L'Orfeo / Monteverdi ; [directed, staged and designed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle].
| Author/creator | Monteverdi, Claudio |
| Format | Video (DVD) |
| Publication Info | [New York] : The Decca Record Company, ℗1988. |
| Description | 1 videodisc (approximately 102 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in . + 1 Synopsis (6 pages (folded) : illustrations ; 31 cm) |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Mockert-Keyser, Gudrun, editor. |
| Other author/creator | Halmen, Pet, costume designer. |
| Other author/creator | Janda, Gerd, set designer. |
| Other author/creator | Mühle, Helmut A., producer. |
| Other author/creator | Treu, Wolfgang, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Harnoncourt, Nikolaus conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Striggio, Alessandro librettist. |
| Other author/creator | Turban, Dietlinde, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Huttenlocher, Philippe, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ponnelle, Jean-Pierre, 1932-1988 director. |
| Other author/creator | Opernhaus Zürich. Monteverdi-Ensemble, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH. |
| Other author/creator | Decca Record Company. |
| Other author/creator | Opernhaus Zürich. Chor, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Opernhaus Zürich. |
| Abstract | A film of Monteverdi's vibrant setting of the Greek legend of the musician Orpheus and his ill-fated wife Eurydice. The action takes place in legendary Greece. |
| General note | London; 071 203-1. |
| General note | Opera in a prologue and 5 acts; sung in Italian. |
| General note | Libretto by Alessandro Striggio. |
| General note | "A production of Unitel..." |
| General note | Originally produced in 1978. |
| General note | Program notes by the conductor and synopsis (6 p. : ill.) in container. |
| General note | NTSC. |
| General note | Stereo, CX encoded. |
| General note | Soundtrack digitally remastered for CD Video. |
| General note | LaserVision. |
| General note | Extended play, CLV. |
| Credits | Director of photography, Wolfgang Treu ; producer, Helmut A. Mühle ; sets, Gerd Janda ; costumes, Pet Halmen ; editing, Gudrun Mockert-Keyser. |
| Performer | Philippe Huttenlocher ; Dietlinde Turban ; other soloists ; chorus, ballet and Monteverdi Ensemble of the Zürich Opera House ; Nickolaus Harnoncourt, conductor. |
| Genre/form | Feature films. |
| Genre/form | Music videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Publisher number | 071 203-1 Decca |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Music | Temporarily Unavailable | VLD-18 | Unavailable | Place Hold |