Les Huguenots [videorecording]

Format

DVD; Video

Summary

Dame Joan Sutherland's farewell performance to the operatic stage, this production captures the horror and tragedy of the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, as well as the splendor and romance of 16th century France.

Director

Lotfi Mansouri; Virginia Lumsden

Performer(s)

Joan Sutherland (Marguerite de Valois) ; Amanda Thane (Valentine) ; Suzanne Johnston (Urbain) ; Anson Austin (Raoul de Nangis) ; John Pringle (Count de Nevers) ; Clifford Grant (Marcel) ; John Wegner (Count de Saint Bris) ; David Collins-White, Kerry Henderson, Neil Kirkby, Lindsay Gaffney, David Lemke, Kirsti Harms, Joanna Cole, Kerry Elizabeth Brown, Genevieve Killalea, Sergei Baigildin, Marjory McKay, Jennifer Bermingham, Neville Wilkie, David Hibbard, Stephen Bennett, Greg Scott, supporting soloists ; Australian Opera Chorus ; Australian Opera & Ballet Orchestra ; The Australian Opera Dance Ensemble ; Richard Bonynge, conductor.

Release Date

1990

Run Time

200 min.

Language

Sung in French, with English subtitles.

Notes

Opera in 5 acts.

Variant title

At head of title:

Joan Sutherland's gala farewell

End credits:

Dame Joan Sutherland's gala farewell

ISBN(s)

0769700292, 9780769700298,

Credits

Choreographer, Lois Strike ; set designer, John Stoddart ; costume designer, Michael Stennett ; lighting designer, Derek Coutts ; camera, Michael Turski ... [et al.] ; associate producer, Tricia Canavan ; executive producer, Peter Butler.

Published

West Long Branch, NJ :Kultur,[200-?]

Recording information

Originally produced in 1990 at the Sydney Opera House.

Publisher no.

D0029 Kultur

Description

1 videodiscs (200 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter guide ([2] p. : col. ill. ; 19 cm.) DVD video; Dolby digital.

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