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Songe d’Une Nuit d’Ete, Le

Alternative title
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
Synopsis
Comic opera. Ambroise Thomas’ comic three-act fantasy in which Queen Elizabeth intervenes in a young Shakespeare’s life to save him from debauchery with his friend Falstaff, and to turn him toward his true vocation of poet. Recorded in performance during the Festival de Compiegne, for the inauguration of the Eurotunnel. The choir of the Theatre Francaise de la Musique and the Polish Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Cracow are conducted by Michel Swierczewski. Costumes designed and provided by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Series
Opera Francais
Language
French (Standard)
Country
France
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
2005
Recording date
7 May 1994
Duration
197 mins

Credits

Director
Pierre Jourdan
Writer
Adolphe de Leuven; M. Rosier
Music
Ambroise Thomas
Costume
Gilles Dubernet; Royal Shakespeare Company
Cast
Alan GabrielWilliam Shakespeare
Cecile BesnardOlivia
Franco FerrazziLord Latimer
Ghyslaine RaphanealQueen Elizabeth I
Jean-Philippe CourtisFalstaff

Additional Details

Production type
Operas and Musicals
Plays
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A
Subjects
Music
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Sung in French with English subtitles.

Production Company

Name

Eurotunnel

Name

Magic Company

Archive

Name

Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound

Email
rha@nypl.org
Web
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Phone
(212) 870 1663
Address
New York Public Library of Recorded Sound
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 100123

Distributor

Name

Kultur

Email
info@kultur.com
Web
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Phone
+1 732 229 2343
Fax
+1 732 229 0066
Address
195 Highway 36
West Long Branch
NJ 07764-1304
USA
Notes
Kultur is an online mail order distributor of over 1000 of the world’s greatest performing arts and cultural programming titles on DVD and Blu-ray, featuring the legends of opera, ballet and classical music. It also offers a large collection of art, literature, and history programmes, as seen on US public television, The Discovery Channel, The History Channel and other networks.

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Retail outlets

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