El tambor de damasco /
An old man falls in love with a beautiful woman. She tricks him into believing that she will reciprocate his desire if he beats on a drum. However, instead of a drum-skin, the drum is covered with damask and, thus, makes no sound. He kills himself, and his spirit confronts an endless cycle of unreq...
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| Format: | CD Audio |
| Language: | Spanish |
| Language Notes: | Sung in Spanish. |
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[Caracas}] :
[Ministerio de Educación, Cultura, y Deportes] : [CONAC],
℗1993.
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| Summary: | An old man falls in love with a beautiful woman. She tricks him into believing that she will reciprocate his desire if he beats on a drum. However, instead of a drum-skin, the drum is covered with damask and, thus, makes no sound. He kills himself, and his spirit confronts an endless cycle of unrequited love and death. |
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| Item Description: | Opera in two acts, libretto by the composer based on "The damask drum" (Aya no tsuzumi) by Japanese author Yukio Mishima. Mishima's play is, in turn, a modernized adaptation of a 14th-century Nō play, sometimes attributed to Zeami. Compact disc. Date from program booklet. At head of title: Compañía Nacional de Ópera Alfredo Sadel. Depósito legal: FD2522003254 Booklet containing biographies of the performers, summary of the plot and libretto in Spanish (16 pages ; ill.) inserted in container. Sound recording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time: | 00:02:50 00:15:10 00:03:26 00:02:04 00:11:27 00:08:33 |