Berlioz: Les Troyens
Berlioz: Les Troyens

Berlioz: Les Troyens

1983-10-07| 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.

Genres

DramaMusicHistory

Cast

Tatiana Troyanos

Tatiana Troyanos

Jessye Norman

Jessye Norman

Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo

Allan Monk

Allan Monk

Paul Plishka

Paul Plishka

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