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Title: SWEET & SOUR
Review: SOUR: This is a stage performance preserved on film. No effort has been made to alter the production to take advantage of the versatility of film. The scenes are dark; singers are obviously there - you can hear them but can only barely see them. This DVD is not at all suitable for viewing on a 4:3 CRT TV set, which is what I use.SWEET: Jose van Dam is fine as Falstaff but the other major singing roles are poorly represented.FOOTNOTE: The product description obviously is not describing this opera. Renato Bruson does not appear in this production.Bruson made a fabulous Falstaff but as far as I know the Royal Opera production is not available in DVD format.
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