Title: A very Ugly Production of a great Opera
Product review: Mozart's "Le Nozze di Figaro" is for me one of my most beloved of operas. Having seen this opera live many times, I knew I just had to have it permanently on DVD. This performance is not the performance to own, not for me anyhow. I could not get beyond the horrible 'ugliness' of the production, the sets, the costumes, the 'darkness' which permeated this entire production, and the very odd way the production was put together. Having said that, I thus could not appreciate the vocal performances and now realize that I will play this DVD solely for the vocal performance without watching the screen. This performance at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin is just plain 'ugly' to watch. Vocally it is quite lovely, if only to watch the magnificence of soprano Dorothea Roschmann, a superb Susanna, and Emily Magee who was a lovely Countess. So, visually.....go look for another performance to watch, this is not the one to see!
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