L'Orfeo favola in musica

L'Orfeo favola in musica

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"The fusion of dance and opera. First seen at La Monnaie in Brussels in May 1998, this production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo has become an operatic classic in a few short years. This is doubtless because it offers a total symbiosis of music, text and movement - described by the critic of...

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Main Author: Monteverdi, Claudio, 1567-1643.
Corporate Authors: Collegium vocale (Ghent, Belgium), Concerto vocale (Musical group), Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française., France 3 cinéma (Firm), Vlaamse Radio en Televisieomroep., RTV Slovenija., Théâtre royal de la Monnaie., Trisha Brown Company., Brooklyn Academy of Music., Harmonia Mundi France (Firm), Kunstenfestivaldesarts., Festival international d'art lyrique et de musique (Aix-en-Provence, France)
Other Authors: Striggio, Alessandro., Keenlyside, Simon., Lascarro, Juanita., Oddone, Graciela (Soprano), Dike, Martina., Wallace, Stephen, 1970-, Tómas Tómasson, 1968-, Gerimon, Paul., Utzeri, Mauro., Cambier, Anne (Soprano), Jacobs, René., Brown, Trisha, 1936-2017., Aeschlimann, Roland, 1939-, Meier, Gerd., Barré, Pierre.
Language:Italian
Subjects:
Monteverdi, Claudio, > 1567-1643. > Orfeo.
Operas.
Summary:"The fusion of dance and opera. First seen at La Monnaie in Brussels in May 1998, this production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo has become an operatic classic in a few short years. This is doubtless because it offers a total symbiosis of music, text and movement - described by the critic of the Daily Telegraph of London as being "as close to the perfect dance opera as I have ever seen". Christophe Vetter, ConcertoNet: "This Orfeo can be seen again and again with immense pleasure.""--Container.
Item Description:Program notes and synopsis in French, English and German in container.
Includes documentary (disc 2): Le dernier chant d'Orphée (55 min.; in English and French, with French, English and German subtitles).
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 170 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (17 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Format:DVD ; soundtracks in DTS 5.0 (opera only), PCM stereo ; aspect ratio 16:9 ; region 0.
Production Credits:Production and choreography, Trisha Brown; sets and costumes, Roland Aeschlimann; lighting, Roland Aeschlimann, Gerd Meier; directed by Pierre Barré.
Published: Arles : Harmonia Mundi France, ©2011, ℗2006.
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