Title: A Disappointing Fledermaus
Product review: I have to compare this version to the Carlos Kleiber version and what is most striking is the musicality and ensemble playing plus pure energy visible on the stage of the Kleiber version. This version is a routine version adapted to an English audience and I find it prosaic at best with the added Act 2 guest appearances which I found annoying. While I agree with an earlier reviewer that Herman Prey's Eisenstein is well sung, the sheer energy and joy that the Eisenstein of Eberhard Waechter conveys makes Prey's Eisenstein seem pallid. Janet Perry and Pamela Coburn in the female leads bring both outstanding singing and energy to this production that is not present in this Convent Garden Version. I really recommend the Kleiber version, not because this version is so terrible, but because the Kleiber version is so integrated and musical that it brings the pure pleasure of Fledermaus to the viewer and listener.
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