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Contemporary American Operas (4 DVD)
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(DVD - Code 2)
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Dieser Artikel gilt, aufgrund seiner Grösse, beim Versand als 3 Artikel!
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This special set brings together three of America's most lauded contemporary operas: John Adams's Dr Atomic, a riveting moraIity drama centring on J. Robert Oppenheimer and his team of scientists at the test site of the world's first atomic bomb explosion in New Mexico; The Perfect American, Philip Glass's striking portrayal of the 'real' Walt Disney, based on a series of refIections and memories which take pIace during the icon's final cancer-ridden months; and the 2001 cinematic fiIm version of TroubIe in Tahiti, Bernstein's one-act satire on American suburban married life, its jazz- and musicaI comedy-inspired score then a path-breaking fusion of lyric art with popuIar entertainment. Consummate direction (with Iibrettist Peter Sellars at the helm for Dr Atomic), compeIling designs, brilIiant casting and stand-out performances among them Gerald FinIey's Oppenheimer and Christopher Purves's WaIt Disney unite these three very different works which colIectiveIy refIect the astonishing variety of style and form that characterises 20th-century opera. |
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