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Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française
2 videodiscs (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Monteverdi's reworking of the popular Greek myth, Orpheus and Euridice.
La RTBF présente en collaboration avec France 3, VRT et RTV Slovène ; une coproduction La Monnaie [and others] ; musique de Claudio Monteverdi ; libretto di Alessandro Striggio ; production, Benoit Jacques de Dixmude ; realisation, Pierre Barré ; regie TV, Marc Pierard.
Program notes and synopsis in French, English and German in container.
Special features: documentary (disc 2): Le dernier chant d'Orphée (55 min.; in English and French, with French, English and German subtitles).
Simon Keenlyside (Orfeo) ; Juanita Lascarro (Euridice, La Musica, Eco) ; Graciela Oddone (La Messaggiera) ; Martina Dike (Proserpina) ; Stephen Wallace (La Speranza, Pastore) ; Tomas Tómasson (Plutone) ; Paul Gérimon (Caronte, Pastore) ; Mauro Utzeri (Apollo) ; Anne Cambier (Ninfa) ; Trisha Brown Company ; Collegium Vocale Gent ; Concerto Vocale ; René Jacobs, conductor.
Recorded May 21, 1998. Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie.
DVD; soundtracks in DTS 5.0; PCM stereo.
Sung in Italian with subtitles in French, English, German or Dutch.
Production and choreography, Trisha Brown; sets and costumes, Roland Aeschlimann, director of photography, Nestor Van Cutsem ; editor, Marc Mevvaert.