| | |  | Ballets & Classics | Home » » » Richard Strauss - Josephs Legende (The Legend of Joseph) | | | | | | | Description: | | Jamison, Haiger, Musil, and Wilhelm star in this Vienna State Opera Ballet production of the Richard Strauss/John Neumeier ballet with Heinrich Hollreiser conducting the Vienna Philharmonic. | | | Product Details: | | | Actors:
| Judith Jamison, Kevin Haigen, Franz Musil, Heinrich Hollreiser, Franz Wilhelm | | Director:
| John Neumeier | | Format:
| AC-3, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, Subtitled, NTSC | | Subtitle:
| Chinese, English, French, German, Spanish | | Number of Discs:
| 1 | | Studio:
| Deutsche Grammophon | | Run Time:
| 65 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| July 10, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 4 reviews |
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24 of 31 found the following review helpful:
The best ballet on DVDAug 24, 2007
By Arnold Zimmer
I first had this ballet on Laser Disc and watch it at least a dozen times. It was the best photographed ballet I had seen up to that time. The DVD is even better since the images are sharper; and it is still the best photographed of any ballet I have seen. The close-ups are excellent and in no way impede the dancing. While I don't considered myself an expert on dance, I have 40 ballet DVDs and see 2 or 3 live productions
a year.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
The Pleasure of Viewing a Ballet as a Video Never Has Been So Intensely Keen (and Erotically so Highly Charged, too!)Dec 30, 2011
By Gerald Parker
"Gerald Parker"
I drafted this review just after having finished viewing "Josephs Legende" (music by Richard Strauss), the ballet, as the great John Neumeyer choreographed the work, altering it somewhat from its original 1914 conception. Kevin Haigen appears in the title role and, let me tell the world, HE IS FABULOUS, a wonderful dancer already at this point in his career (1977) and physically of achingly youthful male loveliness, all the more so as his body is stripped to a mere loincloth, revealing his superb physique. The video is exceedingly well filmed, one that expertly captures the stage view, whether, variously, up-close or recessed, delivering what a dance-minded viewer wants and needs most to see, and the audio aspect satisfies, too, the great orchestra`s playing luxurious and vivid (the conductor, Heinrich Hollreiser, being very experienced as a conductor of Strauss` music), captured in good sound. This DVD (Deutsche Grammophon 00440-073-4315) is truly extraordinary and any lover of classical ballet ought to obtain it (or at least to find a way to watch it). Since I. Taylor already has written perceptively of this filmed ballet, in his user`s review for Amazon`s sister U.K. WWW site (to which I refer those interested), my comments here are brief (and confirmatory).
Musicologists long have tended to denigrate Strauss` music in this particular score, but it works with wonderful immediacy as a balletic theatre piece and, in context, is lushly gorgeous and drammatically apt. I wanted, without delay, on first viewing, to watch this DVD over and over again, which is not hard to do, given that the ballet is fairly brief. John Neumeyer`s choreography is quite beautiful and interestingly inventive, potently erotic in an headily pansexual manner, a wonderful vehicle for Kevin Haigen`s immense talent as well as for the other dance soloists, of whom Franz Wilhelm, as Potiphar, is particularly fine. Otain this DVD without further delay; it will be one to cherish and to view many times over!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Great video/musicMay 05, 2010
By Mr. Michael R. Papierniak
This a superb recording of the video (ballet) and music of Strauss. A rarely performed work the is great Strauss.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Not the best choreography; well performedMar 15, 2012
By W. Handy
This isn't deathless dance. The Strauss score is, well, Strauss: lots of sound and fury, signifying very little. The dance has many whiffs of art deco; it's a little confusing at times, rarely inspired. Not bad, though. The dancers are quite good: Jamison is a magnificent being, and it's always good to see her; Haigen - pretty, and nearly naked through much of the show - is highly adept and expressive.
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