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"Valery Gergiev directs the Kirov Opera with characteristic dynamism in Tchaikovsky's gripping masterpiece, where Rococo pastiche contrasts dramatically with the dark and mysterious music that charts the tragic fate of the three main characters"--Container.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
Corporate Authors: Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova, Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova. Orkestr, Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- ), Philips Classics Productions, Universal International Music (Firm)
Other Authors: Temirkanov, I︠U︡ (Producer), Large, Brian (Director), Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- (Conductor), Grigoryan, Gegham, 1951- (Performer), Leĭferkus, Sergeĭ, 1946- (Performer), Gergalov, Aleksandr (Performer), Solodovnikov, Vladimir (Tenor) (Performer), Aleksashkin, Sergeĭ, 1954- (Performer), Boĭt͡sov, E. (Performer), Bezzubenkov, Gennadiĭ (Performer), Gassiev, Nikolaĭ, 1950- (Performer), Filatova, Li︠u︡dmila (Mezzo-soprano) (Performer), Guleghina, Maria (Performer), Borodina, Olga (Performer), Perlasova-Verkovich, Evgenii︠a︡ (Performer), Filimonova, Tatʹi͡ana (Performer), Mirtova, Elena (Performer), Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837
Format: Video DVD
Language:Russian
Language Notes:Sung in Russian, with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish or Chinese.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Philips : Universal International Music, [1993]
Subjects:
Operas.
Music > Performance > Videodisc.
Description
Summary:"Valery Gergiev directs the Kirov Opera with characteristic dynamism in Tchaikovsky's gripping masterpiece, where Rococo pastiche contrasts dramatically with the dark and mysterious music that charts the tragic fate of the three main characters"--Container.
Item Description:Based on the novel by the same name by Alexander Pushkin.
Aspect ratio 16:9.
Accompanying booklet contains program notes and synopsis of the plot in English, German, French, and Italian.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (42 pages ; 18 cm.)
Format:DVD 9; Dolby digital, DTS digital 5.1 surround and AC3 stereo.
Production Credits:Stage producer, Yuri Temirkanov ; set designer, Igor Ivanov ; choreographer, Oleg Vinogradov.