| Description |
1 DVD (44 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; format: NTSC; picture: 4:3 full screen; sound: L-PCM. |
| Note |
Opera in 1 act. |
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Vaughan Williams set Synge's play almost verbatim. |
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Program content c1988. |
| Credits |
Set design, Jay Clements ; stage manager, Maggie Fitzgerald ; video tape editor, Mark Esdale ; costume designer, Carol Bertera ; lighting director, Jim Kellett ; cameras, Dan O'Connell. |
| Performer |
Yvonne Brennan, Kathleen Tynan, Mary Sheridan de Brun, sopranos ; Sarah Walker, mezzo-soprano ; Hugh Mackey, baritone ; Martin Murphy, actor (as J.M. Synge) ; Radio Telefís Éireann Chamber Choir and Concert Orchestra ; Bryden Thomson, conductor. |
| Summary |
Opera set in small Irish fishing village in the early 1900's and explores the theme of human endurance in the face of the natural elements. Maurya, an elderly Irishwoman, has lost her husband, father-in-law, and 4 of her 6 sons at sea, and predicts that she will lose her 5th son to the same fate. |
| Language |
Sung in English with optional English subtitles. |
| Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Lentin, Louis.
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Clements, Jay.
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Bertera, Carol.
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Kellett, Jim, lighting director.
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Walker, Sarah, 1943-
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Brennan, Yvonne.
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Tynan, Kathleen.
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Mackey, Hugh.
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De Brun, Mary Sheridan.
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Murphy, Martin.
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Thomson, Bryden.
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Synge, J. M. (John Millington), 1871-1909.
Riders to the sea.
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Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Riders to the sea.
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National Video Corporation.
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Raidió Teilifís Éireann.
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RTÉ Chamber Choir.
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RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
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Kultur Video.
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| ISBN |
9780769787442 |
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0769787444 |
| Standard No. |
032031439092 |
| Music No. |
D4390 Kultur |
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