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Title The enchanted island : a baroque pastiche / devised and written by Jeremy Sams ; production by Phelim McDermot ; directed by Barbara Willis Sweete ; the Metropolitan Opera presents ; in association with PBS and WNET.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : Virgin Classics, [2012]
℗2012

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 Wethersfield Public Library - DVDs  DVD MET ENCHANTED DISC 1-2    Check Shelf
Description 2 videodiscs (180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in..
Series Metropolitan Opera HD live
Metropolitan Opera HD live.
System Details DVD 9; sound format LPCM stereo., DTS 5.1 surround; aspect ratio 16:9; NTSC; all regions.
Performer David Daniels, (Prospero) ; Danielle de Niese (Ariel) ; Joyce DiDonato (Sycorax) ; Luca Pisaroni (Caliban) ; Lisette Oropesa (Miranda) ; Layla Claire (Helena) ; Paul Appleby (Demetrius) ; Elliot Madore (Lysander) ; Plácido Domingo (Neptune) ; Ashley Emerson, Monica Yunus, Philippe Castagner, Tyler Simpson (Quartet) ; Anthony Roth Costanzo (Ferdinand) ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; William Christie, conductor.
Credits Associate director and set designer, Julian Crouch ; costume designer, Kevin Pollard ; lighting designer, Brian MacDevitt ; choreographer, Graciela Daniele ; animation and projection design, 59 Productions ; music producer, Jay David Saks ; supervising producers, Mia Bongiovanni, Elena Park ; producers, Louisa Bricetti, Victoria Warivonchik ; executive producer, Peter Gelb ; host, Deborah Voigt.
Event Live in HD transmission on January 21, 2012.
Note "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container.
Program notes by Jeremy Sams in English and French (11 p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.
Summary "The enchanted island [was] inspired by Shakespeare's The tempest and A midsummer night's dream. Music by George Frederic Handel, Antonio Vivaldi, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Andre Campra, Jean-Marie Leclair, Henry Purcell, Jean-Fery Rebel, and Giovanni Battista Ferrandi."--Container.
Language In English; German, English, French, Italian, and Spanish subtitles.
Note GMD: videorecording.
Subject Operas -- Television adaptations.
Added Author Christie, William (William Lincoln) Conductor.
Sams, Jeremy. Author.
McDermott, Phelim. Artistic director.
Crouch, Julian. Set designer.
Pollard, Kevin. Costume designer.
MacDevitt, Brian. Lighting designer.
Daniele, Graciela, 1939- Choreographer.
Sweete, Barbara Willis. Director.
Saks, Jay David. Producer.
Bongiovanni, Mia. Producer.
Park, Elena. Producer.
Briccetti, Louisa. Producer.
Warivonchik, Victoria. Producer.
Gelb, Peter. Producer.
Voigt, Deborah. Host.
Daniels, David, 1966- Performer.
De Niese, Danielle. Performer.
DiDonato, Joyce. Performer.
Pisaroni, Luca, 1975- Performer.
Oropesa, Lisette. Performer.
Claire, Layla. Performer.
Appleby, Paul (Tenor) Performer.
Madore, Elliot. Performer.
Domingo, Plácido, 1941- Actor.
Emerson, Ashley. Performer.
Yunus, Monica. Performer.
Castagner, Philippe. Performer.
Simpson, Tyler. Performer.
Costanzo, Anthony Roth. Performer.
Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Composer.
Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Composer.
Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764. Composer.
Campra, André, 1660-1744. Composer.
Leclair, Jean-Marie, 1697-1764. Composer.
Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695. Composer.
Rebel, Jean-Féry, 1666-1747. Composer.
Ferrandini, Giovanni, 1709-1791. Composer.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Tempest.
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.
59 Productions.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) Performer.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Virgin Classics (Firm)
Standard No. 5099940424996 gtin-14
Music No. 40424996 Virgin Classics
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