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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.

Author/creator Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Format Electronic and Video (Streaming)
Publication InfoBerlin, Germany : C Major Entertainment, 1993.
Description1 online resource (57 min.).
Supplemental Content https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=http://www.aspresolver.com/aspresolver.asp?DAIV;2088493
Subject(s)
Operas.
Other author/creatorSophocles. Oedipus Rex.
Other author/creatorCocteau, Jean, 1889-1963. Œdipe-roi.
Other author/creatorGelb, Peter, producer.
Other author/creatorJaffe, Pat producer.
Other author/creatorLangridge, Philip, 1939-2010, performer.
Other author/creatorNorman, Jessye, performer.
Other author/creatorOzawa, Seiji, 1935- conductor.
Other author/creatorPeeters, Harry, performer.
Other author/creatorShiraishi, Kayako, performer.
Other author/creatorSwensen, Robert, performer.
Other author/creatorTanaka, Min, performer.
Other author/creatorTatara, Michio, performer.
Other author/creatorTaymor, Julie, 1952- director.
Other author/creatorTerfel, Bryn, performer.
Other author/creatorSaitō Kinen Ōkesutora, performer.
Other author/creatorTokyo Opera Singers, performer.
Uniform titleOedipus Rex
Parallel title Opera-oratorio after Sophocles
Series Dance in video, volume 2
Abstract 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.
General noteLibretto after Sophocles by Jean Cocteau, Latin translation by Jean Daniélou, Japanese translation by Kazuko Matsuoka.
General noteOpera-oratorio in two acts.
General noteTitle from resource description page (viewed Feb. 21, 2014).
Performer 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.
Date/time/place of a event noteFilmed Jun. 2005, at the Saito Kinen Festival, Matsumoto, Japan.
Other formsPreviously released as DVD.
LanguageThis edition in Japanese and Latin.
Genre/formFilmed performances.

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