Un ballo in maschera : melodramma in three acts / Giuseppe Verdi ; libretto by Antonio Somma after Eugène Scribe's "Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué" ; a production of Unitel Classica, in co-production with BR/arte in cooperation with Bayerische Staatsoper.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
Italian
Published/​Created
  • Berlin : Cmajor, [2017]
  • ©2017
Description
1 videodisc (149 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

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    Summary note
    Ten years after stepping down as music director for the Bavarian State Opera, a 'grand Zubin Mehta' (Bayerischer Rundfunk) returned to Munich in March, 2016 to celebrate his 80th birthday conducting Verdi's masterpiece for the first time in a staged production.
    Notes
    • Opera in 3 acts; libretto by Antonio Somma sfter Eugène Scribe's libretto for Auber's Gustave III ou le bal masqué.
    • Title from web page.
    • Wide screen.
    Creation/​Production credits
    Stage director, Johannes Erath ; set designer, Heike Scheele ; costume designer, Gesine Völlm ; video designer, Lea Heutelbeck ; lighting designer, Joachim Klein ; video director, Tiziano Mancini.
    Time and place of event
    Recorded at Bayerische Staatsoper 3-9 March 2016.
    System details
    DVD; region 0; NTSC; picture format 16:9; PCM stereo, DTS 5.1; filmed in high definition.
    Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
    Piotr Beczała (Riccardo) ; George Petean (Renato) ; Anja Harteros (Amelia) ; Okka von der Damerau (Ulrica) ; Sofia Fomina (Oscar) ; with supporting soloists ; Bayerisches Staatsorchester ; Chorus of the Bayerische Staatsoper ; Zubin Mehta, conductor.
    Language note
    Sung in Italian; optional subtitles in Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Korean, Japanese & Spanish.
    Publisher no.
    739408
    OCLC
    976412629
    Universal Product Code
    • 814337013943
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