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Verdi - Aida / Levine, Domingo, Millo, Metropolitan Opera |  | Artists: Aprile Millo, Plácido Domingo, Dolora Zajick, Sherrill Milnes, Paata Burchuladze
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Category: DVD
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Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 7840
Format: Classical, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), German (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 157 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 73001
UPC: 044007300190
EAN: 0044007300190
ASIN: B000050X2Z
Theatrical Release Date: December 27, 1989
Release Date: December 12, 2000
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 Super Aida November 8, 2009
David Thierry (Chicago, IL United States)
The singers are terrific as one would expect but my main concern here is the awesome production. This is the kind of Aida I expect to look at, a faithful and astounding recreation of Ancient Egypt, not the monstrosity poor Leontyne Price had to deal with in her farewell performanes at the Met, an ugly, awful show. Here we get the Cecil B. DeMille level of stage show and I for one do not ask for anything more. Just what the doctor ordered.
THIS Got Me To Appreciate Opera May 4, 2009
Louise Marquis
I'm a lifelong devotee of instrumental classical music, but not opera. For the last several months, I've been getting together with some opera-loving friends now and then to watch an opera DVD. While I was entertained by the first several spectacles, I didn't really get into them like a true opera lover because I was distracted by the weirdnesses of opera... bizarre stories (Magic Flute), singers mismatched to their parts or to each other, cultural anomalies. (In Lakme, Indians and Englishmen singing French was weird enough, but the Hindu priest behaving un-Hindu-like really threw me. I was told that in an opera the passion and beauty are what matters. But I couldn't get past a Hindu calling people infidels.)
Then we watched this DVD of Aida. Never mind that Egyptians and Ethiopians sing Italian and the herione wears blackface. By the end of Act 2 I was paralyzed with conflicted emotions. I finally got the true opera experience. I think this transformation was caused partly by the greatness of the music, but also by this production's awesome stage sets and the perfection of all the performers' singing, acting and interacting. The whole package.
Go ahead. Watch it and weep.
Breathtaking March 2, 2009
M. A. P. Heuvel (Best, the Netherlands)
Disconnect telephone and doorbell, sit back and be transported to ancient times in a symphony of splendid decors and music, sung by performers who know how to tear your heart out with perfect renderings of Verdi's well known, but always moving, melodies.
Millo is INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! January 31, 2009
GaryTucson (Utah)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For many years the pomp, pagentry and beauty of Met operas like Turandot, Nabucco and Aida have been among my favorites. The music is always superb, the sets simply amazing and the orchestra without rival. Unlike some of the other reviewers, I have never found any fault with Levine or the Met orchestra or chorus in any production I have heard or seen.
This performance of Aida is no exception. I loved everything about it but I was simply blown away by the incredible voice of Aprile Millo. I honestly don't think I have ever heard any role in any opera sung to more perfection than this and her acting was superb as well.
This is a five star recording of a VERY enjoyable live performance. Millo's curtain calls should have gone on all night!
Needs Remastering November 29, 2008
Joseph L. Ponessa (Glendive MT USA)
With the Metropolitan Museum of Art not far from the Metropolitan Opera House, this production exudes authenticity. One thing to watch for: does the high priest have a beard or not? He is the first person to sing onstage, and he should NOT have a beard. Egyptians could not grow beards, but the king wore a fake beard as a sign of power--even the female pharaoh Hatshepsut wore a beard! Unfortunately it has become cliché for the high priest to have a beard, and I give high points to the stages where this practice is shunned: New York and London.
This was one of the first Aidas to appear on DVD, and it needs some work. The sound could be modernized, and the range of subtitle options expanded. In fact, this would be a good title for blu-ray release because, although it is 4:3 aspect ratio, the part of the screen that has something on it is worth looking at. The principal singers are also well worth hearing, all in their prime. Domingo is a bit baritonal for the part of Radamès, but he survives the experience, unlike many a lyric tenor who has been destroyed by it. His musical timing is flawless, entering the flow of the musical drama right on the beat and on pitch. He has an ear for the ensemble.
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