Gianni Schicchi [videorecording] / music, Giacomo Puccini ; director, Annabel Arden ; television director, Francesca Kemp ; television producer, Ross MacGibbon ; DVD producer, James Whitbourn ; a BBC/NHK/Glyndebourne co-production.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Opus Arte,
Copyright Date:
c2004
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 74 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.)
Opera in one act. Title from container; credits from container and accompanying booklet. Performers: The Glyndebourne Festival Opera, feat. Alessandro Corbelli, Felicity Palmer, Marie McLaughlin, Massimo Giordano, Sally Matthews ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; conductor, Vladimir Jurowski. Recorded live at the Glyndebourne Opera House, July 11, 2004. Libretto, Giovacchino Forzano. "Based on an episode (Canto XXX, 1.32) in Dante's Inferno"--Accompanying booklet. Originally produced as a live television performance in 2004. Special features: cast gallery; illustrated synopsis; interviews. Program notes by Roger Parker in English with French and German translations in accompanying booklet.
Summary:
In order to retrieve an inheritance so that his daughter can marry, Gianni Schicchi commits a mortal sin.
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