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Title: MEIER'S BEST ISOLDE ON DVD
Review: Waltraud Meier is currently my favorite Isolde, and Marjana Lipovsek my favorite Brangane. For me, those are the two stellar performances of the production. Meier sings the finale (the "liebestod") like somebody dissolving in oceanic transcendence. Unfortunately, Jon Fredric West is not my ideal Tristan. But the biggest problem with the production is the clownish staging and costumes, which do everything possible to undermine Meier's FANTASTIC performance. Meir is simply a legendary Isolde. In my opinion, she's even better here than in her two Barenboim performances currently on DVD. And Mehta is not even my favorite conductor of this opera, but Meir comes passionately alive under his baton.
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