{"product_id":"szymanowski-krol-roger","title":"Szymanowski: Król Roger","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis Blu-ray Disc is only playable on Blu-ray Disc players and not compatible with standard DVD players.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.arkivmusic.com\/classical\/album.jsp?album_id=2147749\"\u003eAlso available on standard DVD\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cimg src=\"\/graphics\/p10s10.gif\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  This ravishing production from Covent Garden, recorded in May, 2015, certainly takes its cues from Freud... The score is a stunner, alternately sensual and sumptuous, with dissonant eruptions. It can sometimes overwhelm with its exotic, anointed quality, which makes it seem obvious, but it is certainly one of a kind. It requires, of course, a cast willing to learn Polish, and for that alone we should praise this production – it sometimes sounds as if it has no vowels. I suspect it would not have come to be were it not for Polish-born Mariusz Kwiecien, a remarkable singing actor in foreign languages and now even more remarkable in the comfort of his own. Roger is a veritable garden of uncertainties and hungers, and Kwiecien’s acting and singing give us each doubt, each fear, each unresolved bit of passion. His voice is in wonderful shape as well–a highly placed, bright baritone.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  There are subtitles in English, French, German, Japanese, and Korean and bonus features including explanations by Pappano and Holten – as well as a blow-by-blow documentary. King Roger is not an oddity or a rarity–it’s a major part of the operatic canon and this is an ideal way to get to know it.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e--ClassicsToday.com\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Opus Arte","offers":[{"title":"Blu-Ray","offer_id":49607840989464,"sku":"809478071624","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/3039365.jpg?v=1777683261","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/szymanowski-krol-roger","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}