Samuel Barber's Vanessa : Keith Warner (stage director), Jakub Hrůša (conductor), London Philharmonic Orchestra - Virginie Verrez (Erika), Emma Bell (Vanessa), Edgaras Montvidas (Anatol), Rosalind Plowright (The Old Baroness) / François Roussillon, director.

This work won Samuel Barber his first Pulitzer Prize for music: the Glyndebourne Festival presents Vanessa, a masterpiece premiered in 1958 based on a libretto by the composer's close friend, Bian Carlo Menotti. Set to one of the most beautiful scores of the 20th Century, Vanessa tells the haunting...

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Uniform Title:Medici.tv.
Corporate Author: Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Other Authors: Roussillon, François (Film director)
Jonathan, Mark (Performer)
Uragallo, Alex (Performer)
Warner, Keith (Performer)
Martin-Davis, Ashley (Performer)
Barber, Samuel
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2018.
Series:Medici.tv.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (2 hr., 6 min., 30 sec.)) : sound, color
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding Video
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This work won Samuel Barber his first Pulitzer Prize for music: the Glyndebourne Festival presents Vanessa, a masterpiece premiered in 1958 based on a libretto by the composer's close friend, Bian Carlo Menotti. Set to one of the most beautiful scores of the 20th Century, Vanessa tells the haunting story of a woman who, once abandoned by her lover Anatol, retreats from the world to await his return, living in isolation with her mother and niece. Two decades later, a man arrives who shatters the delicate balance of their home ... Olivier Award-winning stage director Keith Warner is joined by a brilliant cast and the London Philharmonic under Kevin Lin for this musical and dramatic masterpiece of Hitchcockian psychological twists! Photo : Jakub Hrůša © Andreas Herzau.
Playing Time:02:06:30
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Mark Jonathan ; Alex Uragallo ; Keith Warner ; Ashley Martin-Davis.
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