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Le nozze di Figaro : The marriage of Figaro /

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LIve performance of the Mozart opera, taking "A neo-Classical approach. This is the only suitable adjective to define what we are looking for, with our period instruments, our fast tempos, the performance of the recitatives, the ornaments added here and there by the singers, and a few other fea...

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Main Author: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791
Corporate Authors: Concerto Köln (Musical group) (Performer), Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (1913- ). Chœur, Bel Air Classiques
Other Authors: Da Ponte, Lorenzo, 1749-1838 (Librettist), Jacobs, René (Conductor), Martinoty, Jean-Louis (Director), Duplat, François (Producer), Barré, Pierre (Director), Pisaroni, Luca, 1975- (Performer), Joshua, Rosemary (Performer), Spagnoli, Pietro (Performer), Dasch, Annette, 1976- (Performer), Abete, Antonio (Performer), Pondjiclis, Sophie (Performer), Courtin, Pauline (Performer), Kirchschlager, Angelika (Performer), Facini, Enrico (Performer), Goubioud, Serge (Performer), Svab, Alessandro (Performer), Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron de, 1732-1799
Format: Video DVD
Language:Italian
Language Notes:Sung in Italian, with subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish; film titles in French and German.
Published: [Paris] : Bel Air Classiques, [2006]
Subjects:
Operas.
Music > Performance > Videodisc.
Filmed operas.
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Summary:LIve performance of the Mozart opera, taking "A neo-Classical approach. This is the only suitable adjective to define what we are looking for, with our period instruments, our fast tempos, the performance of the recitatives, the ornaments added here and there by the singers, and a few other features that may surprise the audience: an approach that is ... neo-Classical, as opposed to the post-Romantic one which began to determine our listening habits in the first half of the twentieth century"--René Jacobs, booklet, p. [22].
Item Description:Libretto based on La folle journée, ou Le mariage de Figaro by Pierre Caron de Beaumarchais.
Booklet with synopses and historical, program, and biographical notes in French, English and German, inserted in container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 DVDs (182 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([36] pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Format:DVD 9; NTSC; region free; 16/9 aspect ratio; PCM stereo., Dolby digital 5.1, DTS 5.1.
Production Credits:Editing, Ombeline Blanchard ; cinematography, Madjid Hakimi.