War and peace = La guerre et la paix = Krieg und Frieden ; opera in two parts and thirteen scenes / a co-production of François Roussillon & Associés, Opéra national de Paris, France 2, France 3, Mezzo with the participation of NHK and the support of the Centre national de la Cinématographie ; [music], Sergei Prokofiev ; libretto by Sergei Prokofiev and Myra Mendelssohn based on the novel War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy ; directed for television and video by François Roussillon.
Publisher:
Arthaus Musik,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
2 videodiscs (289 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Olga Guryakova (Natacha Rostova) ; Nathan Gunn (Prince André Bolkonski) ; Robert Brubaker (Comte Pierre Bezoukhov) ; Anatoli Kotcherga (Maréchal Mikhail Koutouzov) ; Elena Obraztsova (Comtesse Hélène Bezoukhova) ; Stefan Margita (Anatole Kouraguine) ; Susanna Poretsky (Princesse Maria) ; Leonid Zimnenko (Prince Nikolai A. Bolkonski) ; Mikhail Kit (Comte Ilia A. Rostov) ; Vladimir Matorine (Le cocher Balaga) ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Opéra national de Paris ; Gary Bertini, conductor. A stage performance by the Opéra national de Paris/Opéra Bastille, 2000. Picture format 16:9, NTSC. Booklet with program notes in English, French and German (30 pages) inserted in container. Bonus features: the making of War and Peace.
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