Persée

Persée by Jean-Baptiste Lully ; directed for television by Marc Stone ; produced by Marc Stone, Garry Blye ; Docutainment Plus Productions.

Opera Atelier presents an operatic tragedy in five acts. The plot concerns the love between Persě and Androm̈de, who is already betrothed to Phině, while Mřope loves Persě. Persě is able to triumph and win Androm̈de by overcoming supernatural enemies, including the Gorgon Mďuse, using weapons he is...

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Corporate Authors: DocuTainment Plus Productions (Producer), Atelier Ballet (Performer), Tafelmusik Chamber Choir (Performer), Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: Stone, Marc (Director, Producer), Blye, Garry (Producer), Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688 (Librettist), Auvity, Cyril (Performer), Lenormand, Marie (Performer), Novacek, Stephanie (Performer), Laquerre, Olivier (Performer), Coulombe, Alain, bass (Performer), Taurins, Ivars (Conductor), Lamon, Jeanne (Instrumentalist), Niquet, Hervé (Conductor), Ainsworth, Colin (Performer), Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687, Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
English
German
Published: [Stuttgart] : EuroArts, c2005
Subjects:
Operas.
Videos > Music Library
Nonfiction films.
Concert films.
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Summary:Opera Atelier presents an operatic tragedy in five acts. The plot concerns the love between Persě and Androm̈de, who is already betrothed to Phině, while Mřope loves Persě. Persě is able to triumph and win Androm̈de by overcoming supernatural enemies, including the Gorgon Mďuse, using weapons he is granted by the gods.
Item Description:"Tradédie lyrique in five acts to a libretto by Philippe Quinault after the Metamorphoses by Ovid"--Booklet, prelim.
EuroArts: 2054178.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (127 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD 9, picture format NTSC 16:9 anamorphic; PCM stereo. or Dolby Digital 5.1 or DTS 5.1 audio.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Written by Marc Stone ; edited by Reid Dennison ; director of photography, Andy Binnington ; stage production directed by Marshall Pynkoski ; choreographed by Jeannette Zingg ; set design by Gerard Gauci ; costume design by Dora Rust-D'Eye.
Participant or Performer:Cyril Auvity (Persée) ; Marie Lenormand (Andromède) ; Stephanie Novacek (Cassiope) ; Monica Whicher (Mérope) ; Olivier Laquerre (Céphée/Méduse) ; Alain Coulombe (Phinée) ; Colin Ainsworth (Mercure) ; Artists of Atelier Ballet ; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir ; Chorus Master, Ivars Taurins ; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra ; Music director, Jeanne Lamon ; Herve Niquet, conductor.
Language:In French with optional subtitles in English, French, or German. Accompanying booklet in English, French, and German.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:Recorded at the Elgin Theatre, Toronto, 28 April 2004.

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