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Title

Les Troyens [videorecording] / Hector Berlioz ; [a Metropolitan Opera production] ; directed by Brian Large.

Author

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.

Publication

Hollywood, CA : Bel Canto, 1990, c1984.

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Additional Authors

• Troyanos, Tatiana
• Norman, Jessye
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Monk, Allan
• Plishka, Paul, 1941-
• Hartman, Vernon
• Macurdy, John
• Conrad, Barbara Smith, 1940-
• Nagy, Robert, 1929-
• White, Jane (Soprano)
• Sanchez, Robert, actor
• Catania, Claudia
• Cheek, John, 1948-
• Meredith, Morley
• Taillon, Jocelyne
• Ahlstedt, Douglas
• Robbins, Julien
• Creech, Philip
• Darrenkamp, John
• Courtney, James, 1946-
• Glassman, Allan
• Kraft, Jean
• Lay, Deanne
• Wodin, Frederick
• Bugler, Marcus
• Cordial, Gary
• Stocker, Christopher
• Gelinas, Linda
• Graves, Kimberly
• Peloso, Antoinette
• Greco, Leonard
• Veredon, Gray
• Melano, Fabrizio
• Wexler, Peter, 1936-
• Levine, James, 1943-2021.
• Large, Brian
• Virgil
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• Bel Canto Paramount Home Video

Description

2 videocassettes (253 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Uniform Title

Live from the Met (Television program)

Subject

Operas

Note

• Videotape 2 is damaged and unviewable.
• Opera in 3 acts.
• Libretto by the composer, after Virgil's Aeneid.
• Program notes by David Hamilton and synopsis ([12] p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Credits (note)

• Staged by Fabrizio Melano ; sets, costumes and visual effects, Peter Wexler ; lighting designer, Gil Wechsler ; choreographer, Gray Veredon.

Performer (note)

• Tatiana Troyanos (Dido) ; Jessye Norman (Cassandra) ; Plácido Domingo (Aeneas) ; Allan Monk (Coroebus) ; Paul Plishka (Narbal) ; John Macurdy (Priam) ; Barbara Conrad (Hecuba) ; Robert Nagy (Helenus) ; Jane White (Andromache) ; Robert Sanchez (Astyanax) ; Claudia Catania (Ascanius) ; John Cheek (Panthus) ; Morley Meredith (Ghost of Hector) ; Jocelyne Taillon (Anna) ; Douglas Ahlstedt (Iopas) ; Julien Robbins (Mercury) ; Philip Creech (Hylas) ; Vernon Hartman (Trojan soldier) ; John Darrenkamp (1st Trojan soldier) ; James Courtney (2nd Trojan soldier, Ghost of Priam) ; Allan Glassman (Ghost of Coroebus) ; Jean Kraft (Ghost of Cassandra) ; Deanne Lay, Frederick Wodin, Marcus Bugler, Gary Cordial, Christopher Stocker, Linda Gelinas, Kimberly Graves, Antoinette Peloso, Leonard Greco, dancers; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Oct. 8, 1983, with a small part of Act II from an earlier performance.

Funding (note)

• VHS, hi-fi stereo, Dolby processed.

Language (note)

• Sung in French, with English subtitles.

Call Number

*LVH 1281 (F)

ISBN

0792104544

OCLC

• 50072761
• NYPG99-F243

Author

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.

Title

Les Troyens [videorecording] / Hector Berlioz ; [a Metropolitan Opera production] ; directed by Brian Large.

Imprint

Hollywood, CA : Bel Canto, 1990, c1984.

Cast

Tatiana Troyanos (Dido) ; Jessye Norman (Cassandra) ; Plácido Domingo (Aeneas) ; Allan Monk (Coroebus) ; Paul Plishka (Narbal) ; John Macurdy (Priam) ; Barbara Conrad (Hecuba) ; Robert Nagy (Helenus) ; Jane White (Andromache) ; Robert Sanchez (Astyanax) ; Claudia Catania (Ascanius) ; John Cheek (Panthus) ; Morley Meredith (Ghost of Hector) ; Jocelyne Taillon (Anna) ; Douglas Ahlstedt (Iopas) ; Julien Robbins (Mercury) ; Philip Creech (Hylas) ; Vernon Hartman (Trojan soldier) ; John Darrenkamp (1st Trojan soldier) ; James Courtney (2nd Trojan soldier, Ghost of Priam) ; Allan Glassman (Ghost of Coroebus) ; Jean Kraft (Ghost of Cassandra) ; Deanne Lay, Frederick Wodin, Marcus Bugler, Gary Cordial, Christopher Stocker, Linda Gelinas, Kimberly Graves, Antoinette Peloso, Leonard Greco, dancers; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor.

Credits

Staged by Fabrizio Melano ; sets, costumes and visual effects, Peter Wexler ; lighting designer, Gil Wechsler ; choreographer, Gray Veredon.

Event

Videotaped at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Oct. 8, 1983, with a small part of Act II from an earlier performance.

Funding

VHS, hi-fi stereo, Dolby processed.

Language

Sung in French, with English subtitles.

Added Author

Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer

Norman, Jessye. Performer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer

Monk, Allan. Performer

Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer

Hartman, Vernon. Performer

Macurdy, John. Performer

Conrad, Barbara Smith, 1940- Performer

Nagy, Robert, 1929- Performer

White, Jane (Soprano) Performer

Sanchez, Robert, actor. Performer

Catania, Claudia. Performer

Cheek, John, 1948- Performer

Meredith, Morley. Performer

Taillon, Jocelyne. Performer

Ahlstedt, Douglas. Performer

Robbins, Julien. Performer

Creech, Philip. Performer

Darrenkamp, John. Performer

Courtney, James, 1946- performer

Glassman, Allan. Performer

Kraft, Jean. Performer

Lay, Deanne, dancer.

Wodin, Frederick, dancer.

Bugler, Marcus, dancer.

Cordial, Gary, dancer.

Stocker, Christopher, dancer.

Gelinas, Linda, dancer.

Graves, Kimberly, dancer.

Peloso, Antoinette, dancer.

Greco, Leonard, dancer.

Veredon, Gray, choreographer.

Melano, Fabrizio.

Wexler, Peter, 1936- Set designer

Wexler, Peter, 1936- Costume designer

Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor

Large, Brian. Director

Virgil. Aeneis.

Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer

Bel Canto Paramount Home Video.

Added Title

Live from the Met (Television program)

Publisher No.

Bel Canto 12509

Research Call Number

*LVH 1281 (F) Program notes on file.