Release Date: 12 January 2007
Label: Opus Arte - Dvd / Opus Arte
Packaging Type: DVD Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 809478009917
Genres: Soundtrack Music Concert
Description
Stravinsky's masterwork 'The Rake's Progress', created for La Fenice in Venice in 1951, is based on a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, inspired by a series of 18th century prints by William Hogarth. This amazing production from La Monnaie-De Munt 'jazzifies' the setting by replacing Hogarth's sin city, London, with 1950s Las Vegas, turning it into a glittering, cinematic gallery of 'tableaux vivants' inspired by the early days of television. Staged by one of the most visionary theatre directors of our age, the Qu?®b?®cois Robert Lepage, the neo-classical morality tale truly becomes a 'grand spectacle'. Lepage's visual imagination works its magic superbly, while Kazushi Ono's energetic musical direction drives the sparkling ensemble to exhilarating heights. Recorded in High Definition and true surround sound.
Shakespeare'S Globe Theatre
Various
Tamara Rojo; Federico Bonelli; Edward Watson; Sarah Lamb; Leanne Benjamin; Lauren Cuthbertson; Stev
English National Ballet Philharmonic; Gavin Sutherland
THE ROYAL BALLET; EDWARD WATSON; GARY AVIS; SARAH LAMB; ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA HOUSE; KOEN KE
EMMA PEARSON; AMITAI PATI; SARAH CASTLE; PAUL WHELAN; STEPHEN DIAZ; CHELSEA DOLMAN; SASHE ANGELOVSK
Liparit Avetisyan; Carlos Álvarez; Lisette Oropesa; Brindley Sherratt; Blaise Malaba; Amanda Baldwi
Leo Tetteh; Alice Kawalek; Constance Devernay; Bruno Micchiardi; Rishan Benjamin; Melissa Parsons;
