Charles Gounod - Faust details
| Format: | Ex DVD |
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| Starring: | Angela Gheorghiu |
| Genre: | Music/Musical - Music - Rock/Pop |
| Studio: | EMI MUSIC |
| Name | Discs | |
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Charles Gounod - Faust |
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DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 41 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 13 Sep 2010 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Strange mixture
By PaoloC (55 reviews) from Norwich , 02 Mar 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
Difficult to rate since the performance is worth 5 stars, the opera less since it combines an extremely Catholic view of love outside marriage - Marguerite is hounded in church by the deveil and rejected by her brother on his return from the war - with hedonistic, not to say embarrassing, dancing and patriotic songs. Because of this, compared with Verdi's contemporary operas, the characters are deeply implausible.
That said the performance has as good a set of principles as can be found for any opera, Terfel acting splendidly as Mephisotopheles, and touching singing and acting from Gheorgiu, well supported by Alagan and Keenlyside in a production which does its best to bring out the drama in an implausible plot.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(1)Strange mixture
By PaoloC (55 reviews) from Norwich , 02 Mar 2011Difficult to rate since the performance is worth 5 stars, the opera less since it combines an extremely Catholic view of love outside marriage - Marguerite is hounded in church by the deveil and rejected by her brother on his return from the war - with hedonistic, not to say embarrassing, dancing and patriotic songs. Because of this, compared with Verdi's contemporary operas, the characters are deeply implausible.
That said the performance has as good a set of principles as can be found for any opera, Terfel acting splendidly as Mephisotopheles, and touching singing and acting from Gheorgiu, well supported by Alagan and Keenlyside in a production which does its best to bring out the drama in an implausible plot.- Was this review helpful to you?
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