Claude / musique, Thierry Escaich ; livret de Robert Badinter ; creation mondiale, Commande de l'Opera de Lyon ; une coproduction Opera de Lyon, Telmondis, Arte France ; en association avec ARTE France et France Televisions ; realisation, Vincent Massip.
Publisher:
Bel Air Classiques,
Copyright Date:
2015
Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 97 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
An opera on a libretto by Robert Badinter, based on Victor Hugo's Claude Gueux. Aspect ratio, 16:9. Program notes in English and French (17 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.) inserted in container. Bonus features: Interview with Thierry Escaich and Robert Badinter by Anne Sinclair. Recorded 2013 April Opera National de Lyon. Jean-Sebastien Bou (Claude) ; Rodrigo Ferreira (Albin) ; Jean-Philippe Lafont (Le directeur) ; Laurent Alvaro (L'entrepreneur/Le surveillant general) ; Remy Mathieu (Premier personnage/Premier surveillant) ; Philip Sheffield (Deuxieme personnage/Deuxieme surveillant) ; Loleh Pottier (La petite fille) ; Anael Chevallier (La voix en echo) ; Orchestra, chorus and children's choir, Opera de Lyon, chorus master, Alan Woodbridge ; musical direction, conductor, Jeremie Rhorer.
Summary:
Claude is a plea against prison and for human dignity. The librettist Robert Badinter, a French lawyer and politician, was a minister for justice under Francʹois Mitterand and played a key role in the abolition of the death penalty in France.
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