Michael Ball - Live at the Royal Albert Hall

Starring:Michael Ball
Studio: Hip-O Records
Product Type: DVD

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Michael Ball: Live at the Royal Albert Hall is a tour de force from a performer who manages to combine stardom on the British musical stage with great success as a pop performer. By the end of the 1980s he was already a youthful veteran of some of the decade's biggest musicals, including Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera. But his performance in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love, which spawned the hit single "Love Changes Everything," turned him into a major star--a status he has maintained with bestselling albums, sellout concert tours, and television series. As this 1999 concert reveals, he is at his best singing show songs that give him a character to get his teeth into: "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," for example. And he is a first-rate pop singer whose gallant 1992 bid for Eurovision glory is recalled with the uptempo "One Step out of Time." He favors dramatic ballads and sometimes takes them way over the top: there's more than a touch of Dusty Springfield in his histrionic gestures. But it's all delivered with an engaging charm that clearly delights the predominantly female audience. --Piers Ford

Michael Ball - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
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I LOVE Placido Domingo AND Michael Ball:

Great Product

Sorry Michael- Hardly Your BEST-

Michael Ball's performance at Royal Albert Hall

Wow!! Sooooo much fun! What a performer!!

Michael Ball - Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Starring: Michael Ball
Manufacturer: Hip-O Records
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B00007CVRD
Release Date: 2002-11-26

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Michael Ball: Live at the Royal Albert Hall is a tour de force from a performer who manages to combine stardom on the British musical stage with great success as a pop performer. By the end of the 1980s he was already a youthful veteran of some of the decade's biggest musicals, including Les Misérables and The Phantom of the Opera. But his performance in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Aspects of Love, which spawned the hit single "Love Changes Everything," turned him into a major star--a status he has maintained with bestselling albums, sellout concert tours, and television series. As this 1999 concert reveals, he is at his best singing show songs that give him a character to get his teeth into: "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables," for example. And he is a first-rate pop singer whose gallant 1992 bid for Eurovision glory is recalled with the uptempo "One Step out of Time." He favors dramatic ballads and sometimes takes them way over the top: there's more than a touch of Dusty Springfield in his histrionic gestures. But it's all delivered with an engaging charm that clearly delights the predominantly female audience. --Piers Ford

Customer Reviews:

I LOVE Placido Domingo AND Michael Ball:.......2006-11-15

The only other pop/Broadway star I collect is Michael Feinstein who has a totally different style than Michael but both men have wonderful voices and a sense for what is right for them in performance. Michael Ball is really quite fantastic in everything he does. He is the only performer that I've collected all his recordings except for Placido Domingo, tenor, and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone. Why? Because of the talent, folks! They are all totally different but have one thing in common, great voices, different genres, of course. Ball can sell a song in English like Domingo does in any language and Dmitri in Russian. I enjoy this DVD as the only full concert available in USA on DVD. I have all the others as well but if I want to curl up and enjoy each and every song and feel uplifted from a mood and relax, I really enjoy putting this on for a spin. "Empty Chairs and Empty Tables" is one of my favorites and no one can sing it better than Michael Ball. The 50th of ALW has been mentioned and it too is a wonderful concert with Ball showing up everyone, including my favorite soprano, Kiri Te Kanawa. Both are recommended but if you really want to enjoy all these songs sung by a master, buy this DVD. The backup singers, orchestration are also excellent. My main passion is opera but only Ball can take me away from it for diversion and heartfelt emotion.

Great Product.......2006-01-14

This was a great movie. Easy to find and very good quality!

Sorry Michael- Hardly Your BEST-.......2005-12-03

I have fallen in love with Michael Ball through his impressive works on Broadway and his stand out performances in "Aspects of Love", "Les Miserables", and "Phantom Of The Opera." No matter what show he does he always seems to get the show done annoyingly perfect. I only regret that he does not do more Broadway- choosing like so many actors these days to live off London's West End.

I own more than half his C.Ds and tons of merchandise- including the Michael Ball calendar- I did NOT hesitate to buy this DVD when I heard of it's release. Having never seen Michael perform in person I had always been eager to see him on stage.

Sadly this DVD disappointed... Michael Ball however passionate about the songs he choose did not choose the right ones- Questionable choices are what ruin this DVD/Show "Friends Theme" and "Hot Stuff" no matter how well sung are a real dissappointment to fans of Michael's Broadway stuff.

And even the Broadway songs are hardly Michael at his best...
"Love Changes Everything" the song that truly started it all is left for the finale and sung without the passion you see at Webber's 50th Birthday Bash DVD or on the soundtrack for the show and is really dissappointing. "Gestheme" and Michaels Song-"Someone Elses Dream" manage to stand out... by are not enough to make up for poor choices, and lack luster performances.

Even the most fanatically Michael Ball fan cannot help but, be dissappointed. If your looking for a great Michael Ball- performance definately buy "Andrew Llyodd Webbe's 50th Bash" there are some profound performances on that DVD and Michael is FANTASTIC! Definately spend your money on that and forget about this poor reprensentation of Michael- because fellow fans it's just not his best!

Michael Ball's performance at Royal Albert Hall.......2005-09-21

I purchases the DVD because I had heard the last song in a WETA program some time ago. I had tuned in as the program ended. I was so impressed that I wanted to hear the entire program- hence my purchase from Amazon. Unfortunately the sound track was so poor that I had to continually adjust the volume. I suspect the problem was in the reproduction of the DVDs.

Winford W. Barrow

Wow!! Sooooo much fun! What a performer!!.......2005-03-13

I didn't know that Michael was such a huge hit in the UK and that he had all of these CDs and DVDs. I recently have tried to get my hands on all of his music that I could. This particular DVD was wonderful. I enjoyed listening to him speak with the cute UK accent. He always shows so much feeling in his songs. He is a great performer.

I enjoyed his variety of music. All of the songs come from my generation and it was fun to watch him put his touch on them. I really enjoyed his playful side in watching the Tom Jones hit, Help Yourself.... OOOOOoooooo baby.... What a hunk!! Wow!!!

I loved "Something Inside So Strong"... I has become my favorite hit. I loved "One Step Out Of Time" and the theme from "Friends", "I'll Be There For You" which my sons really like. The Blues brothers medley was really fun too, it makes me get up and dance with him - doing all the silly dances.

I am addicted to watching this over and over. It is the best!!

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