Orfeo ed Euridice /

In this updated version of the Greek myth, Orfeo, dressed in a leather jacket, trainers and jeans, sees his Eurdice die in a street accident. Succumbing to depression, he languishes in Hades, a psychiatric hospital, before taking his electric guitar to charm the beasts in an innercity concrete jungl...

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Corporate Authors:	Royal Opera House (London, England), Landseer Productions (Firm), RM Arts (Firm), Nederlandse Omroepprogramma Stichting, Channel Four (Great Britain)
Other Authors:	Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787, Moline, M. (Pierre Louis), approximately 1740-1821, Calzabigi, Ranieri de, 1714-1795 (Librettist), Kowalski, Jochen, 1954- (Performer), Webster, Gillian, 1964-, Budd, Jeremy, Haenchen, Hartmut (Conductor), Kupfer, Harry (Director), Finscher, Ludwig, Stapleton, Robin
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	Italian
Published:	West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2002?]
Subjects:	Operas. Orpheus > (Greek mythological character) > Drama. Eurydice > (Greek mythological character) > Drama. Music > Performance > Videodisc. Filmed operas.

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Summary:	In this updated version of the Greek myth, Orfeo, dressed in a leather jacket, trainers and jeans, sees his Eurdice die in a street accident. Succumbing to depression, he languishes in Hades, a psychiatric hospital, before taking his electric guitar to charm the beasts in an innercity concrete jungle.
Item Description:	Sung in Italian; subtitles in English. "A Landseer Production for RM Arts in association with NOS and Channel 4"--Container. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 chapter index card.
Format:	DVD; Dolby digital.
Production Credits:	Stage director, Harry Kupfer ; opera director, Paul Findlay ; musical preparation, Mark Packwood, David Syrus ; producer, Derek Bailey ; costumes, Eleanor Kleiber ; lighting, Willibald Kammer ; movement, Lothar Wiebe ; directed for video by Hans Hulscher.
ISBN:	0769700586 9780769700588