Title: Grim and boring
Product review: I had to force myself to get through this thing, and it took several days to do it. Not even Sutherland could save this turkey. If you like this opera (and I don't), then I highly recommend this production. Everyone in it was outstanding. I had this on CD with Callas many years ago and wound up chucking it. I hated it. The tenors and Sutherland each and together have a few good moments, but not enough to make a 2 hour and 20 minute opera out of. The mezzo gypsy did her part well (the relief came during the final curtain call when she smiled and then she looked human and beautiful), but I greatly dislike Verdi's mezzo gypsies, and his operas are littered with them. Blood, guts, burnings at the stake, death, torment, Verdi at his finest. All the gypsy woman did was suffer. I read that Sutherland was 60 when she filmed this, and she could still do it. Only she does it better when she's got something to do it with.
Would you say this review depicts the product in a flattering or unflattering light?
