Puccini - Turandot / Franco Zeffirelli - Marton, Domingo, Mitchell, Plishka, Cuenod - James Levine, MET (1988)

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Puccini - Turandot / Franco Zeffirelli - Marton, Domingo, Mitchell, Plishka, Cuenod - James Levine, MET (1988)
from Umvd Labels
starring Eva Marton, Plácido Domingo, Leona Mitchell, Paul Plishka, Hugues Cuenod
directed by Kirk Browning

Features:

• Color
• DVD-Video
• Subtitled
• DTS Surround Sound

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

• Bring back the1960's
  Where's Cecil Beaton when you need him. When you have the greatest singers of the last half of the 20th century, Nilsson and Corelli, you don't need all this excess! The Met has toned this production down shortly after this broadcast. This production is so busy I hardly even noticed the singing. You'll find every thing you need on the stage but a basket ball court.

• Awesome
  I was a little reluctant to purchase such a popular title; however, I was not disappointed because the costumes and performances were wonderful. I found myself clapping from my living room when watching.

• Trunadot
  The CD recently bought it's of poor quality. It skips more than once several times during play.

• From the depths of my heart!!!!
  I hate Zefirelli, he is extremely kitsch to my taste. I hate MET productions because I think they are usually too conventional to my taste. Then, why I am giving to this Turandot 5 stars? Well I do not have a rational answer to that question. I have to confess that these 5 stars come from the depths of my heart and have nothing to do with my brains. I really love Turandot, I think this is Puccini at his best, moving dangerously close to that thin line that separates the sublime from the bad taste, but... more info

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