Description |
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 0, NTSC (16:9 anamorphic); PCM stereo, Dorby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, DVD-9. |
Note |
Music, Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma based on Eugene Scribe's libretto for Auber's Gustave III. |
Performer |
Massimiliano Pisapia, Franco Vassalio, Chiara Taigi, Anna Maria Chiuri, Eun Yee You, Herman Wallen, Tuomas Pursio, Metodie Bujor, Seung-Hyun Kim, soloists ; Leipzig Ballet ; Orchestra of Musikalische Komodie ; Leipzig Opera Choir; Children's Choir of the Leipzig Opera ; Riccardo Chailly, conductor. |
Credits |
Production, Elijah Moshinsky ; set designer, Peter Wexler ; costume designer, Peter J. Hall ; lighting designer, Gil Wechsler. |
Event |
Recorded live Nov. 23 & 26, 2005. |
Summary |
Set in 18th-century Boston on the eve of the American Revolution, this production portrays a time of unrest and transition, when the conflict between civic obligation and personal desire is drawn into ever sharper focus. |
Language |
Sung in Italian with English, German, French, and Spanish subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Operas.
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Added Author |
Somma, Antonio, 1809-1864.
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Pisapia, Massimiliano. Performer.
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Vassallo, Franco. Performer.
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Taigi, Chiara. Performer.
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Eun, Yee You. Performer.
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Wallén, Herman, 1978- Performer.
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Pursio, Tuomas. Performer.
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Bujor, Metodie. Performer.
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Seung-Hyun, Kim. Performer.
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Chailly, Riccardo, 1953- Director.
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Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901
Ballo un maschera.
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Leipzig Opera (Leipzig, Germany)
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