Description |
1 videodisc (253 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD video; stereo. |
Note |
Opera in 3 acts. |
Performer |
Tatiana Troyanos (Dido, Queen of Carthage), Jessye Norman (Cassandra), Placido Domingo (Aeneas), Allan Monk (Coroebus), Paul Plishka (Narbal), vocal soloists ; Vernon Hartman, John Macurdy, Barbar Conrad, Robert Nagy, Jane White, Robert Sanchez, Claudia Catania, John Cheek, Morley Meredith, Jocelyne Taillon, Douglas Ahlstedt, Julien Robbins, Philip Creech, John Darrenkamp, James Courtney, Allan Glassman, Jean Kraft, supporting soloists ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet ; James Levine, conductor. |
Credits |
Executive producer, Michael Bronson ; associate producer, Karen Adler ; associate director, Diana Wenman ; choreographer, Gray Veredon ; camera, Bill Akerlund [and others] ; television stage managers, Terence Benson, Tony Marshall, Martha Yates ; production assistant, John Rice. |
Event |
"[T]aped during the October 8, 1983 performance at the Metropolitan Opera. Because of a power failure during [this] performance ... a small part of Act II is from an earlier performance"--Container verso. |
Note |
Originally broadcast on Live from the Met. |
Summary |
The first uncut performance of Berlioz's opera at the Met, this production tells the story of the capture of Troy by the Greeks, and of the love of Dido and Aeneas. |
Language |
In French with English subtitles. |
Subject |
Operas -- Television adaptations.
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Aeneas (Legendary character) -- Drama.
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Dido (Legendary character) -- Drama.
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Carthage (Extinct city) -- Drama.
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Troy (Extinct city) -- Drama.
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Trojan War -- Drama.
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Trojans -- Drama.
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Aeneas (Legendary character) (OCoLC)fst00798041
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Trojan War. (OCoLC)fst01157294
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Dido (Legendary character) (OCoLC)fst00893057
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Operas. (OCoLC)fst01046191
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Trojans. (OCoLC)fst01157298
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Tunisia -- Carthage (Extinct city)
(OCoLC)fst01896920
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Turkey -- Troy (Extinct city)
(OCoLC)fst01896842
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Genre/Form |
Cultural television programs. (OCoLC)fst01710564
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Televised operas. (OCoLC)fst01726269
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Television adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01710478
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Televised operas.
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Television adaptations.
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Cultural television programs.
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Added Author |
Troyanos, Tatiana. Performer.
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Norman, Jessye. Performer.
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Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Performer.
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Monk, Allan. Performer.
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Plishka, Paul, 1941- Performer.
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Levine, James, 1943-2021. Conductor.
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D'Alessio, Clemente.
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Large, Brian.
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Veredon, Gray.
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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Troyens.
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Virgil.
Aeneis.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet. Performer.
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Pioneer Classics (Firm)
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Added Title |
Live from the Met.
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Standard No. |
013023167391 |
Music No. |
PC-11673 Pioneer Classics |
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