned. The setting is just too prosaic to contain the epic emotions of grand opera.
Thankfully, the cast is a superb one, headed by Plcido Domingo's rakish Pinkerton and Mirella Freni's rubicund Butterfly. Their singing is incomparable, as is Herbert von Karajan's musical direction of the Vienna Philharmonic. The singers mime to prerecorded music, which is occasionally disconcerting since when film demands close-ups, opera provides broad gestures. Musically, this Butterfly is impeccable. Visually it adds nothing that could not be seen to better effect in a stage version. --Mark Walker
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If you love watching Mirella Freni or Plcido Domingo, you are deffinetly going to want to watch Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Karajan, Freni, Domingo, Ludwig [Region 2].
Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Karajan, Freni, Domingo, Ludwig [Region 2] has always been a favorite of mine.Through out the movie, Mirella Freni simply shines. Plcido Domingo actually caught my interest too.
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Karajan, Freni, Domingo, Ludwig [Region 2] ONLINE!
Watch A Preview Of Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Karajan, Freni, Domingo, Ludwig [Region 2]
You can get Puccini - Madama Butterfly / Karajan, Freni, Domingo, Ludwig [Region 2] at www.Amazon.com too.
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¶ 11:52 AM
