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Société nationale de programme France-Régions
3 DVDs-video (312 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.)
A performance of the opera by Berlioz using a full set of instruments as envisaged by the composer for this opera.
disc 1. Acts 1 & 2 ; Cast gallery ; Synopsis -- disc 2. Acts 3 & 4 -- disc 3. Act 5 ; The Trojans, a masterpiece revived.
by Hector Berlioz ; libretto, Hector Berlioz, after Virgil's Aeneid ; a production of the Théâtre Musical de Paris/Châtelet ; general director, Jean-Pierre Brossmann ; a coproduction by Théâtre Musical de Paris/Châtelet [and others] ; in association with France 2 and France 3, with the participation of YLE ; producer, François Roussillon ; television director, Peter Maniura.
Program notes and synopsis in English, French, German, and Spanish in container.
Special features: Cast gallery -- Synopsis -- The Trojans, a masterpiece revived : a documentary / by Reiner E. Mortiz -- Interviews with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Yannis Kokkos, Susan Graham, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Gregory Kunde, and others.
Susan Graham (Didon) ; Anna Caterina Antonacci (Cassandre/Clio) ; Renata Pokupić (Anna) ; Gregory Kunde (Énée) ; Ludovic Tézier (Chorèbe) ; Nicolas Testé (Panthée) ; Laurent Naouri (Narbal/Le Grand Prêtre) ; Mark Padmore (Iopas) ; René Schirrer (Priam/Mercure) ; Monteverdi Choir ; Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet ; Orchestre Revolutionnaire et Romantique ; Sir John Eliot Gardiner, conductor.
Recorded in performance, Oct. 2003, Théâtre Musical de Paris/Châtelet.
Sung in French; optional subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish.
Stage director, set and costume designer, Yannis Kokkos ; lighting designer, Patrice Trottier ; choreography, Richild Springer.