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(More customer reviews)If you don't mind 'bleeding chunks' from opera DVDs this sampler might very well be for you. It starts with Carlos Kleiber conducting the Prelude to 'Carmen', then moves on to René'e Fleming singing 'Je marche sur tous les chemins' from 'Manon' and before it's finished 121 minutes later we've had a chance to see/hear a total of 27 selections, including Edita Gruberov'á singing Elvira's 'Vien, diletto' from 'I Puritani,' Ren'ée Fleming again in an aria from Strauss's 'Capriccio', Marcelo 'Álvarez singing 'Che gelida manina' from 'La Boh'ème', the Donner and Blitzen polka from 'Die Fledermaus from the Vienna State Opera, Fiorenza Cossotto doing Azucena's 'Condotta ell'era in ceppi' from 'Il Trovatore', the Polonaise from 'Eugene Onegin', Thomas Hampson's Macbeth ('Pietà, rispetto, amore'), Neil Shicoff and Bryn Terfel in a scene from 'Tales of Hoffmann', 'Ombra mai fu' from Handel's 'Serse', Reri Grist as Zerbinetta, with Sena Jurinac in 'Ein Augenblick ist wenig' from 'Ariadne auf Naxos' (with Karl B'öhm conducting), Eva Mei in 'Ah! Non credea mirarti' from 'La Sonnambula', Johan Botha as Calaf in 'Turandot', Maria Guleghina as Manon in Puccini's 'Manon Lescaut,' and much, much more. Other outstanding scenes include 'O welch ein Augenblick' from 'Fidelio' with comers Camilla Nylund and Jonas Kaufmann, and Karita Mattila as Amelia in 'Simon Boccanegra', and Pl'ácido Domingo singing 'Forse la soglia attinse' from 'Un Ballo in Maschera.'
These are all scenes from complete stage performances of the operas mentioned. Sounds and sight are marvelous, in general, although perhaps less so in the older productions (e.g., 'Ariadne auf Naxos').
For a very modest price one can sample these scenes and perhaps make a decision to buy the full performance of one or more of them. Not a bad deal, I'd say.
Scott Morrison
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