Mosè e Faraone, o, Il passaggio del mar Rosso : opera in quattro atti / una produzione RaiTre, RaiTrade, Teatro alla Scala ; dai Teatro degli Arcimboldi ; libretto du Luigi Balocchi, Étienne de Jouy ; musica di Gioachino Rossini ; regia, Luca Ronconi ; regia [televisivo], Carlo Battistoni.

Format
Video/Projected medium
Language
French
Published/​Created
[Germany] : Arthaus Musik, [2010]
Description
2 videodiscs (181 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Details

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Library of Congress genre(s)
Contains
Summary note
Rossini's re-adaptation of the story of Moses in Egypt emphasizes the dramatic moments of the biblical account.
Notes
  • "Opera in four acts."--Container.
  • Program notes (18 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) in English, German, and French laid in container.
Creation/​Production credits
Choreography, Mischa van Hoecke ; cinematography, Fabio Breta ; editing, Maurizio Bonomi.
Time and place of event
Recorded live at the Teatro degli Arcimboldi, Milan, December 21, 2003. Staged by the Teatro alla Scala.
System details
2x DVD 9 ; NTSC, region code 0; aspect ratio: 16:9; PCM stereo; Dolby Digital 5.1; DTS 5.1sound formats.
Participant(s)/​Performer(s)
Ildar Abdrazakov (Mosè), Erwin Schrott (Faraone), Giuseppe Filianoti (Amenofi), Tomislav Mužek (Eleazaro), Giorgio Giuseppini (Osiride), Sonia Ganassi (Sinaide), Barbara Frittoli (Anaide), Luciana Savignano (Iris) ; Roberto Bolle (Mosè) ; Desmond Richardson (Faraone) ; ballet, chorus, and orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti, conductor.
Language note
Sung in French, with subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, and Spanish.
Contents
  • DVD 1 (99 min.). Act I, II
  • DVD 2 (82 min.). Act III, IV.
Other title(s)
  • Mosè e Faraone
  • Passaggio del mar Rosso
Title on disc surface
  • Moïse et Pharaon
Publisher no.
107 149
OCLC
654811769
Universal Product Code
  • 807280714999
RCP
C - O
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