| Description |
2 videodiscs (187 min.) : DVD video, sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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DVD video NTSC |
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video file DVD video all regions |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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surround |
| Series |
The Metropolitan Opera HD live
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Metropolitan Opera HD live.
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| System Details |
DVD; LCPM stereo, DTS surround; NTSC; aspect ration 16:9; all regions. |
| Note |
Based on Carré's play 'Faust et Marguerite' and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's play 'Faust', part 1. |
| Credits |
Production, Des McAnuff ; host, Joyce DiDonato ; director, Barbara Willis Sweete ; set designer, Robert Brill ; costume designer, Paul Tazewell ; lighting designer, Peter Mumford ; choreographer, Kelly Devine ; producers, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik. |
| Performer |
Jonas Kaufmann (Faust) ; René Pape (Méphistophélès) ; Marina Poplavskaya (Marguerite) ; Russell Braun (Valentin) ; Michèle Losier (Siébel) ; supporting singers ; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor ; The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet. |
| Summary |
An aging scholar makes a deal with the Devil in exchange for an elixir of youth. |
| Audience |
Not rated (FSK 0). |
| Note |
Program notes and plot synopsis in English with French and German translations (27 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
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Includes bonus: Backstage at the Met, Debbie Miller, director. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Acts 1, 2 & 3 -- Disc 2. Acts 4 & 5. |
| Language |
Sung in French; optional subtitles in English, French, German, Chinese, Korean. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
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Faust, -approximately 1540 -- Drama.
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Faust, -approximately 1540. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Mephistopheles (Legendary character)
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Mephistopheles (Legendary character) |
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Kaufmann, Jonas -- Interviews.
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Kaufmann, Jonas. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Subject |
Poplavskai͡a, Marina, 1977- -- Interviews.
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Pape, René -- Interviews.
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Nézet-Séguin, Yannick, 1975- -- Interviews.
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Nézet-Séguin, Yannick, 1975- |
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McAnuff, Des -- Interviews.
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McAnuff, Des. |
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Oper. |
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France. |
| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Adaptations.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Barbier, Jules, 1825-1901, librettist.
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Carré, Michel, 1819-1872, librettist.
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McAnuff, Des, director, interviewee.
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Sweete, Barbara Willis, director.
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Kaufmann, Jonas, singer, interviewee.
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Pape, René, singer, interviewee.
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Poplavskai͡a, Marina, 1977- singer, interviewee.
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Braun, Russell, 1968- singer.
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Losier, Michèle, singer.
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Nézet-Séguin, Yannick, 1975- conductor, interviewee.
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DiDonato, Joyce, host, interviewer.
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Brill, Robert (Set designer), set designer.
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Tazewell, Paul, costume designer.
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Mumford, Peter, 1946- lighting designer.
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Devine, Kelly, choreographer.
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Briccetti, Louisa, producer.
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Warivonchik, Victoria, producer.
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Based on (work): Carré, Michel, 1819-1872.
Faust et Marguerite.
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Based on (work): Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.
Faust. 1. Theil.
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Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893.
Faust.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet, performer.
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Decca Music Group.
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| Standard No. |
044007438114 |
| Music No. |
074 3811 Decca |
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