The Ghosts of Versailles
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What happened to Figaro and his friends after the events told in Rossini’s and Mozart’s operas? One possible sequel is told in John Corigliano’s “grand opera buffa” The Ghosts of Versailles—an uproariously funny and deeply moving work inspired by Beaumarchais’s third Figaro play, La Mère Coupable, and commissioned by the Met to celebrate its 100th anniversary. This telecast captures its world premiere run, conducted by James Levine. Håkan Hagegård is Beaumarchais, Figaro’s creator, who is deeply in love with Marie Antoinette (Teresa Stratas in a heart-searing performance) and determined to rewrite history and save her from the guillotine. A young Renée Fleming, at the beginning of her international career, sings the unfaithful Rosina. Gino Quilico is the wily Figaro who tries to take matters in his own hands, and Marilyn Horne stops the show as the exotic entertainer Samira.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1992-01-10
Runtime: 180 mins
Director: Brian Large, Colin Graham
Writer: William M. Hoffman
Spoken language: English
Genres: Music
Original title: The Ghosts of Versailles
Production Companies: The Metropolitan Opera
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
Teresa Stratas
Håkan Hagegård
Gino Quilico
Renée Fleming
Marilyn Horne
Graham Clark
Judith Christin
Peter Kazaras
Tracy Dahl
Neil Rosenshein
Stella Zambalis
Wilbur Pauley
Jane Shaulis
Richard Drews
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