| Description |
2 videodiscs (168 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Metropolitan Opera HD live |
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Metropolitan Opera HD live.
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| System Details |
DVD-9; NTSC, all region; sound formats: LPCM stereo., DTS 5.1 surround; aspect ratio 16:9. |
| Note |
Opera in a prologue and three acts. |
| Performer |
Anthony Dean Griffey (Peter Grimes) ; Patricia Racette (Ellen Orford) ; Anthony Michaels-Moore Captain Balstrode) ; Jill Grove (Auntie) ; Felicity Palmer (Mrs. Sedley) ; Teddy Tahu Rhodes (Ned Keene) ; John Del Carlo (Swallow) ; Greg Fedderly (Bob Boles) ; Erin Morley, Leah Partridge (Auntie's nieces) ; Dean Peterson (Hobson) ; Bernard Fitch (Rev. Horace Adams) ; Logan William Erickson (Boy (John)) ; Natalie Dessay, host ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Donald Runnicles, conductor. |
| Credits |
Set designer, Scott Pask ; costume designer, Ann Hould-Ward ; lighting designer, Peter Mumford. |
| Event |
Recorded live at the Metropolitan Opera on March 15, 2008. |
| Note |
Program notes by Thomas May and synopsis in English (9 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.) inserted in container. |
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Special features include: backstage at the Met: Natalie Dessay interviews Patricia Racette, Anthony Dean Griffey, Donald Runnicles, Donald Palumbo, John Doyle, Scott Pask and Ann Hould-Ward; Britten and Peter Grimes in Aldeburg: BBC reporter Alex Dunlop in Aldeburg. |
| Language |
Sung in English; subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish; interviews and commentary in English. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Operas -- Television adaptations.
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| Genre/Form |
Televised operas.
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| Added Author |
Doyle, John. Producer.
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Halvorson, Gary. Director.
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Griffey, Anthony Dean, 1967- Performer.
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Racette, Patricia, 1967- Performer.
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Michaels-Moore, Anthony. Performer.
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Peterson, Dean. Performer.
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Del Carlo, John. Performer.
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Palmer, Felicity. Performer.
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Grove, Jill. Performer.
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Fedderly, Greg, 1961- Performer.
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Fitch, Bernard. Performer.
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Partridge, Leah. Performer.
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Morley, Erin. Performer.
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Rhodes, Teddy Tahu, 1966- Performer.
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Logan, William Erickson. Performer.
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Runnicles, Donald, 1954- Conductor.
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Dessay, Natalie, 1965- Host. Interviewee.
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Pask, Scott. Designer.
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Hould-Ward, Ann. Designer.
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Mumford, Peter. Designer.
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Slater, Montagu, 1902-1956. Librettist.
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Crabbe, George, 1754-1832.
Peter Grimes.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
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Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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| Standard No. |
5099921741494 |
| Music No. |
50999 2 17414 9 4 EMI Classics |
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