It DOES have SUBTITLES!
Contrary to what one reviewer says, this blu-ray does have English subtitles. (The overture to this production happens to be on youtube, so you can preview it there.) For some reason, Amazon has prized this blu-ray at $5.75. That is an incredible deal. I ordered it.
Too Weird
The weird regie theater production went over the top for me. Too much irrelevant and incomprehensible distractions. Others have described it in detail and some liked it, but the old woman chain smoking in a glass cube or popping in and out of doors served no purpose that I could divine. I had hoped to show it to my opera group but I will use the dated but wonderful Anja Silja version instead. Blu ray does not redeem this oddball production. No complaints from a musical point of view.
WARNING : OPERA WITH NO SUBTITLES !
This is an opera in Checkoslovakian without any sub-titles, which is unheard of in the world of opera DVD's. Typically, every DVD comes with a main screen where you do choose the sound, the sub-titles, the scenes, etc. This Blu-Ray has none of this and again no sub-titles in any language. Normally an opera DVD will give you a choice of sub-titles in five or six languages. This is a pity, because just watching the beginning, I could tell that the mise-en-scene was quite interesting. I am returning my purchase.
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