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Verdi : the pursuit of success & the burden of success /

"This major documentary film on the life and work of Giuseppe Verdi is presented by Mark Elder, former Music Director of English National Opera. Stunning location film from Italy and other elements including quotations from Verdi's own correspondence are interspersed with highlights from s...

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Corporate Authors: Vasconcellos Firm; British Broadcasting Corporation; Hessischer Rundfunk; NVC Arts Firm; English National Opera. Orchestra
Group Author: Murray, Maureen; Gavin, Barrie; Elder, Mark; Barham, Edmund; Barstow, Josephine; Burgess, Sally; Byles, Edward; Cairns, Janice; Hickey, Angela; Nilon, Paul; O'Neill, Dennis; Robinson, Tim; Sidhom, Peter; Summers, Jonathan, 1946; Van Allan, Richard; Waters, Susannah; White, Willard
Published: Kultur,
Publisher Address: West Long Branch, NJ :
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: Video DVD
Language: English
Subjects:
Verdi, Giuseppe, > 1813-1901 > Biography
Verdi, Giuseppe, > 1813-1901
Operas > Excerpts
DVD-Video discs
Biography
Summary: "This major documentary film on the life and work of Giuseppe Verdi is presented by Mark Elder, former Music Director of English National Opera. Stunning location film from Italy and other elements including quotations from Verdi's own correspondence are interspersed with highlights from some of Verdi's most popular operas, sung in Italian and specially staged by American director David Alden"--Container.
Carrier Form: 1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Production Credits: Staged by David Alden ; designed by Charles Edwards ; voice of Giuseppe Verdi, Bob Peck ; voice of Giuseppina Strepponi, Juliet Stevenson.
ISBN: 0769785522 :
Index Number: ML410
CLC: J952
Call Number: #WDVD/190353
Contents: The pursuit of success: Introduction -- Luisa Miller -- Attila -- Macbeth -- Rigoletto -- Il trovatore -- La traviata -- Aida. Prelude -- Les vêpres siciliennes -- The force of destiny. Overture -- Rigoletto -- Nabucco. Overture -- The burden of success: Introduction -- the force of destiny -- Don Carlos -- Simon Boccanegra -- Otello -- Falstaff.

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