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Rêves d'un Marco Polo
- Title
- Rêves d'un Marco Polo / Claude Vivier ; Opus Arte production.
- Publication
- Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : Opus Arte, 2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Moving image | Use in library | MUSDVD969 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Vivier, Claude, 1948-1983
- McFadden, Claron
- Makuuchi, Tomoko
- Akker, Marion van den
- Poulson, Lani
- Daymond, Karl, 1965-
- Morgan, Richard Lloyd
- Kamp, Harry van der
- Leysen, Johan
- Harries, Kathryn
- Mierau, Terence
- Ottaway, James
- Hens, Charles
- Leeuw, Reinbert de, 1938-2020.
- Audi, Pierre.
- Bijnen, Bert.
- Duyns, Cherry.
- Asko Ensemble, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- Schönberg-Ensemble, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- Opus Arte (Firm)
- Description
- 2 videodiscs (260 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in. +
- Summary
- Kopernikus: In this mystic tale, the central character Agni calls on historical and mythical figures: Lewis Carroll, Merlin, a witch, the Queen of the Night, a blind prophet, an old monk, Tristan, Isolde, Mozart, the Lord of the Waters, Kopernikus and his mother. Marco Polo: a series of tableaux about Marco Polo, some vocal, others instrumental, which meditate on inner treasures and human suffering.
- Alternative Title
- Claude Vivier.
- Subjects
- Note
- Opera in two parts.
- Accompanying booklet in container features program notes in English, French, and German.
- Extra features: Introductions ; "Claude Vivier," a 60-minute documentary by Cherry Duyns ; interviews with Reinbert de Leeuw and others.
- Credits (note)
- Libretto for Kopernikus, Claude Vivier ; texts for Marco Polo by Claude Vivier, Paul Chamberland, Friedrich Hölderlin and Martin Luther King ; Asko Ensemble ; Schönberg-Ensemble ; musical director, Reinbert de Leeuw ; stage director, Pierre Audi ; revival directors, Pierre Audi and Bert Bijnen ; set and lighting design, Jean Kalman ; costume design, Angelo Figus.
- Performer (note)
- Susan Narucki (soprano), Lani Poulson (alto), Claron McFadden (soprano), Tomoko Makuuchi (soprano), Marion van den Akker (mezzo soprano), Karl Daymond (Baryton Martin), Richard Lloyd Morgan (baritone), Harry van der Kamp (basso profundo), Kathryn Harries (mezzo soprano), Helena Rasker (alto), Terence Mierau (tenor), James Ottaway (baritone), Charles Hens (tenor), Johan Leysen (narrator).
- Event (note)
- Recorded live at the Gasholder Cultuurpark Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, 2004.
- System Details (note)
- DVD-9; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.
- Language (note)
- Sung in various languages, with subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Dutch.
- Contents
- Part 1: Kopernikus -- Part 2: Marco Polo: Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele? (opening fragment) -- Prologue pour un Marco Polo -- Shiraz -- Lonely child -- Zipangu -- Wo bist du, Licht? -- Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele?
- LCCN
- 809478009436
- OCLC
- ocm65181836
- 65181836
- SCSB-9054026
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries