Oedipus Rex [videorecording] / 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 … [et al.].

[S.l.] : Philips : Distributed by Universal Music and Video Distribution, Corp., 2005.
Added to CLICnet on 06/12/2014

DVD 9, widescreen letterbox (15:9) (opera), full screen (4:3) presentation (documentary) LPCM stereo., DTS digital 5.1 surround.
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.
Sung in Latin, spoken in Japanese subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese (opera only).
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.
Choreographer, Suzushi Hanayagi set designer, George Tsypin costume designer, Emi Wada.
Filmed at the Saito Kinen Festival, Matsumoto, Japan.
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 p.) inserted in container.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Performance of Stravinski’s work from the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto, Japan.

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