Die Fledermaus (HD DVD)

Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus operetta to a libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée. Directed 2003 by Stephan Lawless at Glyndebourne. Stars Pamela Armstrong, Thomas Allen, Lyubov Petrova, Malena Ernman, Håkan Hagegård, Pär Lindskog, Ragnar Ulfung, Artur Korn, Renée Schüttengruber, and Udo Samel (speaking part). Vladimir Jurowski directs the London Philharmonic Orchestra (Leader Peter Shoeman) and the Glyndebourne Opera Chorus (Chorus Master Bernard McDonald). Set design by Benoit Dugardyn; costumes by Ingeborg Bernerth; lighting by Paul Pyant; choreography by Nicola Bowie; directed for TV by Francesca Kemp. This is an HD DVD product released in 2007. Has 5.0 Dolby TrueHD sound. Amazon carried this in the U.S., but they  "discontinued" it.  Opus Arte may have pulled this item off the market in the U.S. because of technical problems playing it on some HD DVD players. Grade: A+

I was able to play this Fledermaus fine on my HD DVD player. It was an exemplary product when it worked. This title is still available in Europe, but it is now overshadowed by the Blu-ray version that Opus Arte published later.