Handel: Belshazzar (René Jacobs) (2008)
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- Synopsis:
Handel's Belshazzar at the Aix Festival was imported from the Staatsoper Berlin. Berlin had built a huge, magnificent production and imported English and American opera singers, including star-turn countertenor Bejun Mehta. Add to this a superb local Baroque instrumental ensemble and an accomplished vocal ensemble, not to mention the world-renowned early music conductor, René Jacobs: and voilà, an operatic hit. Christophe Nel, a well-respected director in progressive German opera houses teamed up with famed Swiss minimalist set designer Roland Aeschlimann and costume designer Bettina Walter to create a production which respected the supposed austerity of oratorio. This experienced team brought Handel's not-so-high drama and philosophic tragedy to almost operatic dramatic standards as the Persian prince Cyrus overran the dissolute Babylonians and freed the captive Jews. - Actors:
- Kenneth Tarver, Rosemary Joshua, Bejun Mehta, Kristina Hammarström, Neal Davies, Christina Sampson, Lucy Taylor, Andrew Radley, Richard Wilberforce, Vernon Kirk, Andrew Davies, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs, RIAS Kammerchor, Timothy Brown, Raphael Alpermann, Wiebke Weidanz, Shizuko Noiri, Jan Freiheit, Dolores Costoyas
- Directors:
- Don Kent
- Studio:
- Harmonia Mundi
- Genres:
- Music & Musicals, Performing Arts, Special Interest
- Countries:
- France
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- Release Date:
- Not available for rental
- Languages:
- English, French, German
- Subtitles:
- English, French, German
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
- Colour:
- Colour
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