Cynthia Buchan
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: July 01, 1949
Age: 75 years old
Gender: Female
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L'Enfant et les Sortilèges
Overview: The 1987 Glyndebourne production of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, designed by Maurice Sendak and directed by Frank Corsaro.
Genres: Music Fantasy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2009-06-30
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Der Rosenkavalier
Overview: Live performance, new production season 1984-5. BBC 2 Television relay on 30 March 1985 of performance of February 11.
Genres: Music TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1985-03-30
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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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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overview: The Glyndebourne Opera's 1981 production of the Benjamin Britten opera, based on Shakespeare's play.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-08-24
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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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Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Overview: Opera in Three Acts. Libretto adapted from William Shakespeare by Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears. Filmed at Glyndebourne in 1981. Bernard Haitink conducts The London Philharmonic
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Original Language: en
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