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Title:
Eugene Onegin [DVD video]
Publication Date:
2007
Publication Information:
London : Decca, c2007.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (156 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (30 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.).
Abstract:
Renée Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky triumph in Tchaikovsky's operatic masterpiece, filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera. Robert Carsen's beautifully evocative staging highlights the personal drama at the heart of Pushkin's tragedy of unrequited love, and Valery Gergiev conducts a thrilling account of Tchaikovsky's most intensely passionate score.
General Note:
Title from disc surface.
DVD; NTSC, region 0; anamorphic widescreen (16:9); sound: LPCM stereo, DTS 5.1 surround.
Opera in 3 acts.
Libretto by the composer and Konstantin Stepanovich Shilovsky, after the poem by Pushkin.
DVD bonus features (19 min.): Eugene Onegin in rehearsal; Backstage at the Met with Beverly Sills.
Booklet includes program notes by Alexander Poznansky in English (with French and German translations) and synopses.
Performers:
Host, Mikhail Baryshnikov ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet ; Valery Gergiev, conductor.
Renée Fleming, soprano ; Elena Zaremba, contralto ; Svetlana Volkova, Laris Shevchenko, mezzo-soprano ; Ramón Vargas, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenor ; Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone ; Keith Miller, Richard Bernstein, Sergei Aleksashkin, bass.
Contents:
Disc 1: Act 1; Bonus features -- Disc 2. Acts 2 & 3.
Subject Term:
Language:
Russian
Additional Language:
Sung in Russian; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese; menus in English.
Audience:
No rating available.
