Maria Callas : life and art
- Title
- Maria Callas : life and art / Picture Music International ; a Jo Lustig Limited production ; produced & directed by Alan Lewens, Alistair Mitchell.
- Published by
- [London] : EMI Records Ltd., [1999]
- [Europe] : EMI Classics
- ©1999
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Details
- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 videodisc (approximately 75 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Biographical sketch of soprano Maria Callas, a woman whose own life had all of the dramatic dimensions of one of her operatic roles. Includes interviews with Callas and musical colleagues and friends, as well as archival footage of Callas in performance, including extracts from Vissi d'arte from Puccini's Tosca, Casta diva from Bellini's Norma, Una voce poco fa from Rossini's The barber of Seville, Habanera from Bizet's Carmen, and duets with Giuseppe di Stephano from Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.
- Alternative title
- Callas : life & art
- Life and art
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Filmed performances.
- Biographical films.
- Biographies.
- Documentary films.
- Feature films.
- Operas.
- Contents
- Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini -- Norma. Casta Diva / Bellini -- Il barbiere di Siviglia. Una voce poco fa / Rossini -- Carmen. Habanera / Bizet -- Cavalleria Rusticana. Duet with Giuseppe di Stefano / Mascagni -- L'elisir d'amore. Duet with Giuseppe di Stefano / Donizetti.
- Call number
- *LDV 919
- Note
- Title from disc label.
- Biographical note in English by Tony Locantro, with French and German translations ([2] p.) inserted in container.
- Originally released in 1987.
- Credits (note)
- Produced by Picture Music International ; camera, Ken Morse, John Warwick ; editor, Don Fairservice.
- System details (note)
- DVD format; DVD-5, Dolby digital stereo.; NTSC; aspect ratio 4:3.
- Language (note)
- In English with optional French and German subtitles; opera excerpts sung in Italian or French.
- Title
- Maria Callas : life and art / Picture Music International ; a Jo Lustig Limited production ; produced & directed by Alan Lewens, Alistair Mitchell.
- Publisher
- [London] : EMI Records Ltd., [1999]
- Distributor
- [Europe] : EMI Classics
- Copyright date
- ©1999
- Type of content
- two-dimensional moving image
- Type of medium
- video
- Type of carrier
- videodisc
- Digital file characteristics
- video file
- region 1
- DVD video
- System details
- DVD format; DVD-5, Dolby digital stereo.; NTSC; aspect ratio 4:3.
- Performer
- Featuring Maria Callas ; narrator, Rosalie Crutchley.
- Credits
- Produced by Picture Music International ; camera, Ken Morse, John Warwick ; editor, Don Fairservice.
- Language
- In English with optional French and German subtitles; opera excerpts sung in Italian or French.
- Added author
- Lewens, Alan, film producer.
- Mitchell, Alastair, 1939- film director.
- Callas, Maria, 1923-1977.
- Crutchley, Rosalie, 1921-1997, narrator.
- Morse, Ken, director of photography.
- Warwick, John, director of photography.
- Fairservice, Don, editor of moving image work.
- Picture Music International, production company.
- Jo Lustig Limited, production company.
- EMI (Firm)
- EMI Records Ltd.
- Other standard identifier
- 724349224797
- 724359996493
- Publisher no.
- DVA 4 92247 9 EMI Classics
- 7243 4 92247 9 7 EMI Classics
- Research call number
- *LDV 919