| Description |
1 videodisc (151 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (11 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Series |
The Metropolitan Opera HD live |
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Metropolitan Opera HD live.
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| Note |
Melodrama in three acts, based on the play Le roi s'amuse by Victor Hugo. |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Piotr Beczala (The Duke) ; Željko Lučić (Rigoletto) ; Diana Damrau (Gilda) ; Štefan Kocán (Sparafucile) ; Oksana Volkova (Maddalena) ; supporting soloists ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; Michele Mariotti, conductor. |
| Credits |
Production, Michael Mayer; set design, Christine Jones; costume design, Susan Hilferty; lighting design, Kevin Adams; director, Matthew Diamond ; host, Renée Fleming. |
| Event |
Filmed as a live telecast from the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, February 16, 2013. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 0, NTSC ; sound formats: DTS 5-1, Dolby digital 5.1 PCM stereo.; picture format: high definition 16:9. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Note |
Bonus features: Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming : interviews with Željko Lučić, Michael Mayer, the Duke's entourage, Piotr Beczala, Diana Damrau, Christine Jones and Susan Hilferty (15 min.). |
| Summary |
This new Met production transfers the opera's tragic events from a decadent 16th-century Italian court to the glitzy, depraved setting of the Las Vegas strip circa 1960. |
| Note |
Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French (11 p. : ill.) in container. |
| Language |
Sung in Italian with subtitles in Italian, English, German, French, Spanish, Korean and Chinese; interviews in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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| Added Author |
Piave, Francesco Maria, 1810-1876.
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Beczala, Piotr. Performer.
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Lučić, Željko, 1968- Performer.
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Damrau, Diana. Performer.
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Kočan, Štefan, 1972- Performer.
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Volkova, Oksana. Performer.
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Mariotti, Michele. Conductor.
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Mayer, Michael, 1960-
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Jones, Christine.
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Hilferty, Susan.
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Adams, Kevin, 1962-
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Diamond, Matthew, 1951-
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Fleming, Renée.
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Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
Roi s'amuse.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901.
Rigoletto.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer.
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Deutsche Grammophon (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
044007349359 |
| Music No. |
B0018333-09 Deutsche Grammophon |
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