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Cléopâtre : opera in four acts and five scene /

Cléopâtre was composer Jules Massenet's last work, completed shortly before his death in 1912; and is acclaimed as one of his finest compositions. This opera tells the story of the young Egyptian temptress known throughout the ancient world for her extraordinary beauty and charisma. In this con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Schola Cantorum Santa Maria degli Angeli-Aramus (Performer), Orchestre des jeunes de la Méditerranée (Performer), Pan Dream (Firm), Kultur International Films
Other Authors: Payen, Louis, 1875-1927 (Librettist), Caballé, Montserrat (Performer), Martí, Montserrat (Soprano) (Performer), Bettoschi, Filippo (Performer), Sivilla, Andrea (Performer), Baskov, Nikolaĭ, 1976- (Performer), Valentini, Roberto (Performer), Flocchi, Gianpaolo (Performer), Ortega, Miquel (Conductor), Castiglione, Enrico (Director), Guidotti, Osvaldo
Format: Video DVD
Language:French
Language Notes:Sung in French, with optional subtitles in English.
Published: Rome : Pan Dream ; [date of publication not identified]
Subjects:
Cleopatra, > Queen of Egypt, > -30 B.C. > Drama.
Operas.
Filmed operas.
Nonfiction films.
Feature films.
Description
Summary:Cléopâtre was composer Jules Massenet's last work, completed shortly before his death in 1912; and is acclaimed as one of his finest compositions. This opera tells the story of the young Egyptian temptress known throughout the ancient world for her extraordinary beauty and charisma. In this concert production, filmed at the Great Thermae at Emperor Adrian's Villa in Tivoli, Montserrat Caballé gives a beautiful performance as the Egyptian ruler Cleopatra in her tragic love to Marc Antoine (Filippo Bettoschi).
Item Description:"An opera in concert."--Disc label.
Massenet / Caballe / Collado
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (124 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; NTSC, region code 1; LPCM stereo; Dolby digital; aspect ratio 16:9 anamorphic widescreen.
ISBN:9780769788234
0769788238