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Persée : tragedie lyrique en cinq actes / Jean-Baptiste Lully ; directed for television by Marc Stone ; produced by Marc Stone and Garry Blye ; produced by Docutainment Plus Productions.

By: Lully, Jean Baptiste, 1632-1687.
Contributor(s): Quinault, Philippe, 1635-1688 [librettist] | Stone, Marc [director] | Blye, Garry [producer] | Auvity, Cyril [vocalist] | Lenormand, Marie [vocalist] | Novacek, Stephanie [vocalist] | Whicher, Monica, 1963- [vocalist] | Laquerre, Olivier [vocalist] | Coulombe, Alain (Bass) | Ainsworth, Colin [vocalist] | Taurins, Ivars [conductor] | Lamon, Jeanne [conductor] | Niquet, Hervé [conductor] | Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D. Metamorphoses | Tafelmusik Chamber Choir [performer] | Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra [performer] | EuroArts Entertainment | DocuTainment Plus Productions | Atelier Ballet.
Material type: materialTypeLabelVisual materialPublisher: [Stuttgart] : EuroArts Music International, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Description: 1 videodisc : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. 1 program notes booklet (9 pages).Content type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscSubject(s): OperasDDC classification: DVD/328
Production Credits: Written by Marc Stone ; edited by Reid Dennison ; director of photography, Andy Binnington ; stage production directed by Marshall Pynkoski ; choreographed by Jeannette Zingg ; set design by Gerard Gauci ; costume design by Dora Rust-D'Eye.
Cyril Auvity (Persée) ; Marie Lenormand (Andromède) ; Stephanie Novacek (Cassiope) ; Monica Whicher (Mérope) ; Olivier Laquerre (Céphée/Méduse) ; Alain Coulombe (Phinée) ; Colin Ainsworth (Mercure) ; Artists of Atelier Ballet ; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir ; Chorus Master, Ivars Taurins ; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra ; Musical director, Jeanne Lamon ; Herve Niquet, conductor.Summary: Opera Atelier presents an operatic tragedy in five acts. The plot concerns the love between Persě and Androm̈de, who is already betrothed to Phině, while Mřope loves Persě. Persě is able to triumph and win Androm̈de by overcoming supernatural enemies, including the Gorgon Mďuse, using weapons he is granted by the gods.

"Tragédie lyrique in five acts to a libretto by Philippe Quinault after the Metamorphoses by Ovid"--Booklet.

Written by Marc Stone ; edited by Reid Dennison ; director of photography, Andy Binnington ; stage production directed by Marshall Pynkoski ; choreographed by Jeannette Zingg ; set design by Gerard Gauci ; costume design by Dora Rust-D'Eye.

Cyril Auvity (Persée) ; Marie Lenormand (Andromède) ; Stephanie Novacek (Cassiope) ; Monica Whicher (Mérope) ; Olivier Laquerre (Céphée/Méduse) ; Alain Coulombe (Phinée) ; Colin Ainsworth (Mercure) ; Artists of Atelier Ballet ; Tafelmusik Chamber Choir ; Chorus Master, Ivars Taurins ; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra ; Musical director, Jeanne Lamon ; Herve Niquet, conductor.

Recorded live at the Elgin Theatre, Toronto on 28 April, 2004.

Opera Atelier presents an operatic tragedy in five acts. The plot concerns the love between Persě and Androm̈de, who is already betrothed to Phině, while Mřope loves Persě. Persě is able to triumph and win Androm̈de by overcoming supernatural enemies, including the Gorgon Mďuse, using weapons he is granted by the gods.

DVD

In French with optional subtitles in English, French or German. Accompanying booklet in English, French, and German.

Alan Cutts Collection.