The Giacomo variations /
Michael Sturminger and Martin Haselböck adapt Casanova's themes and create with their new chamber-opera play "The Giacomo-Variations," a dramatic and humorous approach to a phenomenon. We meet Casanova - alternately played by Hollywood star John Malkovich and a baritone - in various e...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Spoken in English and sung in Italian. |
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Berlin :
C Major Entertainment,
2011.
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| Series: | Classical Music in Video
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Michael Sturminger and Martin Haselböck adapt Casanova's themes and create with their new chamber-opera play "The Giacomo-Variations," a dramatic and humorous approach to a phenomenon. We meet Casanova - alternately played by Hollywood star John Malkovich and a baritone - in various exciting encounters, and are witness to his very personal retrospection on his life in the face of his approaching death. Somewhere in the midst of these encounters, bursting with desire and passion for numerous women, Casanova has to confront his biggest fear: to die, before discovering what he has lived for. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed Jul. 25, 2014). Based on Histoire de ma vie by Giacomo Casanova ; opera scenes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Lorenzo da Ponte ; stage and costume design Renate Martin, Andreas Donhauser. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (83 min.). |
| Playing Time: | 01:22:31 |