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"An exhilarating new Carmen from Glyndebourne. Director David McVicar describes Carmen as "the first ever musical", and in his new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, Carmen is restored to the original Opera Comique as Bizet wrote it, stripping away subsequent re-...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875 (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus (Singer), Stoke Brunswick School (Singer), London Philharmonic Orchestra (Instrumentalist)
Other Authors: Meilhac, Henri, 1831-1897 (Librettist), Halévy, Ludovic, 1834-1908 (Librettist), Voschezang, Hans (Singer), Milne, Lisa (Singer), Haddock, Marcus (Singer), Best, Jonathan, 1958- (Singer), Otter, Anne Sofie von (Singer), Hegarty, Mary (Singer), Rice, Christine (Singer), Wise, Anthony (Singer), Naouri, Laurent, 1964- (Singer), Hayes, Quentin (Singer), Judson, Colin (Singer), Lopez, Franck (Singer), Jordan, Philippe (Conductor), Vale, Michael (Contributor), Blane, Sue (Costume designer), Constable, Paule (Lighting designer), George, Andrew, 1968- (Choreographer), Hall, Nicholas (Nick) (Contributor), Blakeley, Lee (Contributor), Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870
Format: Video
Language:French
Language Notes:Sung in French, with English subtitles.
Published: Waldron, England : Opus Arte, ©2003.
Series:Opera in video.
Subjects:
Operas.
Alexander Street Video.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:"An exhilarating new Carmen from Glyndebourne. Director David McVicar describes Carmen as "the first ever musical", and in his new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, Carmen is restored to the original Opera Comique as Bizet wrote it, stripping away subsequent re-workings which turned it into a grand opera. Philippe Jordan makes his Glyndebourne debut with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Glyndebourne Chorus and a cast that includes Marcus Haddock, Laurent Naouri and Lisa Milne."--Alexander Street, resource website.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 streaming video (3 hr., 14 min.))
Production Credits:Director, David McVicar ; set designer, Michael Vale ; costume designer, Sue Blane ; lighting designer, Paule Constable ; choreographer, Andrew George ; fight director, Nicholas Hall ; assistant director, Lee Blakeley.