Ariadne auf Naxos [videorecording] / music by Richard Strauss ; Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; presented by the Metropolitan Opera ; a Metropolitan Opera televsion production.
This DVD included in the boxed set of 21 DVDs with the series title: "James Levine celebrating 40 years at the Met." Program notes in English, French, and German (11 p. : ports., 18 cm.) inserted in container. Wolfgang Brendel (The Music Master) ; Waldemar Kmentt (The Major-Domo) ; James Courtney (A Lackey) ; Mark Schowalter (An Officer) ; Susnne Mentzer (The Composer) ; Richard Margison (Bacchus, The Tenor) ; John Fiorito (A Wigmaker) ; Natalie Dessay (Zerbinetta) ) ; Deborah Voigt (Ariadne, The Prima Donna) ; Tony Stevenson (The Dancing Master) ; Nathan Gunn (Harlekin) ; John Nuzzo (Brighella) ; Eric Cutler (Scarmuccio) ; John Del Carlo (Truffaldin) ; Joyce Guyer (Najade) ; Jossie Pérez (Dryade) ; Alexandra Deshorties (Echo) ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra ; James Levine, conductor. Recorded in performance in April 2003.
Summary:
Richard Strauss' version of the Ariadne-Theseus-Bacchus myth presented as part of a story-within-a-story of 18th century Vienna.
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