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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0809478000990
Format: Classical, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: BBC / Opus Arte
Manufacturer: BBC / Opus Arte
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: BBC / Opus Arte
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 17, 2004
Running Time: 218 minutes
Sales Rank: 68546
Studio: BBC / Opus Arte
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Editorial Review:
Description:
This mythical tale of a young queen, Alphise, determined to abdicate rather than contemplate an enforced marriage to a descendant of Boreas, is nothing less than highly-charged. Director Robert Carsen and his creative team flood the stage with summer blossoms, drifts of autumn leaves, winter snows and thunderous spring storms. The cast of 140 are attired in elegant costumes inspired by late 1940s Dior. The all-star cast, led by Barbara Bonney and Paul Agnew, includes the ground-breaking modern dance ensemble La La La Human Steps, choreographed by Édouard Lock, who perform dance ‘divertissements’ in this strikingly beautiful staging. This 2-DVD set also includes ‘The Triumph of Love’ – 60 minute documentary on the background of the production, including interviews with Robert Carsen, William Christie, Barbara Bonney, Paul Agnew and Laurent Naouri and other members of the cast. Picture Format: 4:3 • Sound Format: Dolby Stereo, 5.1 Surround Sound • Subtitles: GB/D/F/ES • Sung in French
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Gorgeous, only one complaint
Gorgeous music, gorgeous singing...a real discovery. I don't mind the modern dress and staging...it's such an artificial plot anyway it doesn't really matter how it's staged. My only objection is to the appallingly stupid English translation in the subtitles: "dost thou..." "thou has wrested me.." English speaking people didn't talk that way in 1764...why was it translated this way? It's better to turn the subtitles off. Otherwise terrific.
Rating:  - Les Boreades
A must-have for Rameau freaks, Les Boreades is a fully staged production, with many incidental ballets and fabulous music by France's greatest Rococo composer. The choreography is amazing...modern ballet, and yet perfectly appropriate to the wildly ornate music. The seasonal theme here is handled nicely. Bonney is the strongest vocalist here. Agnew has that reedy French baroque tenor sound but little force and no ping. But who else would sing these roles? Alagna? Rivenq is great.
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Rating: - love and sunlight triumph!
We just watched this DVD for the second time after an interval of many months. The first time we loved it, now we love it even more. Paul Agnew is a gem (as he is also in Rameau's Platee) and all the other singers are great. The staging is superb, the director's vision compelling and convincing, and the choreography now seems excellent (though it took some gestation to really grasp it). Some of the more frenetic and clockwork-like elements of the dancing are supposed to be that way to emphasize the character ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant in Every Way
Rameau never saw Les Boreades staged. He was 80 years old when he wrote it. The planned production at Louis XV's theater in Choisy in 1763 was mysteriously abandoned, perhaps due to court intrigue, and the opera was forgotten until John Eliot Gardiner conducted a concert version of it in London in 1974. This DVD captures the first-ever full performance, by the Opera National de Paris in 2003, in such spectacular fashion that the ghost of Jean-Philippe Rameau might think it was worth waiting for. Every singer ... Read More
Rating: - Brilliant in Every Way
Rameau never saw Les Boreades staged. He was 80 years old when he wrote it. The planned production at Louis XV's theater in Choisy in 1763 was mysteriously abandoned, perhaps due to court intrigue, and the opera was forgotten until John Eliot Gardiner conducted a concert version of it in London in 1974. This DVD captures the first-ever full performance, by the Opera National de Paris in 2003, in such spectacular fashion that the ghost of Jean-Philippe Rameau might think it was worth waiting for. Every singer ... Read More
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