Description |
1 videodisc (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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Comic opera in concert performance. |
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Libretto by the composer, after William Shakespear's Much ado about nothing. |
System Details |
DVD format. |
Performer |
Gwendolyn Killebrew (Beatrice); Sheila Armstrong (Hero); Janice Meyerson (Ursula); Stuart Burrows (Benedict); Douglas Lawrence (Somarone); David Arnold; Joseph McKee; Tanglewood Festival Chorus, John Oliver, conductor; Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa, conductor. |
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Speaking roles: Rohan McCullough (Beatrice); Raul Julia (Benedict); Joanne Hamlin and Frederic Kimball, narrators. |
Event |
Filmed in Boston in 1979 as 2 episodes of the Evening at symphony television series, simulcast on radio station WQXR. |
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Adapted for television. |
Language |
Sung in French; spoken dialogue in English. |
Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Added Author |
Killebrew, Gwendolyn, performer.
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Armstrong, Sheila, performer.
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Meyerson, Janice, 1950- performer.
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Burrows, Stuart, performer.
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Lawrence, Douglas, 1942- performer.
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Arnold, David, 1943- performer.
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McKee, Joseph, performer.
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McCullough, Rohan, performer.
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Julia, Raul, performer.
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Hamlin, Joanne (Actress), performer.
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Kimball, Frederic, performer.
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Oliver, John, 1939-2018, conductor.
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Ozawa, Seiji, 1935- conductor.
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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Much ado about nothing.
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Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869.
Béatrice et Bénédict. English & French.
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Tanglewood Festival Chorus, performer.
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Boston Symphony Orchestra, performer.
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WQXR (Radio station : New York, N.Y.)
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House of Opera.
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Added Title |
Evening at symphony (Television program)
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Music No. |
DVD1635 House of Opera |
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