Puccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
by John Vernon
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Actor: Carol Neblett, Francis Egerton, Plácido Domingo, Robert Lloyd, Silvano CarroliDirector: John Vernon
Writer: Carlo Zarigarini
Writer: David Belasco
Writer: Guelfo Civinini
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 140 minutes
Release Date: 1999-05-25
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Kultur Video
Studio: Kultur Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Puccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
Movie Review: Carol Neblett looks Horrible but Sings Beautifully
Summary: 3 Stars
I wouldn't reccommend this as a first La Fanciulla del West(looks of the Minnie wise) but singing wise I would. Carol Neblett sings beautifully but she looks so horrible that I can't bare to see a Minnie who looks even worse than she. There are more beautiful looking Minnies, perhaps one of them is in the La Scala video. But Neblett's voice is excellent. Placido Domingo is a good-looking Dick Johnson/Ramerrez and also sings really well. Juan Pons doesn't look anything like someone who would play Jack Rance, he looks more like The Flying Dutchman, but his voice is excellent. In my opinion, the lookwise flaws are for Carol Neblett and Juan Pons, otherwise, good-looking. I have no complaints about Nello Santi's conducting, though. The director should've hired Kiri Te Kanawa or Renata Tebaldi to play Minnie and either Sherrill Milnes or Giuseppe Taddei for Jack Rance instead of Juan Pons. For a first reccommendation, get the La Scala set, and tell me if you see a beautiful looking Minnie or a more normal looking Jack Rance, because I've never saw that filmed version of the opera. I care about the looks too besides the voice, and when or if I become a director I'll hire someone who's more like Kiri Te Kanawa to play thwe role of Minnie. Jack rance shouldn't have long hair at all.
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Summary of Puccini - La Fanciulla del West / Santi, Domingo, Neblett, Royal Opera Covent Garden [VHS]
This 1983 Royal Opera Covent Garden production looks right and Plácido Domingo sounds right. So do the chorus and orchestra, though they could have been subtler here and there. Silvano Carroli makes a superbly villainous sheriff. Carol Neblett looks good and acts reasonably well as Minnie, the amiable barmaid and surrogate mother to a camp full of lonely minors. Unfortunately, her voice is not quite competitive with that of Mara Zampieri, who shared the La Scala production with Domingo nine years later.Those who prefer this Fanciulla will probably be attracted by Domingo's youthful vitality, but the whole production is quite attractive if one makes allowance for Neblett's tonal shortcomings. The music has color and subtlety, and the story will bring nostalgia attacks to anyone who spent childhood Saturday afternoons nibbling popcorn and watching horsemen in 10-gallon hats galloping across the screen. --Joe McLellan
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