DVD : Gilbert & Sullivan - Master Collection (Opera World)
List Price: $119.99Amazon.com's Price: $107.99 You Save: $12.00 (10%)Prices subject to change.
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping.
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781569385487
Format: Box set, Classical, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 1569385483
Label: AcornMedia
Manufacturer: AcornMedia
Number Of Items: 10
Publisher: AcornMedia
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 22, 2002
Running Time: 1140 minutes
Sales Rank: 39131
Studio: AcornMedia
Theatrical Release Date: 1982
Related Items:- Gilbert & Sullivan - H.M.S. Pinafore / Trial By Jury - David Hobson, Anthony Warlow, Colette Mann, Tiffany Speight, John Bolton Wood, Richard Alexander, Opera Australia, State Theatre, The Arts Centre Melbourne
- The Complete Annotated Gilbert & Sullivan
- Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado / Eric Idle, Lesley Garrett, Richard Van Allan, Felicity Palmer, Richard Angas, Bonaventura Bottone, Susan Bullock, English National Opera
- Gilbert & Sullivan - The Pirates of Penzance / Kline, Ronstadt, Smith, Routledge, Delacorte Theater (Broadway Theatre Archive)
- Gilbert & Sullivan - The Mikado / Reed, Adams, Potter, Masterson, Godfrey, D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
- see more
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Featuring the london symphony orchestra and a host of international stars including vincent price joel gray peter marshall keith mitchell frankie howerd and peter allen. Filmed in england and created especially for tv they have delighted fans on pbs and the bbc. Studio: Acorn Media Release Date: 01/20/2004 Run time: 1140 minutes
Amazon.com:
The Master Collection includes 10 Gilbert and Sullivan operettas produced for British television. The Opera World series (1982) is the only comprehensive Gilbert and Sullivan series on video. It comprises 12 G&S works (if you cheat and count Cox and Box, written by Sullivan without Gilbert), including, for some titles, the only available version. (Cox and Box and the one-act farce Trial by Jury, their first collaboration, are not part of this set.) In terms of quality, the series is uneven. There are some treasures, but some productions have a disconsolate penny-pinching look, and a few need more rehearsal. The casts are a blend of Broadway singers, British and American comedians, and D'Oyly Carte veterans, with stars including Vincent Price (Ruddigore), Joel Grey (The Yeomen of the Guard), and singer-songwriter Peter Allen (The Pirates of Penzance). Frequent standout performers include Keith Michell, Clive Revill, Kate Flowers, and Anne Collins, who shines as a procession of unloved older women.
Of the series, the standouts are Ruddigore, a trifle of a ghost story set to gorgeous music, and The Sorcerer, a buoyant tale of a magic potion that causes a whole village to fall in love with the wrong people; Iolanthe (a House of Lords satire mixed with ethereal fantasy), The Gondoliers (with Sullivan's Italianate, most radiant score), and Princess Ida (a satire of higher education for women set in an Arthurian kingdom) are also well worth seeing. The others--The Pirates of Penzance, The Mikado, H.M.S. Pinafore, Patience, and The Yeomen of the Guard--are less satisfying. --David Olivenbaum
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
I strongly support the other reviewers who have been highly critical of this collection. The quality is very uneven, with many of the stars clearly unequal to the demands of Sullivan's magnificent music or Gilbert's often fiendishly difficult words (these may be "just" comic operas, but you do have to be able to sing them!). Also, the operas are often incomplete, which is frustrating if you know them well or are trying to introduce them to someone new. I grew up on G&S, and much of this set is ... Read More
Rating: -
For a number of the operas, the Brent Walker videos constituted my entire experience for that opera. (Now, of course, I own at least one recording of each.) Sorry about the lenth, but there's a lot to say about this series (much of it less than sanguine, I'm afraid).
The Sorcerer: Best of the series in all probability. Yes, it is riddled with various faults, mainly the cheesy "special" effects. This is (IMHO) Alexander Oliver's best performance in this series. The mustache draws ... Read More
Rating:  -
The 25 years that have passed since these productions were first aired may not seem much, but in the eyes of the eternity, so don't the 125 years that separate us from the original G&S productions. The effect is pretty much the same - watching these productions, you get a gilmpse right into the past, get to see what was considered funny and well done at the time. And who cares? The people we see seem to be enjoying themselves mostly, both in front of and behind the camera, and that's the main thing. ... Read More
Rating: -
I have been looking for this for years. I'm glad I found it.
Rating:  -
This is a rather comprehensive collection of G & S operettas, and (perhaps unfortunately) one of the best resources currently available. The benefits of this collection are that most of the operettas are presented in the traditional style that was intended by the composer and the librettist: Gilbert's stage directions and scenary are generally followed, and costumes are in the authentic D'Oyly Carte tradition. And, these are the only DVD's available for some of these operettas. One can certainly ... Read More
|
