Petitgirard | Elephant Man -CL- | DVD

Laurent Petitgirard is a French conductor, instrumentalist and composer, born in Paris on 10 June 1950. He has composed more than 20 symphonic works and 150 scores for film.

Joseph Merrick, The Elephant Man is an opera filmed at Nice Opera on 29 November 2002 and released on DVD by Marco Polo in 2004. Laurent Petitgirard conducted the Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice and the Chœur de l'Opéra de Nice, Daniel Mesguich directed the production, and Eric Nonn wrote the libretto. Jana Sýkorová sings the title role, and the opera is sung in French with English, German and French subtitles. The single disc is NTSC with stereo sound, plays in all regions and runs for about two hours and 46 minutes.

Track List

1. Opening-Credtis, Acts I-IV, Curtain calls-bows End credits [chapters 01-24]