Cover Image

Oedipus Rex ; and, The Flood /

Show other versions (6)

A double bill of music by Igor Stravinsky -- Oedipus Rex, an opera-oratorio defying the traditional structure and music content of opera and the sacred nature of oratorio, live from the Carré Theatre in Amsterdam. The original 1962 recording of The Flood, a work originally conceived for the televisi...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Corporate Authors: Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Chorus (Performer), Kultur International Films, RM Arts (Firm)
Other Authors: Hulscher, Hans (Director), Rosenshein, Neil (Performer), Palmer, Felicity (Performer), Desderi, Claudio (Performer), Scharinger, Anton (Performer), Lavender, Justin (Performer), Rochefort, Jean (Performer), Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 (Librettist), Harvey, Laurence (Performer), Cabot, Sebastian (Performer), Lancaster, Elsa (Performer), Tripp, Paul (Performer), Reardon, John, 1930-1988 (Performer), Oliver, Robert (Performer), Robinson, Richard (Performer), Craft, Robert (Conductor), Haitink, Bernard, 1929- (Conductor), Drupsteen, Jaap, 1942- (Director)
Format: Video VHS
Language:English
Latin
Published: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur International Films, [between 1986 and 1997]
Subjects:
Operas > Film adaptations.
Description
Summary:A double bill of music by Igor Stravinsky -- Oedipus Rex, an opera-oratorio defying the traditional structure and music content of opera and the sacred nature of oratorio, live from the Carré Theatre in Amsterdam. The original 1962 recording of The Flood, a work originally conceived for the television medium, is set to a breathtaking range of video effects.
Item Description:1st work an oratorio in 2 acts, sung in Latin; 2nd work a musical play, sung in English.
Oedipus Rex: text by Jean Cocteau, 1927; directed by Bernard Haitink; video director, Hans Hulscher ; The Flood: designed and directed by Jaap Drupsteen; text chosen and arranged by Robert Craft ; based on the book of Genesis and the York and Chester Miracle Plays.
Recorded in Dolby stereo hi-fi.
"0079."
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videocassette (90 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Format:VHS format.
ISBN:1561270792