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Oedipus Rex /

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Dramatic staging and stellar vocal performance highlight this production of Stravisnky's opera/oratorio concerning Oedipus and his unwitting patricide and incest.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Tokyo Opera Singers, Shin-Yuh Kai Chorus, Saito Kinen Festival Dancers, Saitō Kinen Ōkesutora, Philips International, PolyGram Video (Firm)
Other Authors: Norman, Jessye, Langridge, Philip, 1939-2010, Tanaka, Min, Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963, Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Format: Video DVD
Language:Latin
Published: [Baarn, Netherlands] : New York : Philips ; Manufactured and marketed by PolyGram Video, [1994]
Subjects:
Operas.
Description
Summary:Dramatic staging and stellar vocal performance highlight this production of Stravisnky's opera/oratorio concerning Oedipus and his unwitting patricide and incest.
Item Description:Sung in Latin, spoken in Japanese with English subtitles by e.e. cummings.
Videodisc release of the opera performed by the Tokyo Opera Singers and the Shinyu-Kai Chrous in 1992.
Program notes in English, French, German and Italian ([4] pages : ill. ; 31 cm.) in container.
"440 070 264-1."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (58 min.) : sound, color ; 12 in.
Format:Extended play CLV.
Production Credits:Conductor, Seiji Ozawa ; director, Julie Taymore ; costumes, Emi Wade.