Il barbiere di Siviglia : comic opera in 2 acts / by Gioacchino Rossini ; libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on the comedy Le barbier de Séville, ou, La précaution inutile by Pierre Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais ; directed for the stage by Grischa Asagaroff ; directed for TV, Felix Breisach ; a coproduction of Nippon Hoso Kyokai and EuroArts Music International.
Publisher:
EuroArts Music,
Copyright Date:
2003
Description:
2 videodiscs (161 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Reinaldo Macias (Conte Almaviva) ; Carlos Chausson (Bartolo) ; Vesselina Kasarova (Rosina) ; Manuel Lanza (Figaro) ; Nicolai Ghiaurov (Basilio) ; Valeriy Murga (Fiorillo) ; Kenneth Roberson (Ambrogio) ; Elizabeth Rae Magnuson (Berta) ; Zusatzchor Opera House Zürich Statistenverein at Opera House Zürich ; Orchestra of the Zürich Opera ; Nello Santi, conductor. Recorded Apr. 2001, Opera House Zürich. Picture format 16:9 (enhanced for widescreen TV). Booklet with program notes and synopsis in English, German and French (21 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
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