Offenbach in Paris / Minkowski, von Otter, Naouri, Leger, Ragon, d'Oustrac, Grapperon, Chatelet Opera

Description

Anne Sofie Von Otter gives a dazzling vocal display in this concert from the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. Lyrically superb, she is wickedly sly, deliciously naughty and delightfully playful as she literally dons the hats of some of the feisty females who inhabit Offenbach's best-loved operettas. She is joined by singers Magali Léger, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Gilles Ragon, Laurent Naouri, Jean-Christophe Henry, Franck Versini and Christophe Grapperon who also assume Offenbach characters with uninhibited relish. Includes passages from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, Madame l'Archiduc, La Belle Hélène, Barbe-Bleue, Lischen et Fritzchen, La Vie Parisienne, La Fille du tambour-major and La Périchole, as well as the famous Barcarolle from the opera Les Contes d'Hoffmann. To round off an exhilarating evening, the orchestra, soloists and chorus join in a boisterous rendition of Offenbach's most famous creation, the cancan. Marc Minkowski conducts Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble.

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!!.......2005-04-21

This is the first encounter of Anne Sofie Von Otter with Offenbach's music. It is highly successful.
Minkowski and his orchestra provide excellent accompaniment. Technical quality, picture and sound, is first class. Enjoy!

Be Warned! The miking is too far away from singers.......2004-10-09

It is impossible for me to enjoy this DVD. The singers are simply too far from the microphones. Consequently their voices are echo-y and the words almost impossible to understand even you speak French. Why are some products released like this? I realize Kultur is a small company, but there must be some quality control at some level. Most of their opera DVDs are well recorded; but this is disgraceful. Perhaps my copy is defective, but that is highly unlikely.

Fun- Fun - Fun.......2004-06-07

What a wonderful DVD. Von Otter and Minkiwsky have a ball here in the "feel good" performance of the decade. World news have you feeling bad? Just pop in this DVD and watch a beautiful lady sing beautiful, happy music and forget the worries of the day.The unknown "Alphabet Song" may be the funniest ever written.

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