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Les Troyens / by Hector Berlioz ; staged by Fabrizio Melano ; Metropolitan Opera.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 108
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Aeneas (Legendary character)--Drama.
- Aeneas.
- Aeneas (Legendary character).
- Trojans.
- Dido (Legendary character)--Drama.
- Dido.
- Dido (Legendary character).
- Carthage (Extinct city)--Drama.
- Carthage (Extinct city).
- Troy (Extinct city)--Drama.
- Troy (Extinct city).
- Trojan War--Drama.
- Trojan War.
- Trojans--Drama.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Operas.
- Television programs.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (253 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Long Beach, Calif. : Pioneer Classics, [2002]
- Language Note:
- In French with English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- The first uncut performance of Berlioz's opera at the Met, this production tells the story of the capture of Troy by the Greeks, and of the love of Dido and Aeneas.
- Participant:
- Tatiana Troyanos (Dido, Queen of Carthage), Jessye Norman (Cassandra), Placido Domingo (Aeneas), Allan Monk (Coroebus), Paul Plishka (Narbal)
- Other soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor.
- Credits:
- [Libretto by the composer, after Virgil]; sets, costumes and visual effects, Peter Wexler; lighting designer, Gil Wechsler; choreographer, Gray Veredon; audio supervisor, Bill King; video, William Steinberg; producer, Clemente D'Alessio; directed by Brian Large.
- Notes:
- Opera in 3 acts.
- "...by Hector Berlioz" spoken; Berlioz' name appears in printed credits only at the end.
- "[T]aped during the October 8, 1983 performance at the Metropolitan Opera. Because of a power failure during [this] performance ... a small part of Act II is from an earlier performance"--Container verso.
- Originally broadcast on Live from the Met.
- Dolby stereo.
- Music performed from the critical edition (New Berlioz Edition) edited by Hugh Macdonald.
- Contains:
- Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Troyens.
- OCLC:
- 49508622
- Publisher Number:
- 013023167391
- PC-11673 Pioneer Classics
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