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Die Vögel = The birds
- Conferences
- Recovered voices (Opera series)
- Available as
- Physical
- Summary
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Weary of mankind and longing to live with the birds, Good Hope and Loyal Friend journey to meet the king of the birds, Hoopoe, but when he tells them the birds have no dominion of their own, Loyal ...
Weary of mankind and longing to live with the birds, Good Hope and Loyal Friend journey to meet the king of the birds, Hoopoe, but when he tells them the birds have no dominion of their own, Loyal Friend suggests they build a city in the sky.
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- Creator
- music by Walter Braunfels
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- German
- Contributors
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- Conlon, James, 1950- conductor
- Tresnjak, Darko, director
- Cho, Linda, costume designer
- Weiner, David, 1970- lighting designer
- Hickey, Peggy, choreographer
- Shapiro, Kenneth, director
- Gordon, David P., set designer
- Rancatore, Desirée, performer
- Jovanovich, Brandon, performer
- Johnson, James, 1946- performer
- Gantner, Martin, 1965- performer
- Tappan, Stacey, performer
- Mulligan, Brian (Singer), performer
- Moore, Matthew (Singer), performer
- Barkat, Moshe
- Koelsch, Christopher
- Russel, Richard, editor
- Aristophanes. Birds
- Braunfels, Walter, 1882-1954. Vögel
- Los Angeles Opera
- Arthaus Musik (Firm)
- Publication
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- [Halle an der Saale, Germany?] : Arthaus Musik, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (2 hr., 18 min., 43 sec.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocn690018818
- Credits
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- Désirée Rancatore (Nightingale) ; Brandon Jovanovich (Good Hope) ; James Johnson (Loyal Friend) ; Martin Gantner (Hoopoe) ; Brian Mulligan (Prometheus) ; Stacey Tappan (Wren) ; Matthew Moore (Eagle/Zeus) ; supporting soloists ; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Conlon, conductor
- Stage director, Darko Tresnjak ; set designer, David P. Gordon ; costume designer, Linda Cho ; lighting designer, David Weiner ; choreographer, Peggy Hickey ; video director, Kenneth Shapiro ; TV producers, Moshe Barkat, Christopher Koelsch ; editor, Richard Russel
- "Licensed for non-commercial private use only. Any public performance ... is strictly prohibited."
- Opera in 2 acts after Aristophanes; libretto by the composer.
- Title appears on item as: LA Opera, Placido Domingo, Eli and Edythe Broad general director, James Conlon, Richard Seaver music director, present a production of Los Angeles Opera, Recovered voices, Die Vögel.
- Program notes in English with French and German translations (23 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.) inserted in container.
- Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 23 and 26 Apr. 2009.
- DVD 9; NTSC; region code: 0; sound formats: Dolby digital 5.1, DTS 5.1, PCM stereo; picture format: 16:9.
- Sung in German, with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Japanese.