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Show iii;v III.' S, ill Lake I r ilium. I on a Lurtnin llminhn dm S.l.iv, I1' J MarKrt iNVu Videocassetles Can Bring Quality Opera to the Living Room Kosen-kavaher- ol ers and distributors John von Rhein Chicago Tribune No one reasonably expects operas such as "La Traviata" or "Der to approach the success ol commercial films such as "Haiders ol he Lost Ark" or even "Amadeus market once they hit the horne-videI'nlike much of today's product which is pegged to the hits ol the moment, classical music and opera on video move slowly, if steadily, assuming they remain available. In this regard they are analogous to more the familiar aural software record, cassette tape and compact disc, or CD Thai is the word from the produc By ' quality sen the 22 items in its inventory and the extra dozen or so that it will issue during 1986. The heart of the VAI catalog is eight operas filmed at the Glyndebourne Festival with such singers as Kiri Te Kanawa, Ilearia Cotrubas and Frederica von Stade Among the company's new releases are the Pier Paolo Pasolini film of ' Medea," starring Maria Callas in her only role; a Renata Scotto recital, taped live in Japan in 1984, and comedienne Anna Russell's " First) F arewell Concert." taped last year - Kultur, a New Jersey-basefirm that calls itself "the first and only videocassette company dedicat- - vid- eos - people who. by and large, are not out to make a quick buck, but. rather to provide performances of opera symphonic and instrumental music, in decent sight and sound, lor those who want to build a permanent " ' I library Classical music video may only be in its infancy, but firms that deal in video versions of opera, dance and related art forms have sprung up all over and are adding new titles to their . atalogs just about every o month long-playin- International, Video Arts fetz and Gregor Piahgursky in recital and Shakespeare plays. New on Kultur is the eight-hou- r Life of Giuseppe Verdi" miniseries produced by Italian Television that aired last season on PBS. the package retails for $249 95 Sony Video has just added the Australian Opera's "II Trovatore." "Die Fledermaus," "Adriana Lecouv-reurand "Dialogues of the Carmelites," all originally produced for television and starring Joan Sutherland, with Richard Bonynge conducting Pioneer Video Inc., the country's four-casset- a AFTER dustry is that nobody wants any video at this software that doesn't record the laoffer doesn't market the point, serdisc equivalent of blank videocassettes. (On the audio side of the ledger. oddly enough, nobody seems lo be holding that failing against the CD) A spokesman for Pioneer Video says the company has no intention of with firms that progoing duce classical videocassettes. "It would be crazy (or us to try to comInpete with other video software. to the out we are stead, reaching s consumer more who wants to have fine performances with the best picture and sound " major producer of optical videodiscs laser discs for short is the exclusive marketing source for "Live from the Met" performances. Seven Met operas, all previously seen on PBS, aie now available on Pioneer Artists laser discs, along with nine operas from Covent Garden, plus recitals by Luciano Pavarotti and Vladimir Horowitz The widespread popularity of e necessarily makes the laser disc share of the classical video market rather small; economically, the optical videodisc has not been the tremendous boost for video that the compact disc has been for audio. The opinion within the in " d formed a year ago. recently signed a to distribution deal with RCA-Ariol- ed to the performing arts," otters a mixed bag including Bolshoi Ballet and Kirov performances. 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