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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0809478009184 Format: Classical, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: BBC / Opus Arte Languages: Manufacturer: BBC / Opus Arte MPN: 918 Number Of Discs: 1 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: BBC / Opus Arte Region Code: 1 Release Date: July 19, 2005 Running Time: 74 minutes Studio: BBC / Opus Arte Theatrical Release Date: 2004 Average Rating:
 Rating: - Absolute must-haveThis is a truly brilliant production of Puccini's comic masterpiece. Although this one-acter, the third in Puccini's "Il Trittico" (trilogy) of one-act operas dealing with the subject of death, is less than an hour long, it packs a more than satisfying punch in the way of great music, well-drawn characters, and entertaining plot. Annabel Arden has done a marvelous job in drawing out the dark side of humanity in the story, which keeps this production from veering into caricature and ... Read More Rating: - Crazy, but it works.I can't think of a worse concept than moving an opera that turns on a point of Medieval law to the early 20th century. Nevertheless, this production is so well sung and acted that the legal absurdity is completely forgotten. Even on the third viewing, this video is a hilarious hour of entertainment. Rating: - "A Comic Gem, At Last Coming Into Its Own""Gianni Schicchi" is an opera perhaps best known for one or two arias taken out of context, but recent productions, like this one here from Glyndebourne or the more recent one at the Met, have made it clear that the opera itself is nothing less than a comic masterpiece. A sort of operatic version of Ben Jonson's gimlet-eyed "Volpone," it presents various forces of greed in conflict with one another in pursuit of a dead man's legacy. Older "blocking" characters, too, have to be outwitted here so young ... Read More Rating: - FEEL LIKE LAUGHING? YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE!Puccini's Gianni Schicchi (pronounced Skee-kee) is not only one of the funniest operas ever composed, it is one of the best COMEDIES ever staged, whether of an operatic nature or otherwise! Although it should be noted that the libretto, by Giovacchino Forzano, is based on an episode in Dante's Inferno, it cannot be denied that Puccini supplies a great deal of the hilarity through his astute orchestration. It is a rare thing to find an opera that is not just "humorous" but hilarious, and even rarer is ... Read More Rating: - Seriously enterteiningWhen a crook succeeds in being liked you know you have a great opera and great singers who know how to act too. You will enjoy it. |
