Marco Polo : an opera / Tan Dun ; libretto, Paul Griffiths ; film director, Misjel Vermerien ; film producer, Coby Van Dijck ; a co-production of De Nederlandse Opera and the NPS.
Charles Workman (Polo) ; Sarah Castle (Marco) ; Stephen Richardson (Kublai Khan) ; Nancy Allen Lundy (Water) ; Zhang Jun (Shadow 1, Rustichello, Li Po) ; Tania Kross (Shadow 2, Sheherazada, Mahler, Queen) ; Stephen Bryant (Shadow 3, Dante, Shakespeare) ; Mu Na (Chinese/Arabian dancer) ; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra ; Cappella Amsterdam ; Tan Dun, conductor. Recorded live on 13 & 18 November 2008 at Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam. Picture format: 16:9. Booklet with program notes in English, French and Germany (29 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. Special features: illustrated synopsis, cast gallery, The music of tomorrow: a documentary.
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