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I Puritani | 
| Director: Gary Halvorson
Actors: Eric Cutler, Anna Netrebko, Franco Vassallo, John Relyea, Eduardo Valdes
Studio: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: DVD
List Price: CDN$ 30.99
Buy New: CDN$ 20.50
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 3915
Format: Classical, Ntsc
Languages: Italian (Original Language), English (Original Language), German (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Discs: 2
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 001049109
UPC: 044007344217
EAN: 0044007344217
ASIN: B000Y9M09G
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
Release Date: January 29, 2008
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
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Condition: New and Sealed.
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| Customer Reviews:
 The Netrebko show - no kidding June 7, 2008
captain cuttle (Vancouver, Canada)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
There are two operas here. When Anna Netrebko is on stage, things move along. When she isn't it's one of the most boring spectacles I've seen in a long time. br / br /The opera itself needs all the help it can get. For years I've wondered which opera people were referencing when they'd say such-and-such has a ridiculous plot, "but it's not as bad as some operas." This is the one it's not as bad as. Not that a good producer and stage director couldn't make it work. Netrebko has you almost believing in Elvira and Eric Cutler, responding to Netrebko's superb acting, makes a decent job of Arturo. But as for John Relyea, playing Giorgio, I've seen more expression on a parking meter and the rest of the cast could have mailed in their performances. I know we're depicting puritans here so we can't expect a great deal of partying, but the entire chorus looks like it's been stuffed and mounted. br / br /Not that there isn't some fine singing, even from the non-actors. Cutler makes a very creditable job of a fiendish role and Relyea is in fine voice. Netrebko to my ears is absolutely superb. Others have found fault with her coloratura and I don't count myself as an expert in this field so I bow to their opinion. But she produces a thoroughly three-dimensional performance, sounds beautiful, looks great, and that's enough for me. br / br /Sets and costumes are in the worst Met tradition, big on detail, totally devoid of imagination. Patrick Summers and the Met Orchestra provide strong enough support to make you wonder why most of those on stage fail to respond. br / br /All the pro reviews called this "The Netrebko Show" and so it is and that's why I bought it. But that's all it is. Without her I would probably rate this the worst opera performance I have yet seen on dvd, just edging out Haitink's version of Britten's "Midsummer Night's Dream" - also atrociously directed. The fact that I'm giving it three stars tells you how good she is. br /
 Belle Canto at its best April 28, 2008
W. McOstrich (Toronto)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Here is an opera with a happy ending and one that tests the voices of all singers. The voices here are absolutely superb, the settings and costumes majestic in the extreme and the acting beyond compare. Even is despair the heroine sings a seemingly unending repetoire of lilting arias and melodies. The opera, which is over three hours in length, will hold anybody in its magic spell and thrall. Don't miss it.
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