Excellent Count
This is my first review and I probably wouldn't have written this except that I've enjoyed this DVD so much and it has no other reviews. If you like Lehar and would like to see a production of the Count of Luxembourg, be sure to check this one out.
This is one of the series of operettas produced for German television in the 1970s. The plot is changed somewhat from the Lehar original but is not as divergent as the Vienna Opera version with Bo Skovhaus. Because it is not a stage production, the producers are able to use a wider variety of locations.
I found the first act a little slow going musically until the wedding scene between Angele and Rene. From there, it's one gorgeous song after another. I was particularly struck by Lilian Sukis as Angele. To these eyes she is heartbreakingly beautiful - I have no difficulty in believing that Prince Basil is willing to go to such lengths to obtain noble status for her, so that he can marry her. She's not just a...
A rose and lavender bouquet
A felicitously crafted video of a nearly lost art form: the operetta. Modern technology and sensibility used in the service of transporting the viewer back in time to a long-gone era and doing so with style and beauty.
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