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Opus Arte

Contemporary American Operas

$52.99

Details

Composer
BERSTEIN ADAMS GLASS
Artist
Novacek, Daymond, City Of London Sinfonia, Daniel, Dutch National Opera, Finley, Rivera, Owens, Fink
Format
DVD
Label
Opus Arte
Released
Nov 13, 2015
Catalog #
OA 1179BD
UPC
809478011798

About

An extraordinary 4 DVD box set that brings together three of America's most lauded contemporary opera productions that collectively are a brilliant introduction to the astonishing diversity of 20th-century opera : John Adams' Dr. Atomic directed by librettist Peter Sellars, a riveting morality drama about the father of the atomic bomb, J. Robert Oppenheimer. Philip Glass', The Perfect American, like the book from which it is based, seeks to reveal an unvarnished Walt Disney, based on an imagined series of reflections and memories that might have occurred during the icon's dying months; and finally the 2001 cinematic film version of Trouble in Tahiti, Leonard Bernstein's satire on American suburban married life, with the characteristically jubilant conjoining of jazz and musical comedy; lyric art with popular entertainment. A marvelous collection of consummate direction, compelling designs, a collection of inspired musical performances by the Netherlands Philharmonic, Madrid's Orquesta de Teatro Real and City of London Sinfonia along with brilliant casting and stand-out performances - among them Gerald Finley's Oppenheimer and Christopher Purves' Walt Disney. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true Surround Sound.

Tracklist 4 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Doctor Atomic (DNO, 2007) (NTSC) 00:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Doctor Atomic (DNO, 2007) (NTSC)
    Duration
    00:00
    Composer
    John Adams
  3. Disc 2
  4. 1 Disc 2 00:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Disc 2
    Duration
    00:00
    Composer
    John Adams
  5. Disc 3
  6. 1 The Perfect American (Teatro Real, 2013) (NTSC) 02:00:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    The Perfect American (Teatro Real, 2013) (NTSC)
    Duration
    02:00:00
    Composer
    Philip Glass
  7. Disc 4
  8. 1 Trouble in Tahiti (PAL/NTSC) 01:15:00
    Track
    1
    Title
    Trouble in Tahiti (PAL/NTSC)
    Duration
    01:15:00
    Composer
    Leonard Bernstein