Title: Simply the best!
Product review: I'm a dyed-in-the-wool opera fanatic and replaced my old VHS of this same performance with the new DVD. It's wonderful. This performance was not idolized in Salzburg for nothing - it's simply the best. Every one of the main characters was in top form and the sets and stage direction are just stunning. Siepi was a worthy follower in Pinza's footsteps and, having been lucky enough to see him on the stage, I can attest that this voice and acting were as magnificent as they are in the DVD production. My ONLY regret is that this was not the actual performance, but staged after the fact, as they wanted to have a visual of this great performance and, particularly, of the great Wilhelm Furtwangler's conducting of it, which is indeed splendid. A better performance of this will be VERY hard to find.
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