Isaac Albeniz - MERLIN

An opera in three acts from the Teatro Real, Madrid Libretto - Francis Burdett Money-Coutts

David Wilson-Johnson, Stuart Skelton, Eva Marton, Carol Vaness with The Madrid symphony Orchestra and Choir. Conductor - Jose de Eusebio

'IBERIAN, WAGNERIAN AND ARTHURIAN'

'STAR TREK MEETS HARRY POTTER'

John Allison, The Times, 3 June 2003

Region Code All regions
Picture format 16:9 Anamorphic
Sound format LPCM Stereo & Dolby 5.1 Surround
Running time approx 184 mins DVD 9
Menu language GB
Subtitle languages F/D/ES/NL
Cat. No. OA 0887 D
Dimensions (mm) W135 H190 D15

The lost opera of Camelot takes centre stage...

Camelot, the court of King Arthur, has been rediscovered in Madrid. ...an expectant house has been thrilled by the world premiere of Merlin, the "lost" opera of Isaac Albeniz. ...the conductor Jose De Eusebio painstakingly reconstructed it from various manuscript sources and publishers' proofs...colour drenched sets, with giant, glowing Harry Potter style wands and the suggestive couplings of damsels and gnomes. From its opening stage scene, as dawn breaks outside St Paul's Cathedral in London on a Christmas Morning to the final curtain, with the sun setting behind Madrid's encircling mountains, turning the Plaza de Oriente and the Teatro Real pink, it is easy to imagine that Camelot is here after all.
David Sharrock, The Times - May 2003

EXTRA FEATURES INCLUDE
Interviews with Carol Vaness, David Wilson-Johnson and conductor Jose De Eusebio