Olivia Newton John And The Sydney Symphony Live At The Sydney Opera House Music Cd

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Olivia Newton-John and the Sydney Symphony: Live at the Sydney Opera House      List Price : $19.98 USD        Your Price : $12.97 USD      ProductGroup: DVD      Actor(s): Olivia Newton-John Movie      Release Date : 2008-01-15      Studio : EMI America      Label : EMI America      Avg. Customer Rating : (44 reviews)      Running Time : 127

Reviews Customer Reviews for Olivia Newton John And The Sydney Symphony Live At The Sydney Opera House      Unbelieveable!      Rating:      Olivia Newton-John is still HOT! HOT! HOT! This concert was filmed in 2006 when she was 56 years old! My goodness, what a 56 year old!!! Her voice is still terrific and she puts on a remarkable show. She is still extraordinary sexy! I first saw her on the BBC in England in the mid 70s. I knew she was SPECIAL then, and she hasn't disappointed me!     Customer Reviews for Olivia Newton John And The Sydney Symphony Live At The Sydney Opera House Cd      Stronger Than Before      Rating:      For any Olivia fan who has followed her career since the early 70s, this is a "must have." Other reviewers of this item seem to be surprised that Olivia is older than she was in the early 80s. If I can age as well as she has, then I want what she's taking! Of course Olivia must cover the old hits in a DVD of this type, and she does. "Physical" receives a much needed age appropriate twist with a samba version. However, I found the highlights of the concert to be the songs she has recorded since the pinnacle of her popularity, including "Tenterfield Saddler", "Serenity, " "Stronger Than Before," and "Cry Me a River." (Her performance of the latter makes me long for a jazz-influenced Olivia CD.). I was amazed that her performance of "I Honestly Love You," a song I'm sure she has performed thousands of times, was as fresh as if she were singing it for the very first time. I highly recommend the DVD and its "bookmarking" of a long and full career. Those seeking an early 80s Olivia may be disappointed, but in the real world, people, and performers, in my humble opinion, are much more interesting when the change and grow. Editorial Reviews for Olivia Newton John And The Sydney Symphony Live At The Sydney Opera House Audio Cd      Amazon.com      From "If Not for You" to "Physical," from Grease to Xanadu, from her successful battle against breast cancer to her support of numerous environmental causes, Olivia Newton-John has had a long, fruitful, and impressive career, as Live at the Sydney Opera House, a good-looking, great-sounding, beautifully performed concert recorded in 2006, will testify. Born in 1948, Newton-John is one of those singers who these days would be known as a diva, were it not for the fact that her musical style and overall manner are too self-effacing for so presumptuous a term. And while her voice is a bit less pristine these days than when she came on the scene with a series of country-flavored singles in the '70s, what little she's lost in purity is balanced by an increase in soul; she'll never be Etta James, but once she warms up, she hits the high notes with ease and sings with considerable power and confidence. What's more, though she's usually categorized as an adult contemporary artist, in the course of this career-spanning, 27-song set (backed by a first-rate band and the full Sydney Symphony Orchestra), she reveals herself to be at ease with a variety of styles, ranging from the aforementioned country ("Let Me Be There," "Please Mr. Please," and a rousing version of Dolly Parton's "Jolene") through soft pop ("I Honestly Love You," "Have You Never Been Mellow"), the movie hits (two from Xanadu and three from Grease), an electronically re-created duet with the late Peter Allen ("Tenterfield Saddler"), and even a creditable go at the torch standard "Cry Me a River." There are no DVD bonus features, but between-songs bits find Newton-John, daughter Chloe Lattanzi, and members of the band providing a tourist's eye view of Sydney. --Sam Graham