Research Catalog

Title

La rondine [videorecording] / [music by] Puccini ; production by Nicolas Joël ; directed by Brian Large ; staged by Stephen Barlow.

Publication

[London] : EMI Classics, c2009.

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Additional Authors

• Adami, Giuseppe, 1878-1946.
• Willner, A. M. (Alfred Maria), 1859-1929.
• Reichert, Heinz.
• Brenciu, Marius.
• Gheorghiu, Angela.
• Oropesa, Lisette.
• Ramey, Samuel.
• Alagna, Roberto.
• Armiliato, Marco.
• Joël, Nicolas, 1945-
• Barlow, Stephen, 1954-
• Large, Brian.
• Puccini, Giacomo, 1858-1924.
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) prf
• EMI (Firm)

Description

1 videodisc (122 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

The story of a woman who defies convention to chase a dream of romantic love with an earnest, if naïve, young man.

Uniform Title

Live from the Met.

Subjects

• Operas
• Musical films

Genre/Form

• Operas.
• Musical films.

Note

• Opera in 3 acts.
• Libretto by Giuseppe Adami, after A.M. Wilner and Heinz Reichert.
• "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container.
• Program notes by Wiliam Livingstone and synopsis in English (10 p. : col. ports.) inserted in container.
• Bonus: Backstage at the Met with Renée Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Lisette Oropesa & Marius Brenciu.

Credits (note)

• Set designer, Ezio Frigerio; costume designer, Franca Squarciapino ; lighting designer, Duane Schuler ; executive producer, Peter Gelb.

Event (note)

• Recorded live at the Met, New York, N.Y., Jan. 10, 2009.

System Details (note)

• DVD-9; sound formats: LPCM stereo., DTS 5.1 surround; NTSC system: 16:9.

Language (note)

• Sung in Italian; with optional subtitles in Italian, English, French, German, and Spanish; interviews and commentary in English.

LCCN

5099963161892

OCLC

• ocn671240110
• 671240110

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries