Handel, George Frideric
Contents: Messiah: Part I -- Part II -- Part III -- Appendix.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Victor Gold Seal 1992
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL HANSummary: Powell and Pressburger merge film with opera and dance to tell the tale of a poet who dreams of three women who all break his heart. He tells "the three tales of my folly of love"--In Paris, when he fancied himself in love with Olympia, who turned out to be a life-sized doll; in Venice, when bewitched by a beautiful courtesan; and on a Grecian isle, in love with daughter of a singer and conductor.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2005