Les Huguenots /

"In tradition of grand opera, Dame Joan Sutherland's farewell performance to the operatic stage in Giacomo Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots is a gala triumph of spectacle, pageantry and dance. This technically complex production captures the horror and tragedy of the St. Bartholomew's D...

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Corporate Authors: Australian Opera. Chorus; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera; Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Reiner Moritz Associates; British Satellite Broadcasting; Kultur International Films
Group Author: Lumsden, Virginia; Mansouri, Lotfi; Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861; Sutherland, Joan, 1926-2010; Thane, Amanda, 1960; Johnston, Suzanne, 1958; Austin, Anson; Pringle, John; Grant, Clifford; Wegner, John; Bonynge, Richard; Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
Published: Australian Opera,
Publisher Address: [Australia] :
West Long Branch, N.J. :
Publication Dates: 1990.
[2002]
Literature type: Video DVD
Language: French
English
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Summary: "In tradition of grand opera, Dame Joan Sutherland's farewell performance to the operatic stage in Giacomo Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots is a gala triumph of spectacle, pageantry and dance. This technically complex production captures the horror and tragedy of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, as well as the splendor and romance of 16th century France"--Container.
Item Description: Originally produced in 1990.
Opera in 5 acts.
Co-produced by The Australian Opera and The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, in association with RM Associates and British Satellite Broadcasting.
Carrier Form: 1 videodisc (200 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Production Credits: Music by Giacomo Meyerbeer ; libretto by Augustin Eugène Scribe ; [stage] director, Lotfi Mansouri ; choreographer, Lois Strike ; set designer, John Stoddart ; costume designer, Michael Stennett ; lighting designer, Derek Coutts ; camera, Michael Turski [and others] ; associate producer, Tricia Canavan ; executive producer, Peter Butler.
ISBN: 0769700292 :
9780769700298
Index Number: M1500
CLC: J653.2
Call Number: #WDVD/190311