Research Catalog

Title

Orpheé und Eurydice [videorecording] / de Christoph W. Gluck ; operá dansé de Pina Bausch ; Arte France, Bel Air Media et L'Opéra national de Paris présentent.

Publication

Paris : Bel Air Classiques, 2009.

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Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Bausch, Pina.
• Borzik, Rolf.
• Mortier, Gerard.
• Lefèvre, Brigitte.
• Duplat, François.
• Bataillon, Vincent.
• Bridard, Yann.
• Gillot, Marie-Agnès.
• Kudo, Miteki.
• Wesseling, Maria Riccarda.
• Kleiter, Julia.
• Im, Sunhae, 1976-
• Hengelbrock, Thomas.
• Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787.
• ARTE France.
• Bel Air Media (Firm)
• Opéra national de Paris.
• Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble. prf
• Balthasar-Neumann-Chor. prf

Description

1 videodisc (1 hr., 45 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

A danse opera set to Gluck's opera of the same name. The choreographer has created dual roles, having Orpheus, Eurydice and Amor represented by singers and dances alike. Voices recount the poetic myth, while bodies come to grips with the work's dramatic substance.

Alternative Title

Orpheus und Eurydike

Subjects

• Ballets
• Operas
• Filmed ballets

Genre/Form

Filmed ballets.

Note

• Title from opening credits.
• Program notes in French, English and German (35 p. : col. ill.) bound in container.

Credits (note)

• Choreography and stage direction by Pina Bausch ; set, costume and lighting designs by Rolf Borzik ; general director, Gerard Mortier ; director of dance, Brigitte Lefèvre ; produced by François Duplat ; film by Vincent Bataillon.

Event (note)

• Filmed in high definition at the Opéra national de Paris, Palais Garnier, February 2008.

System Details (note)

• DVD-9 (region free); soundtracks in Dolby digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.

Language (note)

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

LCCN

3760115300446

OCLC

• ocn560687689
• 560687689

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries