Review from The Arts Desk
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Sunday 22 July 2012 at 16.30 – this is a LONG opera!
Live from the Albert Hall, London on BBC radio 3 and online
Berlioz: The Trojans
Production photo from ROH
To aid your enjoyment – Programme notes from the Proms
From the Royal Opera’s acclaimed new production directed by David McVicar, Antonio Pappano conducts a concert performance of Berlioz’s The Trojans, with Bryan Hymel as Aeneas, Anna Caterina Antonacci as Cassandra and Eva Maria Westbroek as Dido. The Trojans is Berliozs’ most ambitious work, one that he himself considered greater than anything he had done previously. Based on Virgil’s epic poem The Aeneid, The Trojans tells the story of the destruction of Troy, and of the Trojan warrior Aeneas’s quest to found a new dynasty in Italy. On the way he meets Dido, Queen of Carthage, and falls in love. In the ultimate battle between duty and love, which will prove stronger?
iPlayer time expired but why not watch the video?
Fabio Capitanucci, baritone – Coroebus
Ashley Holland baritone,- Panthus
Brindley Sherratt, bass – Narbal
Ji-Min Park, tenor, – Iopas
Barbara Senator, mezzo-soprano, – Ascanius
Anna Caterina Antonacci, soprano – Cassandra
Eva Maria Westbroek, soprano – Dido
Hanna Hipp, mezzo-soprano – Anna
Ed Lyon, tenor – Hylas
Robert Lloyd, bass – Priam
Lukas Jakobski, bass – Greek Chieftain
Jihoon Kim, bass – Ghost of Hector
Ji Hyun Kim, tenor – Helenus
Pamela Helen Stephen, mezzo-soprano – Hecuba
Royal Opera Chorus. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Sir Antonio Pappano conductor
I’m kind of afraid to start listening to this – five hours of Berlioz! (I can see reasons for, and reasons against.) The horse looks pretty cool, though.
Did you get to watch it? Recommended viewing for those who love opera videos! AND available world wise, AND watchable until October. AND you can watch each of the 5 acts separately. The horse is beyond cool
Not yet – but I just tried out the link, and it looks like all systems go (I had this idea that this was one of the videos that was unavailable outside Europe but I think I must have mixed it up with another one) – so, perhaps soon I will immerse myself!
Of course that should have said world WIDE – iPod typing can be a pain! I did ask various people around the world if it worked and it does. I think it was just the live streaming which was restricted. Enjoy!