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Richard Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos / Jurinac, Grist, Hillebrecht, Thomas, Schoffler, Bohm, Salzburg Opera
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In Theaters : 1965
DVD Release : 21 September, 2004 |
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Richard Strauss - Ariadne auf Naxos / Jurinac, Grist, Hillebrecht, Thomas, Schoffler, Bohm, Salzburg Opera Customer Reviews
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the "golden" days were not so "golden"
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Here's an exaple of the type of performance you could run across during what many older operagoers call the golden age.
Sure, there were many great performances, but there were a lot of duds too.
Take this Ariadne for instance. There are pluses; primarily the delightful Zerbinetta of Reri Grist and the masterful conducting
of Karl Bohm, one of the great Strauss conductors.
Then there are the qualified pluses. Jurinac was a wonderful singer and she was pretty much ideal for a lot of Strauss. She's a bit off form here, I was hoping for more of the glow that she could provide. Thomas tackles a horribly difficult tenor part and acquits himself well, but isn't exactly pleasant to listen too.
Then you have the real downers. Hillebrecht was a second string house soprano who often covered for other sopranos and did last minute substitutions. This was one such occasion.
What do we hear and see? We see clearly why Hillebrecht never rose into the first rank of sopranos. She was ok at best, but then there is the sour , curdled, shrill tone and the off pitch singing. She looks as dumpy and frumpy as she sounds.
The production itself is crude looking and unimaginative for such an important venue such as the Salzburg Festival.
This telecast, in grainy black and white, should have been left sleeping in the vaults, where it belongs. Don't waste your money on this one.
Go for the Dresden DVD, much more creative, or the Met production with Jessye Norman demonstrating just why she was so highly regarded in her prime years. |
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