In Robert Carsen's production, the mythological events take place in the world of Parisian haute couture and Jupiter is portrayed as the fashion god Karl Lagerfeld, who has now really been transferred up to Olympus.
2 videodiscs (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in digital optical stereo surround PCM DTS 5.1 videodisc NTSC video file DVD video all regions polychrome
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Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated
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Opera in a prologue and three acts; libretto by Adrien-Joseph Le Valois d'Orville Bonus features: interviews with Marcel Beekman, Nicolas Paul, Gideon Davey, William Christie and Robert Carsen Marcel Beekman (Platée), Jeanine De Bique (La Folie), Cyril Auvity (Mercure/Thespis), Marc Mauillon (Momus/Cithéron), Edwin Crossley-Mercer (Jupiter), Emmanuelle de Negri (Clarine/Amour), Emilie Renard (Junon), Ilona Revolskaya (Thalie), Padraic Rowan (Mommuss/Satyre) ; Arnold Schoenberg Chor ; Les arts florissants ; William Christie, conductor Recorded live 2020 December the Theater an der Wien DVD, region 0, NTSC; wide screen (16:9); PCM stereo, DTS 5.1 Sung in French; French, Germany, English, Japanese or Korean subtitles
