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The Resource Oedipus Rex, Igor Stravinsky ; a Peter Gelb production ; produced by Peter Gelb [and] Pat Jaffe ; stage production and film directed by Julie Taymor ; a production of CAMI Video and NHK ; in association with Channel 4 [and others]

Oedipus Rex, Igor Stravinsky ; a Peter Gelb production ; produced by Peter Gelb [and] Pat Jaffe ; stage production and film directed by Julie Taymor ; a production of CAMI Video and NHK ; in association with Channel 4 [and others]

Label
Oedipus Rex
Title
Oedipus Rex
Statement of responsibility
Igor Stravinsky ; a Peter Gelb production ; produced by Peter Gelb [and] Pat Jaffe ; stage production and film directed by Julie Taymor ; a production of CAMI Video and NHK ; in association with Channel 4 [and others]
Contributor
Composer
Conductor
Dancer
Film director
Instrumentalist
Librettist
Producer
Production company
Set designer
Singer
Stage director
Subject
Genre
Language
  • chi
  • lat
  • jpn
  • lat
  • eng
  • fre
  • ger
  • ita
  • spa
  • lat
Summary
Performance of Stravinski's work from the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto, Japan
Related
Awards note
Jury Prize, 1993 Montréal Film Festival.
Cataloging source
ZMS
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Choreographer, Suzushi Hanayagi ; set designer, George Tsypin ; costume designer, Emi Wada
Date time place
Filmed at the Saito Kinen Festival, Matsumoto, Japan
Dewey number
  • 782.1
  • 792.542
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Language note
Sung in Latin, spoken in Japanese; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese (opera only)
LC call number
M1500.S77
LC item number
O33 2005
PerformerNote
Jessye Norman (Jocasta) ; Philip Langridge (Oedpius) ; Bryn Terfel (Creon) ; Min Tanaka (Oedipus dancer) ; Kayoko Shiraishi (The Speaker) ; Harry Peeters (Tiresias) ; Michio Tatara (Messenger) ; Robert Swensen (Shepherd) ; Shinyu-Kai Chorus ; Tokyo Opera Singers ; Saito Kinen Festival Dancers ; Saito Kinen Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1952-
  • 1954-
  • 1889-1963
  • 1882-1971
  • 1939-2010
  • 1935-
  • 1882-1971
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Gelb, Peter
  • Jaffe, Pat
  • Taymor, Julie
  • Tsypin, George
  • Cocteau, Jean
  • Stravinsky, Igor
  • Norman, Jessye
  • Langridge, Philip
  • Terfel, Bryn
  • Tanaka, Min
  • Shiraishi, Kayako
  • Peeters, Harry
  • Tatara, Michio
  • Swensen, Robert
  • Ozawa, Seiji
  • Sophocles
  • Stravinsky, Igor
  • Tokyo Opera Singers
  • Shin-Yuh Kai Chorus
  • Saito Kinen Festival Dancers
  • Saitō Kinen Ōkesutora
  • CAMI Video (Firm)
  • Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai
  • Channel Four (Great Britain)
Runtime
117
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
Operas
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
Label
Oedipus Rex, Igor Stravinsky ; a Peter Gelb production ; produced by Peter Gelb [and] Pat Jaffe ; stage production and film directed by Julie Taymor ; a production of CAMI Video and NHK ; in association with Channel 4 [and others]
Instantiates
Distribution
Note
  • Opera-oratorio in two acts
  • Libretto after Sophocles by Jean Cocteau, Latin translation by Jean Daniélou, Japanese translation by Kazuko Matsuoka
  • "Made in the E.U."--Container
  • Originally released in 1992
  • Durations: 58 min. (opera); 59 min. (documentary)
  • Includes: Conversations with Julie Taymor, a 59 minute film revealing the background of this award-winning production, featuring interviews with Jessye Norman, Seiji Ozawa, George Tyspin and Julie Taymor. It is accompanied by 187 rehearsal and performance photos
  • Program notes by Max Harrison in English (11 pages) inserted in container
Accompanying material
1 booklet (19 pages ; 18 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Oedipus Rex
  • (58 min.)
  • Conversations with Julie Taymor
  • (59 min.)
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (117 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
044007430774
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
plastic
Publisher number
B0003883-09
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm60859985
  • (OCoLC)60859985
  • 4179282
System details
DVD 9, widescreen letterbox (15:9) (opera), full screen (4:3) presentation (documentary); LPCM stereo., DTS digital 5.1 surround, region 0
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Oedipus Rex, Igor Stravinsky ; a Peter Gelb production ; produced by Peter Gelb [and] Pat Jaffe ; stage production and film directed by Julie Taymor ; a production of CAMI Video and NHK ; in association with Channel 4 [and others]
Distribution
Note
  • Opera-oratorio in two acts
  • Libretto after Sophocles by Jean Cocteau, Latin translation by Jean Daniélou, Japanese translation by Kazuko Matsuoka
  • "Made in the E.U."--Container
  • Originally released in 1992
  • Durations: 58 min. (opera); 59 min. (documentary)
  • Includes: Conversations with Julie Taymor, a 59 minute film revealing the background of this award-winning production, featuring interviews with Jessye Norman, Seiji Ozawa, George Tyspin and Julie Taymor. It is accompanied by 187 rehearsal and performance photos
  • Program notes by Max Harrison in English (11 pages) inserted in container
Accompanying material
1 booklet (19 pages ; 18 cm)
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
mixed
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
  • Oedipus Rex
  • (58 min.)
  • Conversations with Julie Taymor
  • (59 min.)
Dimensions
4 3/4 in. +
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (117 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
044007430774
Other physical details
sound, color
Physical substance
plastic
Publisher number
B0003883-09
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
  • (OCoLC)ocm60859985
  • (OCoLC)60859985
  • 4179282
System details
DVD 9, widescreen letterbox (15:9) (opera), full screen (4:3) presentation (documentary); LPCM stereo., DTS digital 5.1 surround, region 0
Video recording format
DVD

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