Description
Bach: Abduction of Figaro / Simply Grand Opera in Three Acts / Chorus, Corpse de Ballet, Orchestra of the Minnesota Opera / Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota / World Premiere Performance by The Minnesota Opera / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 144 Minutes
UPC: 089948425199
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 3.2 Ounces
- Item model number : 89948425199
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Color, Classical, NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours and 24 minutes
- Release date : February 10, 2004
- Actors : Marilyn Brustadt, Michael Burt, John Ferrante, Bruce Ford, Dana Krueger
- Studio : Video Artists Int'L
- ASIN : B00018D58A
- Writers : Peter Schickele
- Number of discs : 1
The master of musical parody, Professor Peter Schickele, brings US a complete opera by P.D.Q. Bach, a man who has been called a "pimple on the face of music", "the worst musician ever to have trod organ pedals", and "the most dangerous musician since Nero".
P.D.Q. BACH
The Abduction of Figaro
Simply Grand Opera in Three Acts
Chorus, Corpse de Ballet, Orchestra of the Minnesota Opera,
the Whole Schmeer, under the direction of Professor Peter Schickele
Cast LeRoy Lehr, bass (Al Donfonso, Pasha Shaboom, Papa Geno)
Dana Krueger, mezzo-soprano (Susanna Susannadanna, Mama Geno)
Bruce Edwin Ford, tenor (Pecadillo)
Marilyn Brustadt, soprano (Donna Donna)
Lisbeth Lloyd, soprano (Blondie)
Michael Burt, bass-baritone (Donald Giovanni)
Jack Walsh, almost-a-baritone (Schlepporello)
Will Roy, basso (Captain Kadd)
John Ferrante, bargain counter tenor (Opec)
Arthur Kaemmer (Figaro)
World Premiere Performance by The Minnesota Opera
Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 1984
144 minutes, USA, 1984, Color, Stereo, Sung in English
A co-production of The Figaro Partnership, Ltd. and KRMA, Denver.
Copyright©1984 The Figaro Partnership, Ltd. (All Rights Reserved)
Packaging, Design, and DVD Authoring © 2004 Video Artists International, Inc.
