For an introduction to the opera, Roger Waters read out a long announcement, making every effort to speak in the Polish language. However at the end of this he introduced the conductor Rick Wentworth as Rick Wakeman! I've not read any reviews that picked up on this.

Watching this Polish TV broadcast from the beginning I could see that it was going to be a lavish production. As soon as I saw the swinging trapeze act, in the overture, I immediately thought of Cirque Du Soleil. In fact this is identical to one of their acts known as the "Russian Swing". Further on into the opera there were more scenes that featured acrobats, suspended singers and aerial acts that were definately at least influenced by Cirque Du Soleil, yet there is no credit to them in the titles at the end. Roger Waters had been having talks with this production company to do a production of The Wall, so this must have been where the inspiration had come from.

If you like the music to this opera, then you will love this DVD. The picture quality is superb, most likely having been taken from a digital source, and the audio is in top form too.

CLICK HERE for the Polish edited and rearranged Lyrics