{"title":"Performer: Pår Lindskog","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"j-strauss-jr-die-fledermaus-armstrong-allen-105129","title":"J. Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus \/ Armstrong, Allen [Blu-ray]","description":"\u003cb\u003e*** This Blu-ray Disc is only playable on Blu-ray Disc players and not compatible with standard DVD or HD DVD players. ***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003ctitle\u003e3223070.az_J_STRAUSS_II_Die.html\u003c\/title\u003e  \u003cmeta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eJ. STRAUSS II \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eDie Fledermaus \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12\"\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e Vladimir Jurowski, cond; Pamela Armstrong (\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eRosalinde\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Thomas Allen (\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eEisenstein\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Håkan Hagegård (\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eDr. Falke\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Pär Lindskog (\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eAlfred\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Malena Ernman (\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003ePrince Orlovsky\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Lyubov Petrova (\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eAdele\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Ragnar Ulfung (\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eDr. Blind\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Artur Korn (\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eFrank\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Udo Samel (\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eFrosch\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Reneé Schüttengruber (\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12i\"\u003eIda\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e); Glyndebourne Ch; London PO \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12\"\u003e • \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e BBC\/OPUS ARTE 7004 (Blu-ray Disc: 198:00) Live: Glyndebourne 8\/17\/2003 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"EXTRAS12\"\u003e\u0026amp;\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e Cast \u0026amp; costume galleries. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eThe Genesis of the Waltz. The Architect Returns. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eInterviews. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eFrosch interlude \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eThis pretty-much-perfect production of Strauss’s pretty-much-perfect operetta is an ideal specimen to demonstrate the visual and sonic virtues of the Blu-ray medium. The Glyndebourne staging is a feast to watch: the sets and costumes are lavish, the dancing accomplished. Opus Arte’s 24-bit PCM sound is \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eway \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003ebetter than anything you’ve ever heard on a traditional DVD, both the stereo version and the spacious multichannel that puts the listener in the middle of the appreciative audience who experienced the real thing in Sussex back in August of 2003. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eDirector Stephen Lawless has moved the setting of \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eDie Fledermaus \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eahead a few decades to around 1910, the Vienna of Sigmund Freud and Gustav Klimt. (Eisenstein’s dressing gown, in fact, is a facsimile of Klimt’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eThe Kiss\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e.) This \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eFledermaus \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eis clearly viewed as a play that happens to have awfully good music, and Lawless and Daniel Dooner have created new dialogue for the production. In the hands of an ensemble of terrific singing actors, the texts never impede the headlong momentum of this comic masterpiece. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eWhat a cast! Pamela Armstrong, as Rosalinde, handles the part vocally quite well but is equally concerned with her character’s development: when she dresses up as someone else, Eisenstein’s wife discovers her “real self” (as the soprano puts it in one of the disc’s “extras”). Thomas Allen notes that the high tessitura of his role was a bit of a challenge—it sure doesn’t sound it—but his comic timing is impeccable and the man can actually dance. As Dr. Falke, Håkan Hagegård gives his character an edge: the practical joke that Eisenstein played on him months before the curtain rises for act I has deeply wounded him, and Falke is serious about getting revenge. Singing Alfred in an appropriately seductive manner is Swedish tenor Pär Lindskog who, like Allen, is obviously quite a versatile artist. You’d never know from this performance that the guy also sings Siegfried and Parsifal. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eThe kudos go on. Lyubov Petrova’s rendition of Adele’s big second-act aria is a showstopper and Malena Ernman is utterly convincing as the terminally bored and sexually ambiguous Orlovsky. It’s a surprise every time Ernman starts to sing and her voice jumps up an octave or two. The smaller parts—Dr. Blind, Frank, Ida, Frosch—are all covered quite well. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eVladimir Jurowski takes the music very seriously (as, the notes remind us, did Gustav Mahler) and his leadership of the LPO is spirited and knowingly inflected. To accompany the curtain calls, Jurowski conducts a rousing “Radetzky March.” Opus Arte provides subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, and Dutch. There’s a generous supply of extras, including cast and costume “galleries” and brief featurettes on the history of the waltz and the new (in 1994) opera house at Glyndebourne, as revisited by the architect who designed it. We also get observations on \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eFledermaus \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003efrom Armstrong, Allen, Hagegård, Jurowski, and director Lawless and, to close, some \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eshtick, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003emostly about champagne, by Udo Samel, the actor who has the speaking role of the jailer Frosch. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eYes, this one’s on my Want List. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan style=\"font-weight:bold\"\u003eFANFARE: Andrew Quint \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Picture Format: 1080i High Definition, NTSC 16:9\u003cbr\u003e  Sound Format: 2.0 \/ 5.0 PCM Audio\u003cbr\u003e  Region Code: 0 (All Regions)\u003cbr\u003e  Menu Languages: English\u003cbr\u003e  Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch\u003cbr\u003e  Running Time: 198 min","brand":"Opus Arte","offers":[{"title":"Blu-Ray","offer_id":44625272701162,"sku":"809478070047","price":42.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/1351821.jpg?v=1749392519"}],"url":"https:\/\/arkivmusic.com\/collections\/performer-par-lindskog.oembed","provider":"ArkivMusic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}