Synopsis
Recorded at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1995, this acclaimed presentation of composer Gioachino Rossini's epic opus ERMIONE is based on Jean Racine's play "Andromache." Set in Troy after the city fell to the Greeks, the production recounts the rancorous battle between widow Andromache and Helen of Troy's green-eyed daughter, Ermione for the love of Pyrrhus
Ratings
IMDb9/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Andrea Leone TottolaWriter
- Gioachino RossiniOriginal Music Composer
- Humphrey BurtonDirector
- Graham VickDirector
Cast
- Anna Caterina AntonacciErmione
- Diana MontagueAndromache
- Jorge Lopez-YañezPyrrhus
- Bruce FordOrestes
- Paul Austin KellyPylades
- Gwynne HowellPhoenix
- Julie UnwinCleone
- Lorna WindsorCefisa
- Paul NilonAttalus
- Oliver BridgeAstyanax
Themes
operaopera live performance