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Author:

Tan, Dun, 1957- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91003625

Title:

The first emperor / composed and conducted by Tan Dun ; libretto by Ha Jin and Tan Dun ; production by Zhang Yimou ; directed by Brian Large ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and Thirteen/WNET New York.

Publisher:

EMI Classics,

Copyright Date:

2008

Description:

2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Operas.
Qin shi huang,--Emperor of China,--259 B.C.-210 B.C.--Drama.
Nonfiction films.

Other Authors:

Tan, Dun, 1957- conductor. composer, conductor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr91003625
Jin, Ha, 1956- librettist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n89118088
Sima, Qian, approximately 145-ca. 86 B.C.
Wei, Lu. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2004032101
Zhang, Yimou, producer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr90013309
Large, Brian, director. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50035858
Domingo, Plácido, 1941- performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81014470
Futral, Elizabeth, performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94053240
DeYoung, Michelle, performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97052457
Groves, Paul (Tenor), performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr96006685
Tian, Hao Jiang, 1954- performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2003128274
Wu, Xingguo, 1953- performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2007064051
Mentzer, Susanne, performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90612144
Fu, Haijing, performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80012228
Williams, Danrell, performer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010147910
Huang, Dou Dou, choreographer. choreographer. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr2003029806
Zhang, Ziyi, 1979- host. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004114368
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50074748
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86134532
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80014556
EMI (Firm) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97009953

Notes:

Opera in two acts, based on Historical Records by Sima Qian (c.145-85 BCE) and the screenplay The legend of the bloody Zheng by Lu Wei. Plácido Domingo (Emperor Qin) ; Elizabeth Futral (Princess Yueyang, daughter of the emperor) ; Michelle DeYoung (Shaman) ; Paul Groves (Gao Jianli, a musician) ; Hao Jiang Tian (General Wang) ; Wu Hsing-Kuo (Yin-Yang Master, official geomancer) ; Susan Mentzer (Mother of Yueyang) ; Haijing Fu (Chief Minister) ; Danrell Williams (Guard) ; Dou Dou Huang (principal dancer) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Ballet ; Tan Dun, conductor ; Zhang Ziyi, host ; Beverly Sills, special interviewer. Recorded live from the Met, 13 January 2007. Picture format 16:9, NTSC. "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container. Booklet with program notes and synopsis in English (9 pages) inserted in container. Bonus: The first emperor: in rehearsal at the Met; backstage at the Met with Beverly Sills and Plácido Domingo.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)261139752

EAN:

5099921512995

Locations:

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)