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The Merry Widow (DVD, 2003)

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DVD is sealed and has been kept in dark storage in a smoke free home. Sold as is, more photos can be provided upon request.

UPC0809478000273

eBay Product ID (ePID)28046036363

Movie/TV TitleThe Merry Widow

Region CodeDVD: 0/All (Region Free/Worldwide)

FormatDVD

Release Year2003

GenreClassical Artists

StudioBbc / Opus Arte

Sub-GenreOpera/Operetta

Item Height0.57 in

Item Weight0.25 lb

Item Length7.46 in

Item Width5.32 in

Number of Discs1

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States

3.0

2 product ratings

Good value

Entertaining

Engaging characters

by 62cubfan
Nov 30, 2016
A dreary production
The Merry Widow has been my favorite operetta since I became acquainted with it some 50 years ago, while I was a student in law school. I have a number of version of the operetta on CD. This was my second DVD. From the time the DVD began to play, it was gross disappointment. The set is unworthy of a great opera company. It reminds me of a set created by a second-rate community theater company, built on a stage in a public park. Even worse, the set was annoyingly under lighted. The staging/blocking was also disturbing - actors with lines crossing behind other actors, etc. The widow should be a women with whom a young nobleman would fall in love with - even though she was penniless. She should also be a woman that that same nobleman would immediately fall in love with again years later in Paris on first sight - regardless of her fortune. Yvonne Kenny simply doesn't look the part. The singing is about what would be expected. Compared to Lehar's Land of Smiles by Deutsche Grammophon, which features gorgeous settings, outstanding props, dazzling costumes, and believable actors with supurb singing voices, this production of the Merry Widow appears amateurish and pales by comparison.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned