The 1999 Vienna production of Halvey's La Juive was a triumph revealing this grand opera to be a vast passionate and admirably constructed drama. One singer played an especially significant role in the success: Neil Shicoff who brings the character of Eleazar to life with breathtaking intensity. Shicoff has found the role that he was born to sing. The DVD features the revival of the Vienna State Opera in 2003 and offers exciting bonus material including the documentary Finding El
Puccini's 'Turandot' as directed by David Pountney. His production is based on the idea of fear of civilisation: the fear that the fatal combination of rapid technological progress gradually spinning out of control and inhuman political systems poses a fundamental threat to all human values.
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