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Oedipus rex / CAMI Video and NHK present ; [by] Igor Stravinsky ; produced by Peter Gelb, Pat Jaffe ; stage production and film directed by Julie Taymor.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Standardized Title:
- Oedipus Rex
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Filmed performances.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (57 min.).
- Other Title:
- Opera-oratorio after Sophocles
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin, Germany : C Major Entertainment, 1993.
- Language Note:
- This edition in Japanese and Latin.
- Summary:
- This ambitious production uses a number of striking visual elements including a massive set that floats above a reflecting pool, huge puppets, and sculptures. The noted Butoh artist, Min Tanaka, dances the role of Oedipus, and is joined by twenty dancers to portray this classical tragedy.
- Participant:
- Jessye Norman (Jocasta) ; Philip Langridge (Oedpius) ; Bryn Terfel (Creon) ; Min Tanaka (Oedipus dancer) ; Kayoko Shiraishi (The Speaker) ; Harry Peeters (Tiresias) ; Michio Tatara (Messenger) ; Robert Swensen (Shepherd) ; Shinyu-Kai Chorus ; Tokyo Opera Singers ; Saito Kinen Festival Dancers ; Saito Kinen Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor.
- Notes:
- Libretto after Sophocles by Jean Cocteau, Latin translation by Jean Daniélou, Japanese translation by Kazuko Matsuoka.
- Opera-oratorio in two acts.
- Title from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014).
- Filmed Jun. 2005, at the Saito Kinen Festival, Matsumoto, Japan.
- OCLC:
- 877884300
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