The Trojans - Part 1: The Capture of Troy

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International Concert Season 2003:2004 - T841644213 Concert performance sung in French. Running time approx 1 hour 25 minutesCompany London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Colin Davis. Performer Ben Heppner (Aeneas). Performer William Dazeley (Chorebus). Performer Petra Lang (Cassandra). Performer Tigram Martirossian (Pantheus). Performer Clive Bayley (Priam). Performer Pamela Helen Stephen (Ascanius). Performer Jonathan Lemalu (Ghost of Hector). Performer Anna Burford (Hecuba). Performer Mark Stone (Greek Captain). Performer Leigh Melrose (Soldier). Performer Bulent Bezduz (Helenus).
30 Aug 03	Symphony Hall, Birmingham :: V148 listing details L1441685508
T1520756303 (COLI03) New production supported by a syndicate of individual donors. Co-production with San Francisco Opera. Running time 1 hr 35 minsCompany English National Opera. Conductor Paul Daniel. Conductor Dominic Wheeler. Director Richard Jones. Design Stewart Laing. Lighting Wolfgang Gobbel. Choreographer Philippe Giraudeau. Translation Hugh Macdonald. Performer Susan Bickley (Cassandra). Performer John Daszak (Aeneas). Performer Victoria Simmonds (Ascanius). Performer Ethna Robinson (Hecuba). Performer Robert Poulton (Coroebus). Performer Pavlo Hunka (Ghost of Hector). Performer Gerard O'Connor (Priam). Performer Iain Paterson (Pantheus). Performer Colin Lee (Helenus). Performer Barry Martin (Greek Captain).
27 Jan 03 to 27 Feb 03	London Coliseum, West End :: V376 listing details L731426681

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Opera or Operetta :: Part 1 of The Trojans chronicles the siege and destruction of Troy. This chilling atmosphere is dispelled when it appears that the besieging Greeks have abandoned their struggle and left behind tribute in the form of a monumental wooden horse. Despite warnings from the seer, Cassandra, the Trojans celebrate their apparent deliverance and drag the horse through the walls into the heart of the city as an offering to their goddess, Pallas. That night, as Troy sleeps, the Greek troops emerge from their hiding place inside the wooden horse and ransack the city. As the women of Troy lament the destruction, prince Aeneas obeys the instructions of the dead hero Hector to abandon Troy and lead a band of survivors to establish a new homeland in Italy.

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