Title: Oh No!
Product review: The singing is awful. Usually on a DVD singers vary in the quality of their performances, not here. Here they ALL suffer from being frequently off pitch, The sopranos are thin and shrill like chalk on a blackboard. The male voices are worn and gravelly, sounding spoken even when sung. The orchestra has a peculiar slow tempo that sucks the air out of the music. There is a fine Euroarts 2005 release of a 1986 performance by the Drottningholm Court Theater staring Feller, Daniels, Resick and David Kuebler (in his element here) that is a telling comparison. When played side by side. the two overtures sound like different pieces music. Despite its earlier release date, the Drottningholm recording is full of life and fun, making it possible to understand why Emperor Leopold II is said to have asked for an encore of the complete opera.
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