27 years after its Broadway premiere, Leonard Bernstein went into a New York studio for Deutsche Grammophon to conduct his most famous work for the first time. In selecting his cast he "decided to go for sound" with the sumptuous operatic voices of Kiri Те Kanawa, Jose Carreras and Tatiana Troyanos. This spellbinding film, winner of the Prix Italia and the British Academy"s Flaherty Award, documents the stresses and strains, exhilaration and eventual triumph in the making of a landmark recording. "The result is terrific, not just musically, but as video verite" (Variety). Conducted By Leonard Bernstein Book By Arthur Laurents Orchestration By Leonard Bernstein With Sid Ramin & Irwin Kostal Maria - Kiri Те Kanawa Tony - Josecarreras Anita - Tatiana Troyanos Riff - Kurt Ollmann Nina Bernstein Louise Edeiken Angelina Reaux Stella Zambalis Alexander Bernstein Stephen Bogardus Richard Harrell Todd Lester David Livingston Marty Nelson Peter Thom Chorus: Adrienne Albert June Magruder Juliana Gondek Carmen Cornier John Kuether Darryl Tookes Charles Magruder Tony Wells Кристофер Сванн