L'Orfeo : favola in musica / musique de Claudio Monteverdi ; libretto di Alessandro Striggio ; la RTBF présente, en collaboration avec France 3, VRT et RTV Slovène, une coproduction La Monnaie KunstenFESTIVALdesArts, une coproduction Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Trisha Brown Company, Brooklyn Academy of Music ; production, Benoît Jacques de Dixmude ; directed by Pierre Barré ; TV director, Marc Pierard.
Publisher:
Harmonia Mundi France,
Copyright Date:
2006
Description:
2 videodiscs (170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Simon Keenlyside (Orfeo) ; Juanita Lascarro (Euridice, La Musica, Eco) ; Graciela Oddone (La Messaggiera) ; Martina Dike (Proserpina, Ninfa) ; Stephen Wallace (La Speranza, Pastore) ; Tomas Tómasson (Plutone) ; Paul Gérimon (Caronte, Pastore) ; Mauro Utzeri (Apollo) ; Anne Cambier (Ninfa) ; Trisha Brown Company ; Collegium Vocale Gent ; Concerto Vocale ; René Jacobs, conductor. Recorded May 21, 1998. Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie. Picture format 16:9, NTSC. Booklet with program notes and synopsis in French, English and German (28 pages : col. illustrations) inserted in container. Includes making of documentary (disc 2): Le dernier chant d'Orphée (55 min.; in English and French, with French, English and German subtitles).
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