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The Metropolitan Opera gala 1991 : 25th anniversary at Lincoln Center

Title: The Metropolitan Opera gala 1991 : 25th anniversary at Lincoln Center / [a Cablevision/NBC/Polygram PPV production in association with the Metropolitan Opera in coproduction with Max Japan] ; video director, Brian Large.
Publication: Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon ; New York, NY : Manufactured and marketed by Polygram Records, Inc., ℗1992, ©1991.

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Description

2 videodiscs (181 min.) : sound, color; 12 in.

Uniform Title

Star-spangled banner (Song)

Subjects

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Opera excerpts.
The Rigoletto and Otello excerpts sung in Italian with English subtitles. The Die Fledermaus excerpt sung in German with English subtitles and English dialogue. A "gala sequence" is interpolated into the Die Fledermaus excerpt that includes selections from various operas and musicals sung in German, French, Italian, and English.
Plot synopses in English and French, adapted from synopses by Karl Dietrich Gräwe, and complete credits ([12] p. : ill., ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City, Sept. 1991.

System Details (note)

Laserdisc; NTSC, extended play, CLV, CX encoded, stereo, digital sound.

Contents

The national anthem [The Star-spangled banner] (sung by the audience) -- Rigoletto. Act. III / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Francesco Maria Piave ; production, Otto Schenk ; set and costume design, Zack Brown ; stage director, Sharon Thomas ; lighting design, Gil Wechsler ; cast: Leo Nucci (Rigoletto) ; Cheryl Studer (Gilda) ; Luciano Pavarotti (Duke of Mantua) ; Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile) ; Birgitta Svendén (Maddalena).
Otello. Act III / music by Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Arrigo Boito ; production and set design, Franco Zeffirelli ; costume design, Peter J. Hall ; lighting design, Gil Wechsler ; stage director, Fabrizio Melano ; cast: Dwayne Croft (A herald) ; Plácido Domingo (Otello) ; Justino Díaz (Iago) ; Mirella Freni (Desdemona) ; Uwe Heilmann (Cassio) ; Paul Plishka (Ludovico) ; Sondra Kelly (Emilia) ; Charles Anthony (Roderigo).
Die Fledermaus. Act II. [Excerpts] / music by Johann Strauss ; libretto by Carl Haffner and Richard Genée ; production, Otto Schenk ; set design, Günther Schneider-Siemssen ; costume design, Peter J. Hall ; lighting design, Gil Wechsler ; stage director, Paul Mills ; cast: Andrij Dobriansky (Ivan) ; Anne Sofie von Otter (Prince Orlofsky) ; Dwayne Croft (Dr. Falke) ; Hermann Prey (Gabriel von Eisenstein) ; Barbara Kilduff (Adele) ; Grace Millo (Ida) ; Barbara Daniels (Rosalinde) ; Gottfried Hornik (Frank).
Gala sequence. Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen, from Die Zauberflöte / Mozart (Hermann Prey) -- Ah! que j\u0027aime les militaires, from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein / Offenbach (Frederica von Stade) -- Largo al factotum, from Il barbiere di Siviglia / Rossini (Thomas Hampson) -- Je suis Titania, from Mignon / Thomas (June Anderson) -- Maria, from West Side story / Bernstein (Sherrill Milnes) -- La mamma morta, from Andrea Chénier / Giordano (Aprile Millo) -- Madamina (catalogue aria), from Don Giovanni / Mozart (Ferruccio Furlanetto) -- Ah tardai troppo ... O luce di quest\u0027anima, from Linda di Chamounix / Donizetti (Kathleen Battle) -- The impossible dream, from Man of La Mancha / Leigh (Samuel Ramey) -- Io son l\u0027umile ancella, from Adriana Lecouvreur / Cilèa (Mirella Freni) -- In un coupé ... O Mimi, tu più non torni, from La bohème / Puccini (Luciano Pavarotti & Plácido Domingo).

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ocm81292081
81292081
SCSB-5520406

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