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Great Scott / composer, Jake Heggie ; story and libretto, Terrence McNally.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 2747
Available
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Singers--Drama.
- Singers.
- Opera companies--United States--Drama.
- Opera companies.
- Opera--Drama.
- Opera.
- United States.
- Genre:
- DVDs.
- Drama.
- Filmed performances.
- Nonfiction films.
- Operas.
- Art music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- plastic metal 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Title from menu screen: Jake Heggie & Terrence McNally's Great Scott.
- Title from menu screen: Jake Heggie and Terrence McNally's Great Scott.
- Title on container verso: Dallas Opera presents Great Scott : American opera in two acts
- American opera in two acts
- Place of Publication:
- [Paris, France] : Erato : Warner Classics, [2021]
- Language Note:
- Sung in English; English subtitles.
- System Details:
- DVD-9, all regions, NTSC; Dolby Digital 2.0 & DTS 5.0.
- digital
- optical
- stereo surround
- Dolby Digital 2.0 DTS 5.0
- LPCM
- NTSC PAL
- video file
- DVD-9 video
- all regions
- Summary:
- Opera star Arden Scott returns to her hometown to save the struggling company that launched her career. The opening night performance of the long-lost opera she discovered falls on the same night as the home team's first National Championship game. The fate of the company hangs in the balance as Arden discovers that greatness is truly a matter of heart.
- Participant:
- Joyce DiDonato (Arden Scott) ; Ailyn Pérez (Tatyana Bakst) ; Frederica von Stade (Winnie Flato) ; Nathan Gunn (Sid Taylor) ; Anthony Roth Costanzo (Roane Heckle) ; Kevin Burdette (Eric Gold/Vittorio Bazzetti) ; Rodell Rosel (Anthony Candolino) ; Michael Mayes (Wendell Swann) ; additional assisting vocalists and dancers ; Dallas Opera Chorus and Orchestra ; Patrick Summers, conductor.
- Credits:
- Stage director, Jack O'Brien ; choreography, John de los Santos ; set and costume design, Bob Crowley ; lighting design, Brian MacDevitt ; producer, Blanton Alspaugh ; director, Aaron Butler.
- Notes:
- Title from end credits.
- "Erato, a label of Warner Classics".
- "This is a co-commission/co-production with the San Diego Opera".
- Recorded live 2015 October 30 and 2015 November 1, 4, 7 The Margot and Bill Winspear Opera House at the At &T Performing Arts Center, Dallas, Texas.
- Program notes and synopsis in English with French and German translations by Terrence McNally (23 pages : color portraits) inserted in container.
- Contains:
- Container of: Heggie, Jake, 1961- Great Scott.
- OCLC:
- 1254026101
- Publisher Number:
- 190295157470
- 0190295157470
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