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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
Corporate Authors: François Roussillon et associés, Mezzo (Television station : Paris, France), Glyndebourne Enterprises, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, France télévision, Centre national de la cinématographie (France), Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Opus Arte (Firm), Glyndebourne Opera House (East Sussex, England), Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai
Other Authors: Kent, Jonathan, Christie, William (William Lincoln), Brandstrup, Kim, Crowe, Lucy, Sampson, Carolyn, Lyon, Ed, Foster-Williams, Andrew, Dexter, Sally, Millson, Joseph, Barrit, Desmond, 1944-, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
German
French
Spanish
Language Notes:Spoken and sung with English, German, French and Spanish subtitles.
Published: [U.K.] : Opus Arte, 2010.
Subjects:
Operas.
Filmed operas.
Description
Item Description:Semi-opera in a prologue and five acts (1692); based on Shakespeare's play, A midsummer night's dream.
Program notes synopsis in English, German and French laid in container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (230 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (25 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm.)
Format:DVD; all regions, 16:9 widescreen; LPCM 2.0.; recorded in High definition.
Awards:Gramophone Award, Best DVD Performance, April, 2010.
Gramophone Awards 2010 Best DVD Performance. Gramophone Magazine DVD of the month, October, 2010. BBC Music Magazine Awards 2011, DVD of the year.
Production Credits:Director, Jonathan Kent ; choreographer, Kim Brandstrup ; designer, Paul Brown ; lighting designer, Mark Henderson.