Les Boréades : "tragédie en musique" en five acts : posthumous opera (1764) / [music], by Jean Philippe Rameau ; libretto attributed to Louis de Cahusac ; stage direction, Robert Carsen ; directed for video by Thomas Grimm ; a production [of] Opéra National de Paris [and others].

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoWaldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : Opus Arte, 2004.
Description2 videodiscs (approximately 218 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorBonney, Barbara performer.
Other author/creatorAgnew, Paul performer.
Other author/creatorSpence, Toby performer.
Other author/creatorDegout, Stéphanie, performer.
Other author/creatorNaoury, Laurent, performer.
Other author/creatorRivenq, Nicolas performer.
Other author/creatorPanzarella, Anna Maria performer.
Other author/creatorAzzaretti, Jaël performer.
Other author/creatorCahusac, Louis de, 1706-1759 librettist.
Other author/creatorCarsen, Robert director.
Other author/creatorGrimm, Thomas, director.
Other author/creatorChristie, William (William Lincoln) conductor.
Included WorkRameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764. Boréades.
Other author/creatorArts florissants (Musical group) performer.
Other author/creatorOpéra national de Paris.
General noteExtra feature: The triumph of love, containing interviews with Robert Carsen, William Christie, Barbara Bonney, Paul Agnew, and Laurent Nouri.
General noteProgram notes and synopsis in English, French, and German, and libretto in French (25 p. : ports.) inserted in container.
CreditsChoreography, Edouard Lock ; stage and costume design, Michael Levine ; lighting, Robert Carsen & Peter Van Praet.
Performer Barbara Bonney (Alphise) ; Paul Agnew (Abaris) ; Toby Spence (Calisis) ; Stéphanie Degout (Borilée) ; Laurent Naouri (Borée) ; Nicolas Rivenq (Adamas, Appolon) ; Anna-Maria Panzarella (Sémire) ; Jaël Azzaretti (Une nymphe) ; supporting soloists ; with guest dance company: La La La Human Steps ; Les Arts florissants ; William Christie, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded live in April 2003 at the Palais Garnier.
Technical detailsDVD; Dolby digital, stereo., surround; 16:9 anamorphic; double layer discs.
LanguageSung in French, interviews in English, with subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish.
Other titleTriumph of love.
UPC 809478000990
Publisher numberOA 0899 D Opus Arte