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"Street scene" is a portrait of life in a New York tenement block in the 1930s. With roles for thirty principal players, the characters are working-class people from a multiplicity of ethnic backgrounds struggling to realize the "American Dream."

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Camera Film, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Ludwigshafener Theaterchor, Houston Grand Opera, Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen, Theater des Westens (Berlin, Germany), Image Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Boehme, Michael, Montes-Baquer, José, Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967, Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950, Holmes, James, Berry, Denny, Putnam, Ashley, Embree, Marc, Hansen, Teri
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment, [2001]
Subjects:
Operas.
Music > Performance > Videodisc.
Filmed operas.
Description
Summary:"Street scene" is a portrait of life in a New York tenement block in the 1930s. With roles for thirty principal players, the characters are working-class people from a multiplicity of ethnic backgrounds struggling to realize the "American Dream."
Item Description:The staged version is a presentation of the Houston Grand Opera, Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen and the Theater des Westens, Berlin.
An American opera based on the play by Elmer Rice.
Aspect ratio 1.78:1; enhanced for 16:9 TVs.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
Format:DVD; Dolby digital 5.1, Dolby digital 2.0.
Production Credits:Camera, Manfred Bodefeld ; editing Uwe Born ; libretto by Elmer Rice ; choreographer, Denny Berry ; stage director, Francesca Zambello.