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L'Upupa und der Triumph der Sohnesliebe : ein deutsches Lustspiel, elf Tableaux aus dem Arabischen /

"The eleven tableaux in two acts narrate what is essentially a dream-story from Syria, of a type widespread in the East, but it also acknowledges the German folk tradition of stories of youngsters overcoming trials and so growing to adulthood. Al Kasim, a virtuous oriental Tamino, sets out on a...

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Main Author: Henze, Hans Werner, 1926-2012 (Librettist)
Corporate Authors: Deutsche Oper Berlin (Producer), Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain) (Producer), Teatro massimo (Palermo, Italy) (Producer), Bayerischer Rundfunk (Producer), Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images (Firm) (Producer), Kleines Festspielhaus (Salzburg, Austria), EuroArts Music International GmbH.4 dst
Other Authors: Dorn, Dieter (Director), Large, Brian (Director), Stenz, Markus (Conductor), Aikin, Laura (Performer), Ainsley, John Mark (Performer), Muff, Alfred (Performer), Schwarz, Hanna (Performer), Missenhardt, Günter, 1938- (Performer), Goerne, Matthias, 1967- (Performer), Köhler, Axel, 1959- (Performer), Scharinger, Anton (Performer), Rose, Jürgen, 1937- (Designer)
Format: Video DVD
Language:German
Language Notes:Sung in German, with optional subtitles in English, German, and French.
Published: [Germany?] : EuroArts, [2004]
Series:Festspieldokumente.
Subjects:
Operas.
Music > Performance > Videodisc.
Filmed operas.
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Summary:"The eleven tableaux in two acts narrate what is essentially a dream-story from Syria, of a type widespread in the East, but it also acknowledges the German folk tradition of stories of youngsters overcoming trials and so growing to adulthood. Al Kasim, a virtuous oriental Tamino, sets out on a journey to bring back a magical bird that has flown away--a female hoopoe, the upupa that his father had come to love inordinately"--P. 4, booklet.
Item Description:Aspect ratio 16:9 anamorphic.
Accompanying booklet contains program notes by Claus Spahn in German, English, and French.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (143 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (8 pages ; 18 cm.).
Format:DVD 9; PCM stereo., Dolby digital 5.1, DTS 5.1.
Production Credits:Bühne und Kostüm, Jürgen Rose ; Licht, Tobias Löffler ; Choreographie, Heinz Wanitschek ; Kamera, Peter Czegley ... [et al.] ; Redaktion, Mechthild Albus.