Gordon Sandison
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Birthday: August 13, 1949
Deathday: December 03, 2018
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Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera
1985-01-01
Carmen - Glyndebourne Festival Opera
Overview: Don José is a guard who begins an affair with the tempestuous Carmen. He is imprisoned and loses his job, then flees with her to the mountains. When the relationship starts to break down José refuses to acknowledge it and will not leave, even when he gets news that his mother is dying. Carmen, meanwhile, has taken up with the bullfighter Escamillo. Bizet's most famous opera is brought to the Glyndebourne Festival Opera by Sir Peter Hall, with Maria Ewing and Barry McCauley heading an international cast.
Genres: Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1985-01-01
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Andrea Chénier
1985-05-01
Andrea Chénier
Overview: Live from ROH 1985. Giordano's Andrea Chenier is one of the greatest of verismo operas, full of heart-stopping big tunes and powerful emotional situations. If it is not as well-known as it should be, it is because in summary it sounds a little too like Puccini's Tosca: there is a tussle between political opponents over a woman, an attempt to save a condemned man, a tenor aria about writing poetry on the eve of execution. The difference is that Gerard (Giorgio Zancanaro) is not a villain like Scarpia, he is an idealist whom the French Revolution has betrayed as much as it has his rival the poet Chenier (Placido Domingo). His temptation to abuse his power to seduce the virtuous Maddalena (Anna Tomowa-Sintow) is a momentary one, though its consequences are terrible. There is a streak of post-Wagnerian decadence in much of this--Maddalena is at least as much in love with death as she is with Chenier, and the final love duet has a deeply sinister aspect. -- From Amazon.co.uk
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-05-01
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La Traviata
1987-08-27
La Traviata
Overview: Live from Glyndebourne 1987.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-08-27
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H.M.S. Pinafore
1982-06-01
H.M.S. Pinafore
Overview: The D'Oyly Carte production of the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta. Love blossoms between members of different social classes among a general lampooning of the British class system.
Genres: TV Movie Romance Music Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-06-01
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The Mikado
1983-08-18
The Mikado
Overview: In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-18
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