Talking about Opera: Berlioz's Les Troyens
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LABEL
Met
RELEASE DATE
2002
DURATION
01:11:36
ALBUM ARTIST
David Hamilton
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ALBUM ARTISTS
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Alexander Gibson
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Ambrosian Opera Chorus
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Bernadette Greevy
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David Hamilton
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Georges Prêtre
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Gerard Dunan
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Guy Chauvet
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Gwynne Howell
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Jane Berbié
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Janet Baker
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Jean-Pierre Huteau
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London Symphony Orchestra
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Lucien Bernet
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Marie-Luce Bellary
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Paris National Opera Chorus
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Paris National Opera Orchestra
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Régine Crespin
Album TRACKS
DISC 1
1
David Hamilton
Talking about Opera: Berlioz's Les Troyens
Introduction. "In the fall of 1821, a young Frenchman, not quite eighteen years old...."
8:42
2
Introduction. "That subject was 'a vast opera, on the Shakespearean plan, based on the second and f
4:45
3
Act 1. "The first two acts of Les Troyens, set in Troy after the apparent departure of the besiegin
10:01
4
Act 2. "Act Two begins in a dimly-lit room in the palace of Aeneas..."
6:22
5
Act 3. "Te central female figure of the opera's second half, Dido, was a native of Tyre in Phoenici
5:31
6
Act 3. "After the people leave, the queen confides to her sister, Anna, that the festival has calme
3:43
7
Act 4. Scene 1. "In the Aeneid, the consummation of the growing passion between Dido and Aeneas is
4:02
8
Act 4. Scene 2. "The second scene of Act Four is set in Dido's garden by the sea, at sunset."
6:40
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Act 4. Scene 2. "At the septet's end, the others gradually move off, leaving Dido and Aeneas alone
7:56
10
Act 5. Scene 1. "The last act fully embodies Shakespearean fluidity and contrast."
5:29
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Act 5. Scene 2. "The scene changes to a room in Dido's palace, at dawn."
4:37
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Act 5. Scene 3. "The scene shifts to a terrace overlooking the sea, where the funeral pyre has been
3:48
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