Berlioz: Les Troyens
MovieTitle | Berlioz: Les Troyens |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Oct 7, 1983 |
Genre | Drama, Music, History |
Director | Brian Large |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Deutsche Grammophon |
Run time | 250 min. |
Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orchestra and ballet, a superb conductor who understands the uniqueness of the score—plus a production that does visual justice to the work. “A stupendous achievement” was one critic’s assessment of Peter Wexler’s inventive production. And with James Levine’s wizardry galvanizing the marvelous all-star cast, this is truly a gem. Plácido Domingo is the legendary hero Aeneas, Jessye Norman the obsessed prophetess Cassandra, and Tatiana Troyanos is Queen Dido, who commits suicide when Aeneas leaves her.