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The Blu Ray Experience: Opera and Ballet Highlights [Blu-ray]

The Blu Ray Experience: Opera and Ballet Highlights [Blu-ray]Artist: Various
Label: Bbc / Opus
Category: DVD

List Price: $9.99
Buy New: $7.13
as of 11/27/2009 18:10 CST details
You Save: $2.86 (29%)


New (8) Used (3) from $6.20

Seller: moviemars
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 reviews
Sales Rank: 6915

Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: Blu-ray
Region: 0
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 50 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5

MPN: 7000
UPC: 809478070009
EAN: 0809478070009
ASIN: B001HBX91S

Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: November 18, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Opera & Ballet: The Blu-ray Experience includes opera and ballet highlights from the Opus Arte catalogue, and gives everyone the opportunity to experience the stunning quality of High Definition picture and sound, at an extremely competitive price.

Including world-class artists such as Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Anne Sofie von Otter, Jose Cura, Simon Keenlyside and Agnes Letestu, this 50-minute introduction to the world of Blu-ray is a must-have.

Blu-ray offers an outstanding audio and visual experience, with up to six times the resolution of standard definition DVD, and up to 7.1 channels of High Definition surround sound.

Customer Reviews:
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5 out of 5 stars A must for music lovers   August 14, 2009
A. R. St Jean (Homosassa, FL)
This is how to enjoy various music pieces and fantastic video. Too short, would have loved more. A great value.


5 out of 5 stars Opera & Ballet front row seats!   July 9, 2009
g3t_some
Not going to get into much detail but simply put....this BR is amazing! I got this for the family as where we live there's not much chance for us to get to see such cultural events. My kids are young and I figured this would open their imagination and curiosity. The picture is SOOOOOOOOOOO clear and the sound is superb that they were immediately sucked in. No it doesn't have the action and explosions that other BR movies have but it's on a class of it's own for PQ and SQ. I highly recommend, specially at this price!


3 out of 5 stars Excellent production hindered by a manufacturing flaw   June 26, 2009
Ricardo Santiago (Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

This BD delivers excellent images and excellent sound. Some chapters are among the bests of the operas/ballets from which they are picked: the Gypsy Chorus from Trovatore, Habanera from Carmen. Others are just OK. But, for the cost, I would have given it 4 stars... if all the chapters played well!

But they did not! The first 4 chapters played fine, the last 3 played fine, but on the mid 6 chapters my player tried and tried and barely managed to produce some disjoint pictures (good quality stills - but just stills!) and no sound.

Clearly the disk was defective - as my player is a two-months-old Samsung BD-P1600 that has been working fine with several BDs since it arrived, not rejecting a single one. Defective disk, in spite of not showing any sign of scratch on its surface.

Surely you would say "return the disk for a refund and buy another one". Easier said than done... as I live in Brazil and the cost of shipping to here equals the cost of the disk. So I'd rather keep it as is, instead of discussing with Amazon for a refund of the price paid and of the shipping costs to here and back to the US.

If you live outside the US, think twice before ordering this BD, as you may be unlucky as I was. Or consider if just playing, let's say, 50% of it, it would still be worthy for you...



4 out of 5 stars A mixed bag of 13 items from different discs   June 22, 2009
Mr. John A. Coulson (Australia)
Meant to be a showpiece of what is available on operatic and ballet Opus Arte BDs, I find this a mixed success and it did not entice me to buy the originals (although I have bought many, more inspite of, than because of, this disc).
However it is inexpensive so is worth the few dollars asked but I doubt if it would persuade anyone who is not interested in the genre to suddenly collect opera and ballet BDs.
That said it does illustrate the effectiveness of BD for showing opera and ballet and does include the brilliant (both technically and artistically) "Queen of the Night" aria from Mozart's "magic Flute" so the disc is worth the cost for this item alone.


5 out of 5 stars Incredible....4.5 stars   May 17, 2009
Vee (NY)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I'm going to be honest, I only purchased The Blu Ray Experience: Opera and Ballet Highlights because I wanted to test out my new blu-ray player and the price of the disc was very inexpensive but I was not disappointed. When they called this "The Blu Ray Experience", that was an understatement. The HD picture and sound quality of the video is phenomenal and really brings the performances to life. I feel like I was actually there. The acts were very enjoyable. The makers of this disc were sure to include many of the most popular opera and ballet performances that were familiar to even people like me who do not follow this type of entertainment as much. I still found this disc enjoyable and even though my blu-ray collection is growing, I still pop this disc in when I'm in the mood for some classical entertainment. The only thing I don't like about The Blu Ray Experience: Opera and Ballet Highlights is the fact that it's too short. If another 45 mins. to and hour were added, this disc would be perfect.

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