Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (complete opera recorded in 2016)
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HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict (complete opera recorded in 2016)
Glyndebourne Opera / Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Paul Appleby, Philippe Sly, Sophie Karthäuser, Lionel Lhote / Antonello Manacorda (cond)
[ Opus Arte / BBC DVD / DVD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 15 August 2017
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Through the eye of French director Laurent Pelly this expression of Berlioz's undying admiration for the Bard - his adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing as an opéra comique - becomes 'an elegant treatise on love and music designed in shades of grey with 50s-era costumes' (Sunday Express ????). Housed by designer Barbara de Limburg in a series of oversized boxes, it's 'terribly chic, terribly pretty' (The Spectator). Soaring over the 'warmly graceful playing of the London Philharmonic', Paul Appleby sings 'attractively' as Bénédict and Stéphanie d'Oustrac 'makes a marvellously wiry and fiery Béatrice, singing with charm and acting with gusto' (The Telegraph).
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/JP/KO
Running time: 129 minutes
Sound format: DTS HD Master Audio (Blu-ray)
"This is Pellyland, a deeply satisfying comic world with its own style conjured up for Glyndebourne by one of the most assured opera directors at work today...The LPO rise magnificently to the challenge of Berlioz's vibrant orchestration and daring harmonies...d'Oustac is a perfect Béatrice, a comic actress with impeccable timing who relishes every word...Appleby's Bénédict is much more than the bluff soldier." Five Stars BBC Music Opera Choice Sept 2017
