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{"identifier":"bv-9781350895249_6313242409112","browse_author":"Hector Berlioz (Composer), Laurent Pelly (Director) and Glyndebourne Festival Opera (Publisher)","subscription_list":["bvl_opera_glyndebourne"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350895249,"description":"Through the eye of French director Laurent Pelly this expression of Berlioz\u2019s undying admiration for the Bard \u2014 his adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing as an opéra comique \u2014 becomes \u2018an elegant treatise on love and music designed in shades of grey with 50s-era costumes\u2019 (Sunday Express ★★★★). Housed by designer Barbara de Limburg in a series of oversized boxes, it\u2019s \u2018terribly chic, terribly pretty\u2019 (The Spectator). Soaring over the \u2018warmly graceful playing of the London Philharmonic\u2019, Paul Appleby sings \u2018attractively\u2019 as Bénédict and Stéphanie d\u2019Oustrac \u2018makes a marvellously wiry and fiery Béatrice, singing with charm and acting with gusto\u2019 (The Telegraph). Stéphanie d\u2019Oustrac (Béatrice); Paul Appleby (Bénédict); Sophie Karthäuser (Héro); Philippe Sly (Claudio); Lionel Lhote (Somarone); Frédéric Caton (Don Pedro); Katarina Bradić (Ursule); London Philharmonic Orchestra; The Glyndebourne Chorus; Antonello Manacorda Stage Director: Laurent Pelly Language - French Subtitles: English, German, Japanese, Korean","videoId":6313242409112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","videoCopyright":"© Glyndebourne · François Roussillon et Associés, 2016","subscription":"bvl_opera_glyndebourne","title":"Béatrice et Bénédict","xml_source":"bvl_opera_glyndebourne_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"bv-9781350895249","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/d77c29fc-bd71-40fa-8af4-dd21085d3cc1/3c390e31-e666-47a0-93e5-a3fa443460eb/1280x720/match/image.jpg","facets":"opéraComique , Opéra comique , _19thCenturyAndRomanticOpera , 19th century and romantic opera , adaptation , Adaptation , warAndWeapons , War and weapons , identity , Identity , made_20102019 , 2010\u20132019 , french , French , italy , Italy , origin_england , England , video , Video , operaByPeriod , Opera by period , artsAndLiterature , Arts and literature , societyAndSocietalIssues , Society and societal issues , made_2000Present , 2000\u2013present , europe , Europe , operaByGenre , Opera by genre , origin_unitedKingdom , United Kingdom , music , Music , origin_europe , Europe ,","contenttypeorder":3,"date_of_publication":2016,"publisher":"Glyndebourne Festival Opera","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"bv-9781350895249","facet":["_19thCenturyAndRomanticOpera","adaptation","artsAndLiterature","europe","french","identity","italy","made_2000Present","made_20102019","music","operaByGenre","operaByPeriod","opéraComique","origin_england","origin_europe","origin_unitedKingdom","societyAndSocietalIssues","video","warAndWeapons"],"contentType":"video","authors":"Hector Berlioz~Laurent Pelly~Glyndebourne Festival Opera"}
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