Berlioz: Les Troyens

Berlioz: Les Troyens

250 mins | Drama, History, Music | Oct. 7, 1983

Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orchestra and ballet, a superb conductor who understands the uniqueness of the score—plus a production that does visual justice to the work. “A stupendous achievement” was one critic’s assessment of Peter Wexler’s inventive production. And with James Levine’s wizardry galvanizing the marvelous all-star cast, this is truly a gem. Plácido Domingo is the legendary hero Aeneas, Jessye Norman the obsessed prophetess Cassandra, and Tatiana Troyanos is Queen Dido, who commits suicide when Aeneas leaves her.

Berlioz: Les Troyens

250 mins | Drama, History, Music | Oct. 7, 1983

Berlioz: Les Troyens
Berlioz’s colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forces—dozens of soloists, enormous chorus, orchestra and ballet, a superb conductor who understands the uniqueness of the score—plus a production that does visual justice to the work. “A stupendous achievement” was one critic’s assessment of Peter Wexler’s inventive production. And with James Levine’s wizardry galvanizing the marvelous all-star cast, this is truly a gem. Plácido Domingo is the legendary hero Aeneas, Jessye Norman the obsessed prophetess Cassandra, and Tatiana Troyanos is Queen Dido, who commits suicide when Aeneas leaves her.
Producers Deutsche Grammophon
Original title Berlioz: Les Troyens
Directors Fabrizio Melano, Brian Large
Writers Hector Berlioz

Cast

Jessye Norman

as Cassandre

Plácido Domingo

as Aeneas

Allan Monk

as Coroebus

Paul Plishka

as Narbal

James Levine

as Conductor