Aida [DVD] : an opera in four acts

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Aida an opera in four acts

(2004, original release: 2003)

By: Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Nonfiction

DVD

Call Numbers:

DVD/STAGE/VERDI

Availability

Locations	Call Number	Status
Movies	DVD/STAGE/VERDI	Available

Details

PUBLISHED

Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, [2004]
©2004

DESCRIPTION

2 videodiscs (approximately 186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in

ISBN/ISSN

6308594008 OA 0894 D, 809478000945

LANGUAGE

Italian

NOTES

This production recreates "the historic paper trompe-l'oeil sets painted between 1936-45 by Josep Mestres Cabanes, the last representative of the old Catalan school of scenography"--Container

Extra features: cast gallery; set gallery; illustrated synopsis; Josep Mestres Cabanes at the Liceu (documentary feature)

Program notes by Isidre Bravo in English, French, and German (24 p. : ill., col. ports.) inserted in container

Set design, Josep Mestres Cabanes, restoration by Jordi Castells ; costume designer, Franca Squarciapino ; choreography, Ramon Oller ; lighting, Albert Faura

Stefano Palatchi (Il Re) ; Elisabetta Fiorillo (Amneris) ; Daniela Dessì (Aida) ; Fabio Armiliato (Radamès) ; Juan Pons (Amonasro) ; Roberto Scandiuzzi (Ramfis) ; Josep Fadó (Messaggero) ; Ana Nebot (Sacredotessa) ; Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu ; Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez, conductor

Recorded live at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, July 21-24, 2003

DVD; audio formats: LPCM stereo., digital surround; [video format]: 16/9 anamorphic; double layer discs

Sung in Italian, documentary feature spoken in English; subtitles in Catalan, German, English, Spanish, and French