DVD94440 Fledermaus [in Romanian] R Briban, Bucharest 2003

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