Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict Blu-ray (Glyndebourne)

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict Blu-ray, shows the classic opéra comique interpreted by French director Laurent Pelly. This adaptation of Much Ado about Nothing is a testament to Berlioz's unwavering admiration for the Bard, as seen through a unique and masterful lens.

 Housed by designer Barbara de Limburg in a series of oversized boxes, it’s ‘terribly chic, terribly pretty’ (The Spectator). Soaring over the ‘warmly graceful playing of the London Philharmonic’, Paul Appleby sings ‘attractively’ as Bénédict and Stéphanie d’Oustrac ‘makes a marvellously wiry and fiery Béatrice, singing with charm and acting with gusto’ (The Telegraph).

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Composer:Hector Berlioz
Béatrice: Stéphanie d’Oustrac
Bénédict: Paul Appleby
Claudio: Philippe Sly
Hero: Sophie Karthäuser
Somarone: Lionel Lhote
Don Pedro: Frédéric Caton
Ursule: Katarina Bradić
London Philharmonic Orchestra
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Conductor: Antonello Manacorda
Director: Laurent Pelly

Plus: Cast gallery / Rediscovering a Masterwork.

Picture: 16:9
Sound: LPCM / DTS-HD MA 
Region code: All Regions
Running Time: 129 mins
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/JP/KO