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# Don Carlos [Blu-ray]

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Don Carlos [Blu-ray]

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## Customer Reviews

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    A very enjoyable "Don Carlos"
  

*by B***A on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 3, 2003*

I would have loved to give this Five Stars rating if not for the awful set and the awful make-up of the male singers, particularly Mr. Hampson's wig and fake stubble. What is the purpose of this? In this production, we are very fortunate to have a group of singers who are wonderful to hear and also are very nice to look at. In the book "Opera for dummies", Angela Gheorghiu, Karita Mattila, Waltraud Meier, Roberto Alagna, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Cecilia Bartoli are listed as examples of  "great looking" opera singers. The three of the singers mentioned are in this production. Mr. Hampson can certainly take Mr. Hvorotovsky's place. (The Siberian himself a magnificent Rodrigo in the Italian version. Where is his DVD of "Don Carlo"?)This must be the best "Don Carlos" in term of the cast.  Karita Mattila, the very first winner of Singer of the World, definitely lives up to her well-deserved title. Her singing and acting is just exemplary. Jose Van Dam's performance of Philip II is regal with authority, yet still maintains the sensitive side of the character. Merier's Eboli is charming. When she is scorned, she really is a lioness. Mr. Hampson probably has the best music to sing in the whole opera.  "Don Carlos" could be subtitled as "Everybody loves Rodrigue". Who would not want a friend like Marquis de Posa? Mr. Hampson does not disappoint us. He sings and acts very well. The "male bounding" duet "Dieu, tu semas dans nos ames" with Alagna is just beautiful. The gently persuasive "L'Infant Carlos" can melt the coldest heart. The death scene may lack Mr.Hvorostovsky's impressive legato, it is very well sung, dramatic and moving. Mr. Hampson's Rodrigue seems more like a lover than a best friend. He thoroughly enjoys this and torments poor Bobby with every physical contact. It is almost comical to see Alagna's discomfort in such an interpretation. His interaction with Mr. Hampson is very awkward. He can hardly make eye contact with Mr. Hampson when they are alone. You can see the difference when he is with the ladies. Bobby Alagna strangely resembles Andrea Bocelli physically (Thank God Bobby does not sound like Bocelli). "Don Carols" is not a glorious role for tenor. The tenor works so hard for the whole time and the show stoppers are for the other singers. To his credit, Mr. Algana does a great job.Overall, this long performance (210 minutes) is very enjoyable. It makes a worthy addition to any opera dvd library. For the price of $30.00, you can hardly get a seat in any opera house. This is a bargain, so grab it.

### ⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Audio is mediocre on blu ray, but it's cheap and a good production
  

*by J***W on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 2, 2019*

got this because I wanted a video as well as a French version. For the price - $20 - I'm not complaining. Goodness, what we've come to expect - imagine if we could get this sound and video quality to watch whenever we wanted at home even up to the 1980s. I also don't know how many differences reflect the two versions. I've only ever heard the Italian before.But the complaints about the audio - on the blu-ray at least -  are accurate. It's entirely listenable, but if you bought a CD or a vinyl record with this sound, you'd be unhappy. I, however, am happy to be able to watch it - it's not the unquestioned success in sets and acting that some have described, but it is pretty good and I find nothing in it that warrants harsh criticism.The singing is also entirely acceptable, even very good, but nothing accept for Mattila is really a consistently great performance. Some of this is that the voices are so far behind the music. But this is also not a big problem for me - it is a live opera performance, we have become accustomed to our stereo systems and the magic of studio recordings that artificially emphasize the voice. I love those recordings - Guilini especially, but that's not what you get with this.By the way, the countess d'Aremberg's face contorted in weeping reminds me of nothing so much as the party scene in Breakfast at Tiffany's.So, for the audio experience, I'll go to other performances both because of the regrettable disc production and the singing. But I do not regret this, either. Still, I'd think long and hard before I paid anything more than $20 for another disc by Kultur.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Stellar International Cast Restores Opera to Rightful Place
  

*by J***P on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 6, 2000*

Luc Bondy's production of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi (sung in the original French) has a superb cast who not only sing beautifully but act very convincingly as well.  Roberto Alagna takes the title role and shows  us an ardent lover, a thwarted, passionate man who has to deal with his  fiancee marrying his father for reasons of state, his best friend being  sacrificed to the Spanish Inquisition for his loyalty, finding his father  distant and solitary yet vulnerable to his religious advisor and trying to  fend off the unwelcome advances of his father's mistress.  Verdi lavished  some of his most poignant and lyrical music on the score which contains  intimate scenes of arias and duets,but also public spectacle and huge  choruses as in the "Auto-da-fe" scene.  Thomas Hampson shines as  Don Carlos' best friend, Rodrigo who is caught up in the fight for freedom  for one of Spain's conquered countries, Flanders.  His character represents  the "enlightened" man of his age so Verdi gives him some of the  most moving tunes but really all the characters are allowed to express  themselves in such a way as to engage our sympathy at various times.  The  women are equally strong with Karita Mattila as Elisabeth de Valois, the  noble, young princess who must leave her beloved France to marry the father  while loving the son, and Waltraud Meier as Princess Eboli, the king's  mistress who is also attracted to Don Carlos.  Jose Van Dam distinguishes  himself as King Philip 11 with his elegaic aria on unrequited love. This  opera deserves to be as well known as Rigoletto, Traviata and Trovatore as  it contains so many memorable tunes and ensembles.  Hopefully with this  production, which is more complete than most, we will be able to appreciate  the large, magnificent canvas that Verdi has translated into a most human  story of private love and public duty.  Excellent singing, heart-rending  acting, fraught situations and glorious tunes ... who could want more?

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