The ghosts of Versailles [videorecording] / music by John Corigliano ; libretto by William M. Hoffman ; the Metropolitan Opera presents ; production, Colin Graham.
A grand opera buffa in two acts suggested by Le mère coupable of Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais. "World premiere recording"--Container. Previously issued on videocassette by Deutsche Grammophon in 1993. Program notes and synopsis in English inserted in container. Teresa Stratas (Marie Antoinette) ; Renée Fleming (Rosina/Countess Almaviva) ; Marilyn Horne (Samira) ; Graham Clark (Begearss) ; Gino Quilico (Figaro) ; Hakan Hagegard (Beaumarchais) ; Tracy Dahl (Florestine) ; Stella Zambalis (Cherubino) ; Judith Christin (Susanna) ; Jane Shaulis (A woman in a hat) ; Peter Kazaras (Count Almaviva) ; Neil Rosenshein (Leon) ; Richard Drews (The marquis) ; James Courtney (Louis XVI) ; Ara Berberian (Suleyman Pasha) ; Wilbur Pauley (Wilhelm) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor. Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, January 1992.
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