Berlioz Les Troyens (1983)

Berliozs colossal masterpiece requires stupendous forcesdozens of soloists enormous chorus orchestra and ballet a superb conductor who understands the uniqueness of the scoreplus a production that does visual justice to the work A stupendous achievement was one critics assessment of Peter Wexlers inventive production And with James Levines wizardry galvanizing the marvelous allstar cast this is truly a gem Plácido Domingo is the legendary hero Aeneas Jessye Norman the obsessed prophetess Cassandra and Tatiana Troyanos is Queen Dido who commits suicide when Aeneas leaves her