Verdi: Les Vêpres Siciliennes (Carignani)

The Sicilian Vespers filmed live, September 2010
Certificate: N/A
Running Time: c.208 mins
Retail Price: £29.99
Release Date: 30/08/2011
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Les Vêpres siciliennes, like the similarly epic Don Carlos, was conceived as a grand opéra for Paris and is driven by the tensions between private passions and public politics.

Originally set during Sicily's 13th-century uprising against French rule, in Christof Loy's staging for the Netherlands Opera the action is transposed to a 1940s world of sudden violence and shadowy double-dealing.

Imaginatively cast and idiomatically conducted, the performance presents this magnificent score in its entirety, including the allegorical ballet The Four Seasons.

Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true surround sound.

Special Features:
Introduction to Les Vêpres siciliennes

Cast Gallery

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