Gilbert Sullivan - Ruddigore Michell Price Trevelyan Opera World

Product Description FEATURING THE LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA AND A HOST OF INTERNATIONAL STARS, INCLUDING VINCENT PRICE, JOEL GRAY, PETER MARSHALL, KEITH MITCHELL, FRANKIE HOWERD AND PETER ALLEN. FILMED IN ENGLAND AND CREATED ESPECIALLY FOR TV, THEY HAVE DELIGHTED FANS ON PBS AND THE BBC. Tienda Ruddigore, a pseudo-melodramatic ghost story, became most famous for the moment when the portraits of Sir Ruthven Murgatroyd's ancestors spring to life and demand that he uphold the family curse of performing a crime every day. Less flawlessly balanced between score and libretto than some of Gilbert and Sullivan's works, it's a pleasurable trifle set to gorgeous music. Since this is the only version widely available, we're lucky it's so good. Vincent Price is wonderfully typecast as Despard Murgatroyd, the brother who hands over the title and the curse when Ruthven gives up hiding from his evil fate. Price can't sing--and he has a good 15 years on Keith Michell, who plays his older brother--but it really doesn't matter. He carries off his performance with supreme deftness. Unlike many G&S productions, this one is admirably free of mugging; the actors don't condescend to their material. The staging is as beautifully absurd as the plot. The chorus of professional bridesmaids are an indistinguishable unit out of a fractured fairy tale, sleeping in one bed and showing up in the middle of other people's scenes; and during a lovely but dramatically static madrigal, the cast plays croquet. Part of the Opera World series of 12 Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, produced in the early 1980s, Ruddigore is among the best in an uneven project. --David Olivenbaum

Detalles del producto Relación de aspecto : 1.33:1 Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No Clasificación de MPAA : NR (Not Rated) Dimensiones del producto : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 pulgadas; 0.8 Onzas Número de modelo del producto : ACRN5386DVD Director : Barrie Gavin Formato multimedia : Formatos múltiples, Clásica, Color, Pantalla completa, NTSC Tiempo de ejecución : 1 hora y 56 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : Octubre 22, 2002 Actores : Keith Michell, John Treleaven, Vincent Price, Paul Hudson, Donald Adams Idioma : Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), Inglés (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) Estudio : ACORN MEDIA ASIN : B00006JU6G Escritores : William S. Gilbert Número de discos : 1 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº160,836 en Películas y TV (Ver el Top 100 en Películas y TV) nº2,624 en Artes Escénicas (Películas y TV) nº8,836 en Temas de Interés (Películas y TV) Opiniones de clientes: 3.8 de 5 estrellas 31 calificaciones Relación de aspecto : 1.33:1 Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No Clasificación de MPAA : NR (Not Rated) Dimensiones del producto : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 pulgadas; 0.8 Onzas Número de modelo del producto : ACRN5386DVD Director : Barrie Gavin Formato multimedia : Formatos múltiples, Clásica, Color, Pantalla completa, NTSC Tiempo de ejecución : 1 hora y 56 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : Octubre 22, 2002 Actores : Keith Michell, John Treleaven, Vincent Price, Paul Hudson, Donald Adams Idioma : Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1), Inglés (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo) Estudio : ACORN MEDIA ASIN : B00006JU6G Escritores : William S. Gilbert Número de discos : 1