Berlioz: Les Troyens
MET OPENS 100TH SEASON WITH 'LES TROYENS'
1983-10-07 | 250 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
Recommendations
Similar Movies
-
Amadeus
-
Adams: Doctor Atomic
-
Aida - Arena di Verona
-
Farinelli
-
Verdi: Macbeth
-
Puccini: Turandot
-
Adolphe Appia Visionary of Invisible
-
Andrea Chenier
-
Cavalleria rusticana
-
Swan Lake
-
Tchaikovsky: The Enchantress
-
Pavarotti, Birth of a Pop Star
-
Tchaikovsky: Iolanta / Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
-
The Prompter
-
Hannah and Her Sisters
-
Siegfried
-
The Metropolitan Opera: Dead Man Walking
-
The Metropolitan Opera: Nabucco
-
The Metropolitan Opera: Carmen
-
River of Fundament