Les Troyens

Berlioz Les Troyens opera to libretto by the composer. Directed 2009 by Carlus Padrissa at the Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofía" with staging by La Fura dels Baus. Stars Lance Ryan, Gabriele Viviani, Giorgio Giuseppini, Stephen Milling, Eric Cutler, Oksana Shilova, Elisabete Matos, Daniela Barcellona, Zlata Bulicheva, Dmitri Voropaev, Askar Abdrazakov, Tomeu Bibiloni, Yuri Vorobiov, Javier Agulló, Vincent Pavesi, Bonifaci Carrillo, Dolores Lahuerta, María Luisa Corbacho, Pepa Juan, and Darío March. Stars ballet dancers Tatiana Tkachenko, Elena Yevseyeva, Anton Pimonov, and Alexei Timofeyev of the Mariinsky Theatre, with choreography by Emil Faski. Also stars mimes and dancers Manuel Alcaide, Joaquín Bello, Pablo Bosch, Jordi Cano, Cristina Carrión, María Casasempere, María José Cases, Juan José Dalmau, Blanca Diago, Almudena Mahiques, Aycha Naffaa, Roseta Plasencia, Diego Ramírez, María Jesús Sánchez, Juan Carlos Serrano, José Luis Soria, and Miguel Ángel Sweeney. Valery Gergiev conducts the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valensiana and the Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana (Chorus Master Francesc Perales). Stage music provided by Fundación Desarroya (Director Ricardo Casero). Stage design by Roland Olbeter; video creation by Franc Aleu; lighting by Peter Van Praet; costumes by Chu Uroz; video direction by Tiziano Mancini. Released  2011, disc has 5.1 dts-HD Master Audio sound. Grade: Help!

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