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Berlioz: Les Troyens (2003)

Berlioz: Les Troyens (2003)

Music
Release Date: 2003, October 26
Directors: Peter Maniura, Yannis Kokkos
Countries: France
Production: Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet, BBC, Opus Arte
Cast: Robert Davies, Susan Graham, Ludovic Tézier, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Nicolas Testé, Mark Padmore, Gregory Kunde, Benjamin Davies, Topi Lehtipuu, Anna Caterina Antonacci, Laurent Naouri, Renata Pokupić

Overview:

This epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten years of the Trojan War. Cassandra tries to warn of the terrible fate to come, but fate is set and Troy falls. The first two acts cover this tragic end, then the flight of survivors to Carthage and events at Carthage continue in acts 3 - 5, culminating in the further voyage for Italy and Rome. This is Virgil's classic epic, in operatic form, in about a three and a half hour performance from French Opera.

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opera