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Title: Puccini: Madama Butterfly PAL
Format: DVD
Condition: New
Number Of Discs: 2
Release Date: 03/10/2005
Actors: De Waart, Keen, Thompson, Barker
Audio Language: Italian, Italian
Runtime: 2 hours and 49 minutes
Region Code: DVD: 2 (Europe, Japan, Middle East...)
Studio: Opus Arte
Subtitle Language: French, English
Description: Robert Wilson's pure and highly stylised 2003 production
enhances the timeless beauty of Puccini's moving
Japanese tragedy. Cheryl Barker and Martin Thompson
lead an inspired cast in a highly charged recording from
the Amsterdam Muziektheater with the Netherlands
Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by a masterful and
passionate Edo de Waart.


PRESS REVIEWS


"Of the various DVD incarnations of Butterfly that have come my way so far, this is the one that satisfies the most. There is no single star in the cast. The conducting is unfailingly musical. The production is simply superb...A superb DVD that now becomes my top video recommendation for this opera. The production is top-notch, and the orchestral contribution the strongest I have yet to hear." (Musicweb International)
"Wilson creates a superbly beautiful Butterfly. Once again, Wilson's incredible lighting takes a solo role...Puccini's Butterfly has seldom sounded so refined and so perfect as under Edo de Waart; the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra play outstandingly for him. The vocal performances are no less impressive..." (Algemeen Dagblad)
"Wilson's stage images are minimalist in nature and as aesthetic as always; here they are in perfect accord with the usual Japanese principles of style and form. The abstract, serene and intensely subtle basis of the scenic, vocal and musical performances turns this Japanese-Italian-American Madama Butterfly into a variant on Greek tragedy with an inevitable end." (NRC Handelsblad)
Cast
Cheryl Barker (Cio-Cio San)
Martin Thompson (Pinkerton)
Catherine Keen (Suzuki)
Richard Stilwell (Sharpless)
Anneleen Bijnen (Kate)
Peter Blanchet (Goro)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Edo de Waart

Stage Director: Robert Wilson
Catalogue Number: OA0936D
Date of Performance: 2003
Running Time: 169 minutes
Sound: DTS Surround; LPCM Stereo
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Subtitles: EN, FR, DE, ES, IT, NL
Label: Opus Arte

DVDs ARE REGION 2 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

Playback Region 2 :This will not play on most DVD players sold in the U.S., U.S. Territories, Canada, and Bermuda. You will require a multi-region DVD player and a PAL compatible TV to view.

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