A village Romeo and Juliet : lyric drama in six scenes after Gottfried Keller

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Label

A village Romeo and Juliet : lyric drama in six scenes after Gottfried Keller

Title remainder

lyric drama in six scenes after Gottfried Keller

Statement of responsibility

music by Frederick Delius ; a film by Petr Weigl

Contributor

• Weigl, Petr, 1939-
• Arnold-Schönberg-Chor,
• British Broadcasting Corporation
• Decca Record Company
• Delius Trust
• Mediascope (Organization)
• Österreichischer Rundfunk, Symphonie-Orchester,
• Bailey, Derek
• Bailey, Derek, 1930-2005
• Davies, Arthur, 1941-2018,
• Dean, Stafford,
• Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934
• Dlouhý, Michal,
• Field, Helen, 1951-
• Hampson, Thomas,
• Haverl, Leopold, 1936-
• Kalous, Jan,
• Keller, Gottfried, 1819-1890
• Kohaut, Karl, 1726-1784
• Linay, Sam,
• Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010,
• Mikulik, Pavel,
• Mildenhall, Pamela,
• Montes-Baquer, José
• Mora, Barry,
• Moravková, Dana, 1971-
• Svobodová, Kateřina,

Actor

• Dlouhý, Michal,
• Mikulik, Pavel,
• Svobodová, Kateřina,
• Kalous, Jan,
• Hampson, Thomas,

Conductor

• Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010,

Director

• Weigl, Petr, 1939-

Performer

• Österreichischer Rundfunk, Symphonie-Orchester,
• Arnold-Schönberg-Chor,

Singer

• Dean, Stafford,
• Mildenhall, Pamela,
• Davies, Arthur, 1941-2018,
• Mora, Barry,
• Hampson, Thomas,
• Field, Helen, 1951-
• Linay, Sam,

Subject

• Operas -- Film adaptations
• Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934
• Delius, Frederick, 1862-1934
• Film adaptations
• Musical films
• Operas
• Video recordings
• Videorecording
• Adaptations

Genre

• Film adaptations
• Video recordings
• Musical films
• Adaptations

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• ger
• eng

Summary

"Shot on location, Petr Weigl's film is a spell-binding version of Delius's operatic masterpiece. Based on the timeless tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, the fate of the young lovers Vreli and Sali is mysteriously linked to the enigmatic Dark Fiddler (Thomas Hampson). The drama is set in nineteenth-century Switzerland and includes the celebrated 'Walk to the Paradise Garden'"--Container

Cataloging source

ZMS

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Editor, Karel Kohout ; producer, José Montes-Baquer, Eberhard Scheele ; script and director, Petr Weigl

Language note

• Sung in English; optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese
• Includes program notes and synopsis in English, French and German

PerformerNote

Dana Moravkova, sung by Helen Field (Vreli) ; Michal Dlouhy, sung by Arthur Davies (Sali) ; Thomas Hampson (the Dark Fiddler) ; Leopold Haverl, sung by Barry Mora (Manz) ; Pavel Mikulik, sung by Stafford Dean (Marti) ; Katerina Svobodova, sung by Pamela Mildenhall (Vreli as a child) ; Jan Kalous, sung by Samuel Linay ; (Sali as a child) ; supporting singers ; Arnold-Schönberg-Chor ; ORF Symphonieorchester ; Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor

Runtime

171

Technique

live action