Love In Venice

Andre Reiu is great, but I purchased it because of the performance of Amira Willighagen. She was 10 with a beautiful voice

This 10th Anniversary Concert should have been a showcase of the most memorable moments from ten years of Rieu's hometown concerts. Instead it was a theme show. Fine except for the fact that very little outside of the scenery is about Venice. Why have a theme that is basically non-existent in the music? Neapolitan songs and Italian opera arias (all of which are based in locales other than Venice) are not Venetian, but Rieu is banking on most people not knowing or caring. Mix in a few waltzes, the obligatory hometown tunes and those that are Spanish or German, and what you get is a mish-mosh that is strung together with the same banter we've all been hearing for years. The sound quality is fine for a live recording, but there are WAY TOO MANY SHOTS OF THE AUDIENCE. Fifteen or twenty shots for the entire dvd is more than enough to let the viewer know that the audience was moved by the performance. I always get the feeling when watching one of Rieu's videos that he is trying too hard to let me know that I should've been there. To me these audience shots in such abundance are a marketing tool that detracts from the performance for the viewer at home.Otherwise, the performances are what is to be expected from him and his entourage. The orchestra gives its usual performance, but must be bored by now with so many years of the same thing. Vocals are what they are: good for those who only experience these voices singing these pieces. Underwhelming for those who have heard these same pieces sung by true artists. Again, Rieu is hoping you don't know or care.Bottom line: if you are a recent Rieu fan and don't remember the good old days when every year was a new and different program, then you'll be happy. Otherwise, older fans will be seeing a lot of the same old, same old.

My initial review below was wrong as it was written before I viewed the concert DVD. It does state on the back of the DVD case that it is 16.9 wide screen. However, it played like a 4.3 letterbox full screen. Sorry for the miss information and I won't do another review until I play the DVD first. By the way 5 stars....I have been buying Andre DVD's since day one. I ordered two copies of Love in Venice (this years summer Maastricht concert).I per-ordered through Amazon and when I received them, Low an behold they are in widescreen format. Never before did they use this format and it was never listed in the Amazon Product Details page sight regarding this or any other format. So when i play the concert I'll have a top and bottom black screen as a result. Shame on Andre and Amazon for leaving out this important info.I'm done with Andre from now on.....Oh, by the way I had to give it one star as it won't except zero stars.....

My initial interest in this DVD was created by my being an Amira Willighagen fan. This is indeed the concert he invited her to perform in not too long after she won the 2013 Holland's Got Talent contest.Having watched parts of this DVD on YouTube (posted by Andre's company and referencing this title) I knew I liked his style of music and wanted to see the parts of the concert that weren't included in the YouTube samples. With a length of 2:39:55, this DVD is almost twice as long as some of his concert DVDs are, making it a better bang for the buck than some of his concert DVDs that are specific to a show he did on the road somewhere.

Fantastic DVD

The HD video is very clear. The performance of the orchestra and the singers were excellent, and especially the special guest Amira sang beautifully. She is so amazing, the audience were very happy and they were so emotion, and were in tears. This video showed more audience than usual, but I think it was done deliberately to show that the audience were satisfied and happy of the concert. Watching and listening to this concert I am very happy, and I am glad I bought this video.

Title Should Really Say "Love In Maastricht- With Some Venetian Props." This is NOT FILMED IN VENICE! Very Misleading. DVD is from Andre Rieu's annual performance in Maastricht with a THEME based on Venice. Bought both DVD and CD believing that I would see Andre performing in Venice. Good Music, as always, but let down as stated above.

THE USUAL BUBBLY / HAPPY CONCERT IN MASSTRICT. SEVERAL FEMALE SINGERS HAVE LEFT HIS ORCESTRA. ONE FEATURED AS THE LAST TIME ON THE SHOW IN THIS DVD. ONE RETURNED FOR THIS CONCERT. SEEMS LIKE LOSING OLD FRIENDS. A YOUNG GIRL SANG ON THE SHOW AND SHE WAS GREAT. WAS DISSAPPOINTED THAT THE CONCERT WAS NOT IN VENICE. RATHER THEY ATTEMPTED TO BRING VENICE TO HOLLAND. OVER ALL A GREAT CONCERT.

This DVD contains a well balanced compilation of regular and new items. I particularly enjoyed the medley of Italian songs at the end of the DVD, which were refreshingly varied and original.

Yes, all of his music is excellent and well arranged! I have so many of his dvds and most have mostly all the songs on this one but there were a few songs I didn't have so that is why I purchased it.

Wonderful and varied concert something for everyone

I was rather concerned that the language of the first 14 minutes of the DVD was not English, but then it changed to English and the rest of the concert was up to the usual high standard. The finale, and some of the songs, have been seen before on other DVDs but this did not spoil our enjoyment.

Saw it on a TV, liked it so bought the DVD. Just wish this guy made more of the Blu-Ray media to improve the quality