Description |
1 videodisc (154 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, full screen presentation 4:3; soundtrack in Dolby digital stereo. |
Language |
Sung in Italian; subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish. |
Performer |
Max-René Cosotti (Count Almaviva) ; Maria Ewing (Rosina) ; Claudio Desderi (Bartolo) ; John Rawnsley (Figaro) ; Ferruccio Furlanetto (Basilio) ; supporting soloists ; Glyndebourne Chorus ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Sylvain Cambreling, conductor. |
Credits |
Producer, John Cox; designer, William Dudley; stage lighting, Robert Bryan; directed for video by Dave Heather; presented by NVC Arts. |
Note |
Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, based on Beaumarchais' comedy, The Barber of Seville. |
Event |
Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera, England. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
Summary |
Figaro, the title character, is a matchmaker and man about town as well as a barber. He devises a way to get Rosina to marry Almaviva instead of her guardian, to whom she is already engaged. |
Note |
Italian Language Films. Originally produced in 1982. |
Subject |
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868. Barbiere di Siviglia.
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Operas.
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Genre/Form |
Operas. (OCoLC)fst01726688
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Filmed performances. (OCoLC)fst01726178
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Operas.
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Televised operas.
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Added Author |
Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868, composer.
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Heather, Dave, 1941-2005, director.
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Sterbini, Cesare, 1784-1831, librettist.
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Ewing, Maria. performer.
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Rawnsley, John. performer.
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Cosotti, Max René. performer.
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Furlanetto, Ferruccio. performer.
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Desderi, Claudio. performer.
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Cambreling, Sylvain. conductor.
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Cox, John, 1935 March 12-
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Dudley, William, 1947-
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Bryan, Robert.
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Heather, Dave, 1941-2005.
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Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799.
Barbier de Séville.
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Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868.
Barbiere di Siviglia.
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Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. Performer.
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London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer.
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Kultur International Films.
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National Video Corporation.
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Glyndebourne Festival Opera Company.
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ISBN |
0769775756 |
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9780769775753 |
Standard No. |
032031210196 |
Music No. |
D2101 Kultur |
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