DVD95326 La Belle Helene Sadler's Wells 1963

DVD95326 La Belle Helene Sadler's Wells 1963
Item# DVD95326
$12.95

Product Description

DVD95326 La Belle Helene Sadler's Wells 1963

Studio filming rather than live on stage. Sung in English.

Joyce Blackham - Helene Kevin Miller - Paris John Fryatt - Menelaus Derek Hammond Stroud - Calchas John Heddle Nash - Agamemnon Patricia Kern - Oreste Achilles - John Carolan Ajax I - Lawrence Folley Ajax 2 - Tom Swift Daphne - Joan Davies

Sadler's Wells Orchesta & Chorus John Matheson

I don't know the provenence of this video as it was already on DVD when I received it in trade several years ago. Since home video recorders weren't invented at the time it would have been first telecast I can only guess that maybe it was rebroadcast later? It's certainly looks like a video to DVD transfer. Picture black and white and sound, I assume, mono. Picture quality so-so, but thanks to it being a studio filming there are lots of close-ups so acting still come over alright. Never had a commercial release as far I'm aware (though a studio recorded highlights album is available on CD from EMI).

Technical details: PAL VOBs, c. 4GB total 704x576 Video 9586 kbps Audio 256 kbps