Armida
- TV Movie
- 2006
- 50m
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The opera is not really my taste, but yeah this production is interesting
I do say this as a big opera fanatic. Coming across new operas can go either way for me, but I always try to admire them for making an effort to maintain some interest value. This production, seeing it for the first time 6/7 years ago on Channel 4(I saw it again on taped video recently), is interesting, but I'll be honest in saying that I didn't care for the opera all that much. I liked the love story I will say, but I did find that the overall story took a great deal of time to get into and the characters while a long way from annoying didn't come across as interesting to me. That is a big reason why a lot of the supporting cast, excepting Donna Bateman, came across as cold and static to me. Then there's the music, actually the composition of the music is very pleasant and beautifully orchestrated, but there is always the question of whether it is memorable and for me it wasn't really. The production does look great though, the settings show some very evocative detail. The music is played by the orchestra with lovely tone and some evidence of involvement with the score. The leadership is also strong and sympathetic. The singing is very good as well, the two leads are at least appealing and the singing of the rest of the cast are just as good. I just wish it was matched by the acting, but that wasn't to be. All in all, interesting but not for me. 6/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 20, 2012
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- Gross worldwide
- $26,806
- Runtime50 minutes
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