A Mozart Gala from Salzburg

Buy This Item A Mozart Gala from Salzburg by Deutsche Grammophon  Available from Amazon  $19.97  on 11-14-2008     The highly acclaimed gala concert celebrating the 2006 Mozart anniversary from the Salzburg Festival featuring some of the world's top singers, including Anna Netrebko, Magdalena Kozená, Thomas Hampson and René Pape with the Vienna Philaharmonic under Daniel Harding at last on DVD! Held in the Felsenreitschule on July 30th, 2006 at the start of the Salzburg Festival, the gala performance represents the full spectrum of the Mozart festivities through a selection of arias and orchestral works. Celebrated soprano Anna Netrebko lives up to her reputation as a fiery dramatic diva with her passionate rendition of Elettra's aria "D'Oreste, d'Ajace" from Idomeneo, while René Pape performs a spirited rendition of Leporello's famous catalogue aria from Don Giovanni. Recorded at Felsenreitschule Salzburg, Austria July 30, 2006 Reader Reviews As soon as it came out I bought it and I felt a bit disappointed. Even though the singers are quite good, each and every one of them sing just one aria and in many cases you are expecting to listen to another one sung by the same artist. But that does not happen, they just sing and vanish and there is no singing all together in the end. Actually the conductor and his orchestra finish the concert with three instrumental pieces at the end. It lacks strength as a whole but there are certain magical moments such as a bass singing the first aria (Pape) or the ever shining star Netrebko. If you are into opera do not expect too much and it may fulfill your expectations.

A Mozart Gala from Salzburg Available from Amazon Price: $19.97 Updated on 11-14-2008.

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