Alexandre Tarta
Directing
Biography
Alexandre Tarta, born June 1, 1928 in Moscow and died March 16, 2023 in Sèvres, was a French television director. Alongside Pierre Tchernia, Pierre Cardinal, Claude Sautet, and Jean-Pierre Gredy, Alexandre Tarta belonged to the 4th class of the Institut des Hautes Études Cinématographiques (IDHEC). In 1951, after a brief stint as a film assistant, he joined television on the advice of Pierre Tchernia. Alexandre Tarta was one of the pioneers of television, along with René Lucot, Pierre Badel, Claude Loursais, and Pierre Tchernia. Until 1954, he mainly produced reports and game shows. From 1955 onward, he began applying new techniques that made it possible to broadcast live from anywhere (a submarine, the Aiguille du Midi, the aircraft carrier Le Clemenceau, and Le France). Thus, in 1967, he was entrusted with producing ORTF's very first color broadcast. Alexandre Tarta was responsible for the launches of Apollo 14 and Apollo 15 in 1971 and Apollo 16 in 1972 for European television. In the mid-1980s, Alexandre Tarta became interested in recording and broadcasting plays. In the 1980s, he returned to game and variety shows.
Known For
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Sacrée soirée
The César Awards are cinematographic awards created in 1976 and presented annually in Paris to professionals of the 7th art in various categories to recognize the best French productions. They are often cited as the French equivalent of the Oscars in the United States.
Cérémonie des César
Breathtaking sets and costumes are designed by Ezio Frigerio and Franca Squarciapino in this exceptional production, recorded at the Palais Garnier in Paris. Direction and choreography in this fully restored version of Marius Petipa's original ballet are by Rudolf Nureyev. Live performance recorded in 1994.
La Bayadère
Theatrical recording of the play from "Black Blood": 1917 was the year during the Great War that nearly led to a revolution in France. At that time, Merlin was a modest but passionate professor. Nicknamed Cripure by his students, he spent most of his time reflecting on the human condition, in the light of God, which was supposed to exist. Filmed in Théâtre du Cothurne in Lyon.
Cripure
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Le Lac des Cygnes
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Le Lac des Cygnes
Alexandre Tarta's production of Berlioz's opera, recorded live at the Salzburg Festival in 2000. Sylvain Cambreling conducts, with performances by Jon Villars, Russell Braun and Tigran Martirossian.
Les Troyens
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Le nozze di Figaro
The three main soloists have voices on a scale that can compete with these flashy production values – White and Kasarova, in particular, sing at a level of intensity that would swamp anything less; the climactic seduction trio has rarely been sung so well or with such an overpoweringly polymorphous eroticism. Cambreling marshals his forces effectively, giving full rein to the work's showstoppers like the "Hungarian March" but not neglecting the subtler less kinetic Gluckian side of Berlioz's vocal writing. Recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele, 1999.
The Damnation of Faust
Live from the State Opera Under the Linden, Berlin 1999. Choreographed by Patrice Bart.
The Nutcracker
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