2004 La corte de Faraón 

Teatro Auditorio Buero Vallejo de Guadalajara 

 Tulio Gagliardo, Carlos Vilán 

 Adolfo de Grandy, Silvia Vázquez, Guadalupe Sánchez

 

VIDEO - LA CORTE DE FARAÓN - 2004 - 9/10 - Teatro Auditorio Buero Vallejo Guadalajara - Tulio Gagliardo, Carlos Vilán - Adolfo de Grady, Silvia Vázquez, Guadalupe Sanchez

hello dolly

Venue: Sam S. Shubert Theatre, New York 

Cast: Bernadette Peters, Victor Garber, Gavin Creel, Kate Baldwin, Charlie Stemp, Molly Griggs, Will Burton, Melanie Moore, Jennifer Simard, Kevin Ligon 

Director: Jerry Zaks 

Music & lyrics: Jerry Herman 

Book: Michael Stewart, based on the play The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder 

Set & costume designer: Santo Loquasto 

Lighting designer: Natasha Katz 

Sound designer: Scott Lehrer 

Music director & supervisor: Andy Einhorn 

Orchestrations: Larry Hochman Choreographer: Warren Carlyle 

Original production director & choreographer: Gower Champion 

Executive producers: Joey Parnes, Sue Wagner, John Johnson 

Presented by Scott Rudin, Roy Furman, James L. Nederlander, Eli Bush, Universal Stage Productions, Roger Berlind, William Berlind, Heni Koenigsberg, Terry Allen Kramer, Seth A. Goldstein, The John Gore Organization, Daryl Roth, The Araca Group, Len Blavatnik, Eric Falkenstein, Ruth Hendel, Independent Presenters Network, Peter May, Jay Alix & Una Jackman, Jane Bergere, Scott M. Delman, Wendy Federman, Stephanie P. McClelland, Anita Waxman, Al Nocciolino, Spring Sirkin, Barbara Freitag, John Mara Jr. & Benjamin Simpson

 

VIDEO - HELLO DOLLY - 2018 - 9/10 - Shubert Theatre Broadway - Jerry Zaks - Bernardette Peters, Victor Garber, Charlie Stemp

hierro, season 2

Best nowadays 

21 March 2021 

 By: IMDB-pablo_miriano 

You won't find a better one on Spanish TV. Candela Peña does her lifetime performance. The pace is perfect, the scenery incomparable and never found a show where it was more decisive in the plot. Sad there won't be a third season...

 

 

VIDEO - HIERRO, Season 2 - 2021 - 8/10 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8337662/

der rosenkavalier, acts 1 & 3

Der Rosenkavalier @ Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich 

21 March 2021 

 by Melanie Eskenazi 

 published: 22 Mar 2021 in Opera and Classical Reviews 

 When the much-loved ‘old’ production from the Munich State Opera was first shown, most of the present cast of this new one had not been born. It’s appropriate then, that Time is a central image of the staging, just as it is a major theme of the opera itself. The character who seems to guide the proceedings in this Barrie Kosky production is a kind of conflation of Old Father Time and ‘Pity, like a naked new born babe’; the visual image also recalls Nicolas Poussin’s A Dance to the Music of Time, which is also referenced in one of the production’s most striking scenes, where the other characters dance around Sophie. Orchestrally, the original score was eschewed in favour of the reduced version by Eberhard Kloke, yet as listeners in front of the TV we sensed no diminution of either drama or poignancy in the music; indeed, Vladimir Jurowski coaxed a poetic, nuanced performance from the players, gently supporting the singers and pointing up the most emotional moments. Kosky’s attention to detail is well known, and this extends to the personenregie which is of an impressive quality here, and which in turn leads the singers to give rounded portraits of these characters and their conflicts. The ‘Rosenkavalier’ was sung with luscious tone and acted with noble bearing by Samantha Hankey, who showed just why she was the winner of the Glyndebourne Opera Cup. Katharina Konradi is not your usual nervous, passive Sophie but a bundle of energy, her singing as fluent and expressive as her acting. Marlis Petersen is well known for her Salome and her Lulu; this was her role debut as the Marschallin, and it is certainly a mature interpretation, with perhaps a little too much of an ‘edge’ for this luscious role. Christoph Fischesser is a youthful, somewhat twitchy Ochs, his singing at times a little under-powered yet always musical. Johannes Martin Kränzle is familiar to audiences in the UK for his superb Beckmesser, and here he presented a deeply sympathetic Faninal, sung with the expected authority. Ursula Hessen von den Steinen gave a characterful account of Annina alongside Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke’s wonderfully slimy Valzacchi, and Daniela Köhler made a strong impression as Sophie’s chaperone. The design, by Rufus Didwizsus, rejects the usual Viennese swags and drapes, focusing instead on a dreamily grey/steel backdrop which somehow manages to echo tradition whilst being entirely fashionable. This is contrasted with walls adorned with paintings, and some influences from Henry Fuseli. The highly symbolic clock dominates many scenes, reminding us of ‘Time’s winged chariot’ and the striking stage pictures of the silver coach and pair, and the wonderful Rococo staging of the Italian tenor’s aria (mellifluously sung by Galeano Salas) are testament to this designer’s impressive collaboration with the director. Once you’ve seen this production it will be difficult to imagine ‘Di rigoro armato il seno’ done in any other way than with resplendent Rococo colour and meticulously stylized dance steps, and as for that enormous silver coach, with glittering plumes and very animated horses – once this show goes ‘live’ it will bring the house down. Victoria Behr’s beautiful costumes and Alessandro Carletti’s atmospheric lighting were integral parts of this impressive production. The scene at the ‘Inn’ was certainly a departure from the norm, and all the better for it. An authentic looking auditorium dominates the rear of the stage, and reminds us that we are often onlookers as our futures enfold before us. The Mariandel / Ochs interchanges were far less embarrassing than they usually are, and the various accomplices were judiciously directed. Old Father Time took up his position in the Prompt Box, eventually retreating as the youthful pair sing of their love. The final trio was as heart-wrenching as it ought to be, and both Faninal’s ‘Sind halt aso, die jungen leut’! and the Marschallin’s ‘Ja, ja’ were unaffectedly moving.

 

 

VIDEO - DER ROSENKAVALIER, Acts 1 & 3 - 2021 - 8/10 - Bayerischen Staatsoper - Vladimir Jurowski, Barrie Kosky - Samantha Hankey, Marlis Petersen, Chrisatof Fischesser, Katharina Konradi

helene

Amazing cinematography 

By: IMDB-alsupremo 

01/12/2020 

The shots are filmed as if they were stills with people moving within the shots rather than panning. Outside shots are framed with trees or other structures either side with little panning. Some are worthy of still photo awards. Photos of a lake and field are filmed very low which also gives a different perspective. Inside scenes have a symmetry to them. The subject or other focal point is in the centre of the frame. A point on a wall or corner maybe the centre point then the walls on both sides are equally represented in the frame making each shot very unique. The lighting is also carefully used with candles and little window light illuminating the subjects with side light and managing to keep the home interior dull and drab but enjoyable. A narrow depth of field at times accentuates the subject blurring others. The story is touching but the film is a little slow. I would give it a 7 if were not for the unique framing of scenes.

 

 

VIDEO - HELENE - 2020 - 8/10 - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9742588/