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Berlioz: Les Troyens
In 1854, Hector Berlioz confided in his memoirs that, “For three years, I have been tormented by the idea of a vast opera for which I would like to write both words and music.” Held back by the failures of Benvenuto Cellini and La Damnation de Faust, the composer was to wait another two years before throwing himself into Les Troyens, an enterprise based on Virgil’s Aeneid: an ancient text that, galvanised by the master’s brilliant orchestral modernity, breathed new life into an operatic world still dominated by Verdi. In 1990, when the curtain rose for the first time at the Opéra Bastille, it revealed the Trojan plains. Thirty years later, a new production directed by Dmitri Tcherniakov marks the anniversary of the opera house, revealing the work in all its immensity.
| Release : | 2019 |
| Rating : | 0 |
| Studio : | ARTE, Opéra National de Paris, BelAir Classiques, |
| Crew : | Production Design, Conductor, |
| Cast : | Brandon Jovanovich Stéphanie d'Oustrac Ekaterina Semenchuk Stéphane Degout Michèle Losier |
| Genre : | History Music |
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Simply A Masterpiece
Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .
Good concept, poorly executed.
There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.
