La donna del lago /

"Director Werner Herzog and conductor Riccardo Muti combine with the finest of casts to lavish Rossini's rarely performed Neapolitan masterpiece, set in feudal sixteenth-century Scotland, with the genius it deserves. June Anderson is an outstanding Elena (the Lady of the Lake) in the 1992...

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Corporate Authors:	Teatro alla Scala, Opus Arte (Firm)
Other Authors:	Tottola, Andrea Leone (Librettist), Anderson, June, 1952- (Performer), Dupuy, Martine (Performer), Blake, Rockwell (Performer), Merritt, Chris, 1952- (Performer), Surian, Giorgio (Performer), Muti, Riccardo (Conductor), Herzog, Werner, 1942- (Director), Balò, Maurizio, 1947- (Designer), Blumauer, Franz (Costume designer), Mantovanini, Gianni (Designer), Catani, Ilio (Director), Scott, Walter, 1771-1832, Rossini, Gioacchino, 1792-1868
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian
Language Notes:	Sung in Italian with English subtitles.
Published:	Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, 2004.
Subjects:	Operas. Filmed operas.

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Summary:	"Director Werner Herzog and conductor Riccardo Muti combine with the finest of casts to lavish Rossini's rarely performed Neapolitan masterpiece, set in feudal sixteenth-century Scotland, with the genius it deserves. June Anderson is an outstanding Elena (the Lady of the Lake) in the 1992 production of the melodrama based on Sir Walter Scott's poem."--Container.
Item Description:	Opera in two acts. Libretto by Andrea Leone Tottola after Sir Walter Scott. Synopsis in English and libretto in Italian (20 pages ; 18 cm.) in container. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (167 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Format:	DVD 9; NTSC; all regions; picture format 4:3; Dolby Digital stereo.
Production Credits:	Stage director, Werner Herzog ; set design, Marizio Balò ; costumes, Franz Blumauer ; lighting design, Gianni Mantovanini ; video director, Ilio Catani.