A village Romeo and Juliet : lyric drama in six scenes after Gottfried Keller / music by Frederick Delius ; a film by Petr Weigl ; a production of Mediascope, Munich in co-production with WDR Köln, ORF Vienna, CST Bratislava, BBC London, the Delius Trust, the Decca Record Company Limited, London.

"Shot on location, Petr Weigl's film is a spell-binding version of Delius's operatic masterpiece. Based on the timeless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the fate of the young lovers Vreli and Sali is mysteriously linked to the enigmatic Dark Fiddler (Thomas Hampson). The drama is set in nineteenth-centu...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Arnold-Schönberg-Chor (Performer)
Österreichischer Rundfunk. Symphonie-Orchester (Performer)
Mediascope (Organization)
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Österreichischer Rundfunk
Československá televízia Bratislava
British Broadcasting Corporation
Delius Trust
Decca Record Company
Other Authors: Bailey, Derek
Weigl, Petr, 1939- (Director)
Moravková, Dana, 1971- (Actor)
Dlouhý, Michal (Actor)
Haverl, Leopold, 1936- (Actor)
Mikulik, Pavel (Actor)
Svobodová, Kateřina (Actor)
Kalous, Jan (Actor)
Field, Helen, 1951- (Singer)
Davies, Arthur, 1941-2018 (Singer)
Hampson, Thomas (Singer, Actor)
Mora, Barry (Singer)
Dean, Stafford (Singer)
Mildenhall, Pamela (Singer)
Linay, Sam (Singer)
Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010 (Conductor)
Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934
Keller, Gottfried, 1819-1890
Language:English
French
German
Italian
Spanish
Chinese
Language and/or Writing System:
Sung in English; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese.
Published: London, England : Decca : Distributed by Universal Music and Video Distribution, Corp., [2003], ℗1992.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Operas > Film adaptations.
Documentary films.
Delius, Frederick, > 1862-1934.
Opera films.
Film adaptations.
Operas.
Genre:
Film adaptations.
Opera films.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD

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