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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.
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Summary: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 Sophie's tormented past culminating in her need to choose which of her two small children will go to the gas chamber and which will be given the chance to live.
Item Description:Information on subtitles listed in container differs from the one on screen.
"... Release on DVD of the BBC transmission, as broadcast live in December 2002."--Container.
Special features include: an illustrated synopsis, cast gallery, and an interview with Simon Rattle.
Double layer discs.
Booklet (25 pages ; col. ill.) with program notes in English, French, and German inserted in container.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (approximately 223 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD-9; NTSC, all regions; aspect ratio 16:9; PCM 2.0 stereo or DTS Digital Surround audio formats.
Production Credits:Stage director, Trevor Nunn ; chorus master, Peter Manning ; chorus director, Terry Edwards.