Berlioz's Les Troyens - I - The Taking of Troy

Latin and Music scholar, Dr Robert Forgacs, talked about Berlioz's opus, Les Troyens, a French grand opera in five acts, running for about five hours. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid. Today, Robert talked about the first part of the opera - La prise de Troie.