Berlioz: Les Troyens

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Berlioz: Les Troyens (1983)

Directed by Brian Large

“MET OPENS 100TH SEASON WITH 'LES TROYENS'”

Drama, Music, History · 4h 10m

Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orchestra and ballet, a superb conductor who understands the uniqueness of the score—plus a production that does visual justice to the work. “A stupendous achievement” was one critic’s assessment of Peter Wexler’s inventive production. And with James Levine’s wizardry galvanizing the marvelous all-star cast, this is truly a gem. Plácido Domingo is the legendary hero Aeneas, Jessye Norman the obsessed prophetess Cassandra, and Tatiana Troyanos is Queen Dido, who commits suicide when Aeneas leaves her.

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Cast

Tatiana Troyanos Dido Jessye Norman Cassandre Plácido Domingo Aeneas Allan Monk Coroebus Paul Plishka Narbal Jocelyne Taillon Anna James Levine Conductor MET Orchestra

Crew

Director
Brian Large
Writer
Hector Berlioz
Original Music Composer
Hector Berlioz

Details

Release date
1983-10-07
Runtime
4h 10m
Genres
Drama, Music, History
Original language
FR
Spoken languages
French
Countries
United States of America
Production
Deutsche Grammophon