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Title: Great Performance, Filmed With a Genuine Theatre Feeling
Review: The two leads are extremely gifted acting singers, and the support is excellent. Plasson andhis orchestra are wonderful, too. What sets this apart as a DVD is the theatricality of theapproach. This is not a "souvenir" of the performance, but the performance itself, withoccasional shots of the singers getting ready to enter or coming off the stage, of thestagehands readying the next set, and of the front of the stage with the orchestra at workwith the singers. This roving camera is used sparingly, in order to keep the emphasis on thestage, but it adds greatly to the experience. There is one very odd moment, though, at the endof the first disc, when Charlotte is preparing for the start of the third act(the "letters" scene). An assistant rushes up, as if to make some last-minute adjustment inher toilette or whatever, and Sophie Koch rather brusquely shoves her away. Not now, I'm gettinginto the moment, you interloper!
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