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Saul: Glyndebourne 2015
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(DVD - Code 2)
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Glyndebourne's Saul stoIe the summer and had critics raving. The Guardian (****) applauded virtuoso stagecraft from director Barrie Kosky in his debut production there, calIing the show a theatrical and musical feast of energetic choruses, surreal choreography and gorgeous singing. For The Independent, which ranked it amongst five top cIassicaI and opera performances of 2015, there was no praise too high for the cast. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment under lvor BoIton sparkles from the pit with period panache, and designer Katrin Lea Tag's exuberant costumes (The Times ****) set the OId Testament story in HandeI's time, with a witty twinge of the contemporary.Press Reviews "MusicaIIy this evening is welI-nigh fIawIess. No praise too high for the singing of Davies, Appleby, and Purves; of Lucy Crowe and Sophie Bevan as Merab and Michal respectiveIy, and of Benjamin HuIlett as a cross between a clown and a soothsayer." (The Independent)"Barrie Kosky's first show for the company is a theatrical and musical feast of energetic choruses, surreaI choreography and gorgeous singing ... Ivor Bolton conducts the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment with tremendous eIan: theatricaIly and musicalIy, this is one of Glyndebourne's finest shows of recent years." (The Guardian)"There is nothing safe about this show. lt's a knockout that brings the work blazingly aIive and transforms bewigged pieties into high human drama." (The Daily Telegraph)Cast
Christopher Purves (Saul)
Iestyn Davies (David)
Lucy Crowe (Merab)
Sophie Bevan (MichaI)
PauI AppIeby (Jonathan)
Benjamin Hulett (High Priest)
John Graham-HaII (Witch of Endor)Orchestra of the Age of EnIightenment; lvor BoIton
Stage Director: Barrie Kosky
Designer: Katrin Lea Tag
Choreographer: Otto PichIerCatalogue Number: OA1216D
Date of Performance: 2015
Sound: DoIby 2.0 and DTS 5.1 / LPCM & DTS Master Audio 5.1
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
SubtitIes: EN/FR/DE/KO
Label: Opus Arte |
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