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Médée opera with a prologue and five acts

Title: Médée [videorecording] : opera with a prologue and five acts / co-produced by Théâtre de Caen, Opéra du Rhin, and Opéra Comique, assisted by Conseil Supérieur du Mécénat Culturel and the Fondation France Télécom ; choreography, Béatrice Massin, assisted by Françoise Denieau ; music, Marc Antoine Charpentier ; libretto, Thomas Corneille ; directed by Jean-Marie Villégier, assisted by Christophe Galland and Jonathan Duverger ; director for 1994 revival, Christophe Galland.
Publication: 1994.

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Description

6 videodiscs (NTSC) (213 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Reconstruction of a seventeenth-century French opera based on the ancient Greek tragedy of Medea and Jason.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Music.
Dance.
Historical re-creations.
Video.

Note

Presented by Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Access (note)

Permission required.

Credits (note)

Cameraperson, Mark Robison; scenery, Carlo Tommasi, assisted by Sophie Perez; costumes, Patrice Cauchetier, assisted by Eric Talmant and Sandra Lévy; lighting, Bruno Boyer; conductor, William Christie.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on May 21, 1994, by Character Generators/Video.

Funding (note)

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

DVD.

Language (note)

Sung in French. Surtitles used in the performance are not visible in this recording.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-716

OCLC

NYPY95-F459

Title

Médée [videorecording] : opera with a prologue and five acts / co-produced by Théâtre de Caen, Opéra du Rhin, and Opéra Comique, assisted by Conseil Supérieur du Mécénat Culturel and the Fondation France Télécom ; choreography, Béatrice Massin, assisted by Françoise Denieau ; music, Marc Antoine Charpentier ; libretto, Thomas Corneille ; directed by Jean-Marie Villégier, assisted by Christophe Galland and Jonathan Duverger ; director for 1994 revival, Christophe Galland.

Imprint

1994.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Credits

Cameraperson, Mark Robison; scenery, Carlo Tommasi, assisted by Sophie Perez; costumes, Patrice Cauchetier, assisted by Eric Talmant and Sandra Lévy; lighting, Bruno Boyer; conductor, William Christie.

Performer

Characters in the prologue: Jean-Claude Sarragosse (leader of the people) ; Sophie Daneman (Victory) ; Valérie Picard (Glory), Katalin Károlyi (Bellone) ; Jean-Yves Ravoux (shepherd) ; Isabelle Desrochers (shepherdess) ; Marie Noëlle de Callataÿ (second shepherdess) ; Jean-Yves Ravoux, Eric Vignau, and Jean-Claude Sarragosse (first male trio) ; Richard Duguay, François Piolino, and Jean-François Gay (second male trio).

Characters in the tragedy: Lorraine Hunt (Medea) ; Mark Padmore (Jason) ; Bernard Deletré (Creon) ; Agnès Mellon (Creuse) ; Jean-Marc Salzmann (Oronte) ; Noémi Rime (Nerine) ; Isabelle Desrochers (Cleone) ; François Bazola (Arcas) ; François Piolino (Corinthian I/Corinthian II/Jealousy) ; Jean-Claude Saragosse (a native of Argos I/Vengeance) ; Catherine Napoli (Love) ; Richard Duguay (a native of Argos II) ; Sophie Daneman (an Italian woman/first phantom) ; Katalin Károlyi (second phantom) ; and others as natives of Argos, captives of love, and Corinthians.

Danced by Compagnie Fêtes Galantes: In-Joo Chang (angel/Chinese woman/phantom) ; Fabrice Domenet (menacing shadow/native of Argos/Italian/sorcerer/guard) ; Anne-Marie Gardette (angel/Corinthian woman/Egyptian woman/sorcerer/phantom) ; Georges Keraghel (menacing shadow/native of Argos/guard) ; Arnaud Loison (native of Argos/Turk/sorcerer/guard) ; Corinne Lopez (menacing shadow/Corinthian woman/sorcerer/phantom) ; Nick N'Guyen (angel/native of Argos/Chinese man/sorcerer/guard) ; Paolo Pagni (menacing shadow/native of Argos/Italian/sorcerer/guard) ; Caroline Pingault (angel/Turk/phantom) ; Natalie Van Parys (menacing shadow/Corinthian woman/Egyptian woman/sorcerer/phantom).

Musicians: Choir and orchestra of Les Arts Florissants.

Event

Videotaped in performance at Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House, New York, on May 21, 1994, by Character Generators/Video.

Restricted Access

Permission required.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Language

Sung in French. Surtitles used in the performance are not visible in this recording.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-4778.

Local Subject

Baroque dancing.

Choreography -- Reconstruction.

Opera ballet. Médée.

Added Author

Christie, William (William Lincoln) Conductor

Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine, 1954-2006. Singer

Padmore, Mark. Singer

Deletré, Bernard. Singer

Mellon, Agnès. Singer

Salzmann, Jean-Marc. Singer

Rime, Noémi. Singer

Desrochers, Isabelle. Singer

Bazola, François. Singer

Napoli, Catherine. Singer

Sarragosse, Jean-Claude. Singer

Daneman, Sophie. Singer

Picard, Valérie. Singer

Piolino, François. Singer

Károlyi, Katalin. Singer

Ravoux, Jean-Yves. Singer

Callataÿ, Marie-Noëlle de. Singer

Vignau, Eric. Singer

Duguay, Richard. Singer

Gay, Jean-François. Singer

Chang, In-Joo, dancer.

Domenet, Fabrice, dancer.

Gardette, Anne-Marie, dancer.

Keraghel, Georges, dancer.

Loison, Arnaud, dancer.

Lopez, Corinne, dancer.

N'Guyen, Nick, dancer.

Pagni, Paolo, dancer.

Pingault, Caroline, dancer.

Parys, Natalie van, dancer.

Charpentier, Marc-Antoine, 1643-1704. Composer

Corneille, Thomas, 1625-1709. Librettist

Villégier, Jean-Marie. Director

Galland, Christophe. Director

Duverger, Jonathan. Director

Massin, Béatrice, choreographer.

Denieau, Françoise, choreographer.

Tommasi, Carlo. Designer

Perez, Sophie. Designer

Cauchetier, Patrice. Costume designer

Talmant, Eric. Costume designer

Lévy, Sandra. Costume designer

Boyer, Bruno. Lighting designer

Robison, Mark (Cameraman), videographer.

Arts florissants (Musical group)

Compagnie Fêtes galantes.

Théâtre municipal de Caen.

Opéra du Rhin.

Opéra-Comique (Paris, France)

Conseil supérieur du mécénat culturel (France)

Fondation d'entreprise France Télécom.

Brooklyn Academy of Music.

DHCA.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-716

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