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 Info | Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : Opus Arte, 2004. |
| Description | 2 videodiscs (approximately 218 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Bonney, Barbara performer. |
| Other author/creator | Agnew, Paul performer. |
| Other author/creator | Spence, Toby performer. |
| Other author/creator | Degout, Stéphanie, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Naoury, Laurent, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Rivenq, Nicolas performer. |
| Other author/creator | Panzarella, Anna Maria performer. |
| Other author/creator | Azzaretti, Jaël performer. |
| Other author/creator | Cahusac, Louis de, 1706-1759 librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Carsen, Robert director. |
| Other author/creator | Grimm, Thomas, director. |
| Other author/creator | Christie, William (William Lincoln) conductor. |
| Included Work | Rameau, Jean-Philippe, 1683-1764. Boréades. |
| Other author/creator | Arts florissants (Musical group) performer. |
| Other author/creator | Opéra national de Paris. |
| General note | Extra feature: The triumph of love, containing interviews with Robert Carsen, William Christie, Barbara Bonney, Paul Agnew, and Laurent Nouri. |
| General note | Program notes and synopsis in English, French, and German, and libretto in French (25 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Credits | Choreography, 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 note | Recorded live in April 2003 at the Palais Garnier. |
| Technical details | DVD; Dolby digital, stereo., surround; 16:9 anamorphic; double layer discs. |
| Language | Sung in French, interviews in English, with subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish. |
| Other title | Triumph of love. |
| UPC | 809478000990 |
| Publisher number | OA 0899 D Opus Arte |