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Summary: Gorgeous!
Review: This is why DVD was invented! I have not seen a live opera, and only a few on TV. While unqualified to give a critcal review of the performances, I can say that this is a captivating and beautiful movie.I have listened to Verdi's score on CD many times. Seeing it performed in context, however, adds a poignancy to the music which cannot be experienced from the music alone. The combination of drama, magnificant settings, cinematography, and of course digital soundtrack had me feel like I was IN the movie. If you own a DVD player, this is what it was made for!
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Summary: Excellent!!!!
Review: La Traviata with Domingo and Stratas is one of the best opera movies in History. It is breathtaking and impossible not to like. I would recommend it to anybody who says he/she doesn't like the opera. You will change your mind after you see this film!
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Summary: DVD restores this film to its original glory
Review: Having seen the film five times in theatres, I was terribly disappointed by the pan-and-scan VHS version. No such disappointment with the DVD, which gives us back everything Zeffirelli put into this breathtaking spectacle. The fancy-dress ball act, with its dances and the dramatic confrontation between Alfredo and Violetta, is itself worth the price of the disc.
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Summary: My English is terrible, but I loved the video. Excellent!
Review: I have not anything do say
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Summary: exquisite
Review: Settings and mood captivating. Sets and overall mood captivating. One does not just turn off the set wneh finished -- its haunting and beautiful music stay with you. I still do not understand why Alfredo did not rush to Violetta as she dropped to her death, but then I am not Verdi - he must have had a reason! Truly a 4-tissue box movie! However, if Domingo chose to sing the telephone book I would enjoy every note! Just to watch him is a joy.
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Summary: This is the best movie I saw in my life
Review: This is the first stereo movie shown in Beijing China, and I had seen it 3 times in the cinema in Beijing in 1987. I got a video tape when I came to USA, and I don't want my wife knows that I have a DVD copy, because I don't want her crys again.
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Summary: Zeffirelli is a master of visual detail.
Review: This is so excellent and holds up so well over time. I've had the LD for many years; the DVD is superior. Hopefully this release is a precursor for the release of other Zeffirelli material: Otello (also Domingo), Taming of the Shrew, Romeo and Juliet, and the Met material that has been offered in the past by DGG (including Turandot). Zeffirelli is a unique and gifted director of classic material. Bravo, Franco...!!
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Summary: Magnificent
Review: Bravissim
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Summary: Zefirelli's film adaptation is excellent.
Review: Zefirelli draws our attention to the fact that the musical material at the beginning of the opera recurs at a later moment in the film by suggesting that Violetta is recalling the entire story. This approach is consistent with a musicological examination of the score and demonstrates marvelous insight by the director into the music. Zefirelli's great musical sense pervades the entire film.
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Summary: I have 4 different videos of this opera. This is the best.
Review: Franco Zeffirelli's film with Domingo and Stratas is excellent
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