L'heure espagnole /

L'heure espagnole compares the wound-up mechanism of a clock with the erotic compulsions driving flesh-and-blood humans, with Concepción devising a complex sequence of moves and counter-moves to conceal the presence of her various admirers. While L'enfant et les sortileges shares a child&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937 (Composer)
Corporate Author: London Philharmonic Orchestra (Performer)
Other Authors: Franc-Nohain, 1873-1934 (Librettist)
Format: Video
Language:French
Language Notes:Sung in French; with English subtitles.
Published: Lewes, England : Glyndebourne, 2013.
Series:Academic Video Online
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
Description
Summary:L'heure espagnole compares the wound-up mechanism of a clock with the erotic compulsions driving flesh-and-blood humans, with Concepción devising a complex sequence of moves and counter-moves to conceal the presence of her various admirers. While L'enfant et les sortileges shares a child's-eye view of a sometimes threatening world where inanimate objects come to life when a child, fed up with doing his homework, throws a temper tantrum.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed January 03, 2017).
Written in 1909.
Physical Description:1 online resource (103 min.)
Playing Time:01:43:16
Production Credits:A co-production between Glyndebourne, François Roussillon et Associés, Mezzo.