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Berlioz: Les Troyens

MET OPENS 100TH SEASON WITH 'LES TROYENS'

1983
Rated PG
250 minutes
Drama, History, Music
★★★★★
★★★★★
4.05
Directed By: Brian Large
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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.

Language
French
Release Date
October 7, 1983
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