Research Catalog

Title

The first emperor / composed and conducted by Tan Dun ; libretto by Ha Jin and Tan Dun ; production by Zhang Yimou ; directed by Brian Large ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and Thirteen/WNET New York.

Publication

[London] : EMI Classics, [2008]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tan, Dun, 1957-
• Jin, Ha, 1956-
• Zhang, Yimou
• Large, Brian
• Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
• Futral, Elizabeth
• DeYoung, Michelle
• Groves, Paul (Tenor)
• Tian, Hao Jiang, 1954-
• Wu, Xingguo, 1953-
• Mentzer, Susanne
• Fu, Haijing
• Williams, Danrell
• Huang, Dou Dou
• Zhang, Ziyi, 1979-
• Wada, Emi
• Schuler, Duane
• Sills, Beverly
• Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
• Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
• EMI (Firm)

Description

2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects

• Operas
• Qin shi huang, Emperor of China, 259 B.C.-210 B.C > Drama
• Nonfiction films

Genre/Form

Nonfiction films.

Note

• Opera in two acts, based on Historical Records by Sima Qian (c.145-85 BCE) and the screenplay The legend of the bloody Zheng by Lu Wei.
• "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container.
• Program notes and synopsis in English (9 p.) inserted in container.
• Bonus: The first emperor: in rehearsal at the Met; backstage at the Met with Beverly Sills and Plácido Domingo.

Credits (note)

• Set designer, Fan Yue ; costume designer, Emi Wada ; lighting designer, Duane Schuler ; co-director, Wang Chaoge ; choreographer, Dou Dou Huang

Event (note)

• Recording: live from the Met, 13 January 2007.

System Details (note)

• DVD-9; sound formats: LPCM stereo., DTS 5.1 surround; NTSC system: 16:9.

Language (note)

• Sung in English; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

LCCN

5099921512995

OCLC

• ocn261139752
• 261139752
• SCSB-9053994

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries