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Les vepres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opera for Paris and is driven by the tensions between private passions and public politics. Originally set during Sicily's 13th-century uprising against French rule, in Christof Loy's staging for the Nethe...

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Main Author: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Nederlands Operakoor (Singer, Performer), Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest (Instrumentalist, Performer), Nederlandse Opera (Instrumentalist, Performer)
Other Authors: Carignani, Paolo, 1961- (Conductor), Duveyrier, Charles, 1803-1866 (Librettist), Fel, Christophe (Singer, Performer), Fritz, Burkhard, 1970- (Singer, Performer), Haveman, Barbara (Singer, Performer), Jonigk, Thomas, 1966- (Librettist), Leiacker, Johannes (Set designer), Marco-Buhrmester, Alexander (Singer, Performer), Purkrabek, Bernd, 1982- (Lighting designer), Renzenbrink, Ursula, 1952- (Costume designer), Scribe, Eugène, 1791-1861 (Librettist), Szabó, Bálint (Singer) (Singer, Performer), White, Jeremy, 1953- (Singer, Performer), Wilhelm, Thomas (choreographer (expression))
Format: Video
Language:French
Language Notes:Sung in French.
Published: [Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex] : Opus Arte, 2011.
Series:Classical music in video
Subjects:
Operas.
Streaming videos.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Films autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Les vepres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opera for Paris and is driven by the tensions between private passions and public politics. Originally set during Sicily's 13th-century uprising against French rule, in Christof Loy's staging for the Netherlands Opera the action is transposed to a 1940s world of sudden violence and shadowy double-dealing. Imaginatively cast and idiomatically conducted, the performance presents this magnificent score in its entirety, including the allegorical ballet The Four Seasons.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014).
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 min.)
Playing Time:03:27:58
Production Credits:Director, Christof Loy; set design, Johannes Leiacker; costume design, Ursula Renzenbrink; lighting design, Bernd Purkrabek; choreography, Thomas Wilhelm; video, Evita Galanou, Thomas Wollenberger; directed for the screen by Misjel Vermeiren.