Cynthia Buchan

Cynthia Buchan

Born: July 1, 1949
in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Movies for Cynthia Buchan...

L'Enfant et les Sortilèges
Title: L'Enfant et les Sortilèges
Character: The Child
Released: June 30, 2009
Type: Movie
The 1987 Glyndebourne production of Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, designed by Maurice Sendak and directed by Frank Corsaro.
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Andrea Chénier
Title: Andrea Chénier
Character: Bersi
Released: May 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Live from ROH 1985. Giordano's Andrea Chenier is one of the greatest of verismo operas, full of heart-stopping big tunes and powerful emotional situations. If it is not as well-known as it should be, it is because in summary it sounds a little too like Puccini's Tosca: there is a tussle between political opponents over a woman, an attempt to save a condemned man, a tenor aria about writing poetry on the eve of execution. The difference is that Gerard (Giorgio Zancanaro) is not a villain like Scarpia, he is an idealist whom the French Revolution has betrayed as much as it has his rival the poet Chenier (Placido Domingo). His temptation to abuse his power to seduce the virtuous Maddalena (Anna Tomowa-Sintow) is a momentary one, though its consequences are terrible. There is a streak of post-Wagnerian decadence in much of this--Maddalena is at least as much in love with death as she is with Chenier, and the final love duet has a deeply sinister aspect. -- From Amazon.co.uk
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Der Rosenkavalier
Title: Der Rosenkavalier
Character: Annina
Released: March 30, 1985
Type: Movie
Live performance, new production season 1984-5. BBC 2 Television relay on 30 March 1985 of performance of February 11.
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The Mikado
Title: The Mikado
Character: Pitti-Sing
Released: August 18, 1983
Type: Movie
Escaping from a distasteful marriage, Nanki-Poo, the son of the Mikado, arrives in the town of Titipu - disguised as a musician. He has chosen Titipu because a beautiful girl, Yum-Yum, with whom he has fallen in love, lives in the town. A desire to marry Yum-Yum, however, is not enough. Nanki-Poo has to contend with her guardian, Ko-Ko, the Lord High Executioner, who has every intention of marrying Yum-Yum, himself. Problems are compounded when the Mikado, accompanied by Katisha, Nanki-Poo's jilted bride, also arrive in the hitherto peaceful town of Titipu
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Character: Hermia
Released: August 24, 1981
Type: Movie
The Glyndebourne Opera's 1981 production of the Benjamin Britten opera, based on Shakespeare's play.