Sophie's choice /

Set in Brooklyn in 1947, the story is narrated by Stingo, a 22-year-old struggling writer from Virginia. It describes in flashback his relationship with two doomed lovers, Nathan, a brilliant, paranoid-schizophrenic Jew, and Sophie, a Polish survivor of Auschwitz. It gradually uncovers Catholic Soph...

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Main Author:	Maw, Nicholas (Composer, Librettist)
Corporate Authors:	Royal Opera House (London, England) (Producer), Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra (Performer), Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus (Performer), BBC Radio 3 (Producer), Opus Arte (Firm)
Other Authors:	Rattle, Simon, 1955- (Conductor), Kemp, Francesca (Director), Weston, Ben (Producer), Edwards, Terry, 1939-, Kirchschlager, Angelika (Performer), Duesing, Dale (Performer), Gilfry, Rodney (Performer), Getz, Gordon (Performer), McCafferty, Frances (Performer), Dean, Stafford (Performer), Silvasti, Jorma, 1959- (Performer), Opie, Alan (Performer), Friede, Stephanie (Performer), Styron, William, 1925-2006
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	Sung in English with English, French, German, and Spanish oprional subtitles.
Published:	[Heathfield] : Opus Arte, [2010]
Subjects:	Holocaust survivors > Drama. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Drama. Operas. Filmed operas. Televised operas. Feature films. Nonfiction films.