This May 2010 production of Massenet's 1910 opera "Don Quichotte" marked the opera's centenary and also Jose Van Dam's operatic farewell at the Theatre de la Monnaie, Brussels. It is beautiful in every way--vocally, scenically, sonically, and visually--and a worthy record of Van Dam's farewell. Van Dam is just shy of 70 in this production, but you would never guess it from his singing or stage movements--a consummate artist. His is a noble portrayal and deeply moving. The Act V death scene is a model of beautiful singing and acting.
The Metropolitan Opera: Don Giovanni
Music
0.0
Puccini: Turandot
Music
5.5
Puccini: La bohème
Music
0.0
Fidelio
Music, Drama
6.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Idomeneo
Music
4.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Eugene Onegin
Music
0.0
Der Rosenkavalier
Music
7.0
Die Zauberflöte
Family, Comedy, Music
7.0
Tosca
Drama, Music
5.3
Abesalom and Eteri
Music, Drama, Romance
5.5
A Cossack Beyond the Danube
Music, Romance
0.0
Cossacks Beyond the Danube
Music, Comedy
0.0
The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh
Music
0.0
Rusalka
Music, Fantasy
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: The Magic Flute
Music
0.0
The Metropolitan Opera: Agrippina
Music, Drama, Comedy
0.0
Rakovina vůle
Drama, Music, TV Movie
0.0
Verdi La Traviata
Music
0.0
Cavalleria rusticana
TV Movie, Music
7.0
Amadeus
History, Music, Drama
8.0