Rating: 
Summary: Complete
Review: Not only is is the only Die Frau Ohne Schatten available on DVD, it is absolutely complete!! There are no cuts whatsoever. This really puts CD sets like Sinopoli to shame since they could have just patched in the cut sections from the 'live' performance. We owe it to Solti to show the world that Strauss' Die Frau can be performed uncut (unlike say Elektra which probably could not since Elektra is too taxing a role).A great supplement to Solti's even better CD performance featuring Domingo, Behnrens, Varady and Van Dam.
Rating: 
Summary: Awful acting by female "stars"
Review: Studer is great as long as she stands still and just sings. Her "acting" is humorous if nothing else. Lipovsek is painful to watch with those stupid facial expressions. Marton's voice is nearly intolerable and she looks perpetually annoyed while waddling around the stage like a penguin. Richard Hale is very good. Ditto Terfel. The videography is pointless. The sets are...well what sets are there in this opera beside the house? The casting of the extras must have been courtesy of the United Nations. The camera is fixated on Solti...no evidence the orchestra even exists. Sound is good. Typical uneven opera by R. Strauss. But made much worse by this overrated production.
Rating:
Summary: Awful acting by female "stars"
Review: Studer is great as long as she stands still and just sings. Her "acting" is humorous if nothing else. Lipovsek is painful to watch with those stupid facial expressions. Marton's voice is nearly intolerable and she looks perpetually annoyed while waddling around the stage like a penguin. Richard Hale is very good. Ditto Terfel. The videography is pointless. The sets are...well what sets are there in this opera beside the house? The casting of the extras must have been courtesy of the United Nations. The camera is fixated on Solti...no evidence the orchestra even exists. Sound is good. Typical uneven opera by R. Strauss. But made much worse by this overrated production.
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