Georges Bizet - Les Pecheurs de Perles / Massis, Grassi, Nakajima, De Donato, Viotti, Pizzi (Teatro la Fenice, Venice) Review
This creative production is very well sung, danced, conducted, staged, and filmed. Annick Massis has a world class voice and the baritone Luca Grassi also has a major beautiful voice. Yasu Nakajima is better than some of the other reviewers state, but just not a true world class tenor. Truthfully he doesn't act and often is looking at the conductor not relating to his fellow singing actors at all. He is however much better than just adequate. I've seen and heard a lot worse. The unit set works very well and the choreography most of the time is quite creative and highly effective; especially during the great Tenor and Baritone duet. I also found the camera work interesting and not distracting. It may be a long time before we get another DVD of this delightful score so let's be thankful for what we have. It works and has many fine moments. The conductor Marcello Viotti is excellent. In conclusion: very well sung and creatively produced and filmed.
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