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Alcina
Title
Alcina / music by Georg Friedrich Händel ; a production of Monarda Arts on behalf of Arthhaus Music in cooperation with Servus TV and Mezzo TV.
Publication
[Munich, Germany] : Arthaus Musik, [2011]
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (205 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Anonymous libretto, adapted from the libretto for Riccardo Broschi's L'isola di Alcina, after Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando furioso.
Opera in three acts.
Ed. performed: Halle Händel-Ed. Kassel : Bärenreiter.
Special features include (21 min.): Behind the scenes, interviews with the production team and artists as well as backstage footage.
Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French (34 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) in container.
Stage director, Adrian Noble ; set and costume designer, Anthony Ward ; light designer, Jean Kalman ; choreography, Sue Lefton; TV director, Matthias Leutzendorff ; recorded for TV and video by Monarda Arts ; editors, Stephan Schulz, Jürgen Kritzinger.
Recorded in performance at the Wiener Staatsoper, 2010.
Sung in Italian; with optional subtitles in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, or Korean.
Access and use
"The material contained on these DVDs is licensed for non-commercial private use only. Any public performance ... is strictly prohibited"--Container.
Summary
In its first Baroque opera since the 1960s, the Vienna State Opera presents an absorbing new production of Handel's Alcina. An all-star cast of specialists tell the magical story of Alcina, the beautiful seductress who turns her lovers to stones, plants or animals upon tiring of them.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
Italian
Added to Catalog
March 16, 2021
Series
Wiener Staatsoper live
Credits
Stage director, Adrian Noble ; set and costume designer, Anthony Ward ; light designer, Jean Kalman ; choreography, Sue Lefton; TV director, Matthias Leutzendorff ; recorded for TV and video by Monarda Arts ; editors, Stephan Schulz, Jürgen Kritzinger.
Performers
Anja Harteros (Alcina) ; Vesselina Kasarova (Ruggiero) ; Veronica Cangemi (Morgana) ; Kristina Hammarström (Bradamante) ; Alois Mühlbacher (Oberto) ; Benjamin Bruns (Oronte) ; Adam Plachetka (Melisso) ; Wiener Staatsballett ; Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble ; Marc Minkowski, conductor.
System details note
DVD 9, NTSC, region 0, widescreen (16:9) presentation; soundtracks in Dolby digital 5.0 or PCM stereo.
Videorecording number
101 571 Arthaus Musik
Genre/Form
Operas.
Operas.
Also listed under
Musiciens du Louvre.
Wiener Staatsballett.
Monarda Arts (Firm)
Arthaus Musik (Firm)
ServusTV Fernsehgesellschaft.
Mezzo (Television station : Paris, France)
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