Title: Disappointing
Product review: This is a re-mastered set of two videos. The original production must have been filmed in the 1970s, judging from the makeup, costumes, etc. It's the Glyndebourne Opera, so the singing is pretty good (but not nearly the best I've heard with respect to this opera), though a little too slow of tempo. Unfortunately, there's very little that's visually stimulating about this video. It also isn't subtitled, characteristically of Opera D'Oro. The singers only seem to do any acting in between singing, and not during the singing -- it's like they're almost frozen while singing and then they come to life as soon as they're finished. This is the London Philharmonic Orchestra. The vocal soloists are Anson Austin, Thomas Allen, Frantz Petri, Helena Dose, Sylvia Lindenstrand, and Daniele Perriers. I'll probably watch this tape very infrequently (if ever). And it's one of my favorite operas!
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