| Description |
2 videodiscs (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mixed |
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LPCM |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
| Series |
James Levine celebrating 40 years at the Met
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James Levine celebrating 40 years at the Met.
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| System Details |
DVD; LPCM stereo., DTS surround; NTSC. |
| Note |
Opera in three acts. |
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Text by Bertolt Brecht; English translation by David Drew and Michael Geliot. |
| Performer |
Teresa Stratas (Jenny) ; Astrid Varnay (Leocadia Begbick) ; Richard Cassilly (Jimmy Mahoney) ; Ragnar Ulfung (Fatty, the bookkeeper) ; Cornell MacNeil (Trinity Moses) ; Klara Barlow, Nedda Casei, Gwynn Cornell, Joann Grillo, Isola Jones, Louise Wohlafka (Six girls of Mahagonny) ; Arturo Sergi (Jacob Schmidt) ; Vern Shinall (Moneybags Billy) ; Paul Plishka (Alaska Wolf Joe) ; Nico Castel (Announcer) ; Michael Best (Toby Higgins) ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; James Levine, conductor. |
| Credits |
Set and costume designer, Jocelyn Herbert ; lighting designer, Gil Wechsler ; camera, Juan Barrera, ... [et al.] |
| Event |
Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City, November 1979. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast on the television program, Live from the Met in 1979. |
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Program notes and synopsis in English inserted in container. |
| Summary |
It's every man for himself in the newly founded city of Mahagonny, devoted to life's illicit pleasures, where anything goes and the only crime is to run out of money. |
| Language |
Sung in English; optional subtitles in English. |
| Subject |
Good and evil -- Drama.
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Good and evil. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Western plays.
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Western plays. |
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Operas.
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Operas. |
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West United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Opera television programs.
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Opera television programs.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Dexter, John, 1925-1990, producer.
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Brecht, Bertolt, 1898-1956.
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. English.
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Stratas, Teresa, performer.
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Varnay, Astrid, performer.
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Cassilly, Richard, 1927-1998, performer.
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Ulfung, Ragnar, 1927- performer.
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MacNeil, Cornell, 1922-2011, performer.
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Barlow, Klara, performer.
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Casei, Nedda, 1932-2020, performer.
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Cornell, Gwynn, performer.
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Grillo, Joann, performer.
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Jones, Isola, performer.
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Wohlafka, Louise, performer.
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Sergi, Arturo, 1925-2006, performer.
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Shinall, Vern, 1936- performer.
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Plishka, Paul, 1941- performer.
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Castel, Nico, performer.
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Best, Michael, performer.
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Levine, James, 1943-2021, conductor.
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Herbert, Jocelyn, designer.
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Large, Brian, director.
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Geliot, Michael, translator.
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Drew, David, 1930-2009, translator.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny. English.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), producer.
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Metropolitan Opera Television (Firm), producer.
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| Added Title |
Live from the Met.
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| Standard No. |
811357013359 |
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811357013557 set |
| Music No. |
811357013359 Metropolitan Opera |
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