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| Genre | Music Video & Concerts, Classical / Opera & Vocal |
| Format | Import, Subtitled |
| Contributor | Jessye Norman, Philip Langridge, Julie Taymor, Min Tanaka, Seiji Ozawa |
| Language | Japanese, Latin |
| Runtime | 58 minutes |
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Product Description
Jessye Norman, Philip Langridge, and Bryn Terfel star in this Stravinsky opera directed by Julie Taymor, with Seiji Ozawa conducting the Tokyo Opera Singer, Shinyu-Kai Chorus, and Saito Kinen Orchestra. Bonus features include conversations.
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.56 x 5.35 x 0.55 inches; 2.88 Ounces
- Director : Julie Taymor
- Media Format : Import, Subtitled
- Run time : 58 minutes
- Release date : June 14, 2005
- Actors : Min Tanaka, Philip Langridge, Jessye Norman, Seiji Ozawa
- Subtitles: : German, English, Spanish, Chinese, Italian, French
- Language : Latin (PCM Stereo), Latin (DTS 5.1), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
- Studio : Universal
- ASIN : B00092ZAOK
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #137,091 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,955 in Performing Arts (Movies & TV)
- #4,105 in Music Videos & Concerts (Movies & TV)
- #5,217 in Opera & Vocal (CDs & Vinyl)
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Seiji Ozawa conducts the Saito Kinen Orchestra and Shinyu-Kai Chorus so the music itself is superb, and with Bryn Terfel (Creon) and Jessye Norman (Jocasta) in the cast, this is truly a definitive version.
The film (and stage production) projects an aura of decay and tragedy that's hard to shake, beginning as it does with the city of Thebes in the throes of a plague. Corpses litter the landscape and black vultures descend as the chorus cries out for deliverance. Tiresius the sage has explained that the city is cursed until the murder of the previous king is rectified. The new king's resolve to find the murderer of his predecessor circles back into tragedy as those familiar with the Greek tale will know. The answer he seeks is too horrible... unable to be expunged even with an act of self-mutilation. The screen/stage is awash with blood, or is that a drop cloth of red silk, and the wounded king is swallowed up by fate. The abrupt ending leaves the viewer breathless as rain falls from the proscenium and the sound of rushing water consumes the silent aftermath of tragedy.
Even the inclusion of a Japanese narrator (Kayoko Shiraishi) seems a perfect choice as various aspects of eastern and western traditions in opera, theater, and puppetry collide in an explosion of theatrical genius unprecedented, I think, in modern interpretation.
But the music remains! Here the vocalists are wonderful (Norman is terrific!) in a largely Japanese production. Ozawa conducts excellently, i think — I like very much the pacing and tempi, and the sense of "distance in time" with the great, ancient drama. Julie Taymor is the real star here, though! Wow! Her conception is, to my mind, a bases loaded home run!
especially when the camera zoomed onto a real head, partially made-up to
look like the costumed body below the fake head. Creon in particular
was ludicrous.
In general, I felt that the staging fought for attention with the music
instead of supporting the music.
And here's a minor point. Repeated phrases frequently went unsubtitled.
This was unsettling.
Overall, a nice try. I was hoping for better from the director
of the Titus Andronicus movie.
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The use of camera and colour is well done and the DVD has subtitles for the opera as well as a bonus track of interviews with the principals and the director. Highly recommended.
L'ho acquistato per mia moglie, e pertanto mi limito a dire che i tempi di spedizione sono stati ok come al solito ed il pacchetto era in perfetto stato.
