DVD94440 Fledermaus [in Romanian] R Briban, Bucharest 2003
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DVD94440 Fledermaus [in Romanian] R Briban, Bucharest 2003
Here is another recording of the one that used to be a rising star and much
beloved soprano, too early departed - Roxana Briban. It is a non-professional
recording, one camera with zoom, that was once put on VHS and later copied to
dvd; I got it from a friend that has it from Roxana's archive. The quality is
average, something like a second-or-third generation VHS, watchable, but not
high-grade. I normalized the dvd-structure that in its original may have put
some problems in playing.
The production seen here is an old Covent Garden one that, when no longer in
use, was offered as a gift to the Bucharest Opera some years ago; it was filmed
at least twice in its original theatre, once with Kiri Te Kanawa and Hermann
Prey, later with Nancy Gustafson and Louis Otey, as the Farewell Gala of Dame
Joan Sutherland.
This performance features an all-Romanian cast [full cast in the credits], among
which are:
Roxana Briban
Florin Diaconescu
Rodica Ocheseanu
Valentin Racoveanu
Vicentiu Taranu
Adriana Alexandru
The Chorus and Orchestra of the National Opera in Bucharest
conductor: Cornel Trailescu
2 Feb. 2003