Berlioz: Les Troyens

Berlioz: Les Troyens

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 7, 1983

Runtime

4h 10m

Genres

Drama, Music, History

Original Title

Berlioz: Les Troyens

Production Companies

Deutsche Grammophon

Director

Brian Large

Description

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.