The first emperor /

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Other Authors:	Tan, Dun, 1957- (Librettist, Conductor), Jin, Ha, 1956- (Librettist), Zhang, Yimou (Producer), Large, Brian (Director), Domingo, Plácido, 1941- (Performer), Futral, Elizabeth (Performer), DeYoung, Michelle (Performer), Groves, Paul (Tenor) (Performer), Tian, Hao Jiang, 1954- (Performer), Wu, Xingguo, 1953- (Performer), Mentzer, Susanne (Performer), Fu, Haijing (Performer), Williams, Danrell (Performer), Huang, Dou Dou (Dancer, Choreographer), Wada, Emi (Designer), Schuler, Duane (Designer), Sills, Beverly (Interviewer)
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Sung in English; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.
Published:	[London] : EMI Classics, [2008]
Subjects:	Operas. Qin shi huang, > Emperor of China, > 259 B.C.-210 B.C. > Drama. Nonfiction films. Music > Performance > Videodisc. Filmed operas.

Description
Item Description:	Opera in two acts, based on Historical Records by Sima Qian (c.145-85 BCE) and the screenplay The legend of the bloody Zheng by Lu Wei. "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container. Program notes and synopsis in English (9 pages) inserted in container. Bonus: The first emperor: in rehearsal at the Met; backstage at the Met with Beverly Sills and Plácido Domingo. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-9; sound formats: LPCM stereo., DTS 5.1 surround; NTSC system: 16:9.
Production Credits:	Set designer, Fan Yue ; costume designer, Emi Wada ; lighting designer, Duane Schuler ; co-director, Wang Chaoge ; choreographer, Dou Dou Huang