Carmen / George Bizet.

Carmen / George Bizet.

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"An exhilarating new Carmen from Glyndebourne. Director David McVicar describes Carmen as "the first ever musical", and in his new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, Carmen is restored to the original Opera Comique as Bizet wrote it, stripping away subsequent re-...

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Online Access: Streaming video (Emerson users only)
Main Author: Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875 (Composer)
Contributors: Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897 (Librettist), Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908 (Librettist), Voschezang, Hans (Singer), Milne, Lisa (Singer), Haddock, Marcus (Singer), Best, Jonathan, 1958- (Singer), Otter, Anne Sofie von (Singer), Hegarty, Mary (Singer), Rice, Christine (Singer), Wise, Anthony (Singer), Naouri, Laurent, 1964- (Singer), Hayes, Quentin (Singer), Judson, Colin (Singer), Lopez, Franck (Singer), Jordan, Philippe (Conductor), Vale, Michael (Contributor), Blane, Sue (Costume designer), Constable, Paule (Lighting designer), George, Andrew (Choreographer) (Choreographer), Hall, Nicholas (Nick) (Contributor), Blakeley, Lee (Contributor), Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870
Corporate Contributors: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Singer), Stoke Brunswick School (Singer), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Instrumentalist), Opus Arte (Firm) (Publisher)
Format: Electronic Video
Language:French
Published: Waldron, England : Opus Arte, ©2003.
Series:Opera in video.
Subjects:
Operas.
Genre/Form:Operas
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Summary:"An exhilarating new Carmen from Glyndebourne. Director David McVicar describes Carmen as "the first ever musical", and in his new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, Carmen is restored to the original Opera Comique as Bizet wrote it, stripping away subsequent re-workings which turned it into a grand opera. Philippe Jordan makes his Glyndebourne debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Glyndebourne Chorus and a cast that includes Marcus Haddock, Laurent Naouri and Lisa Milne."--Alexander Street, resource website.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video (3 hr., 14 min.))
Production Credits:Director, David McVicar ; set designer, Michael Vale ; costume designer, Sue Blane ; lighting designer, Paule Constable ; choreographer, Andrew George ; fight director, Nicholas Hall ; assistant director, Lee Blakeley.
Participant or Performer:Performed by Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Children's Chorus, Stoke Brunswick School, East Grinstead; Hans Voschezang; Lisa Milne; Marcus Haddock; Jonathan Best; Anne Sofie von Otter; Mary Hegarty; Christine Rice; Anthony Wise; Laurent Naouri; Quentin Hayes; Colin Judson & Franck Lopez.
Language:Sung in French, with English subtitles.

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