| Description |
1 DVD (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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Dolby digital 2.0 |
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Dolby digital 5.1 |
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video file |
| Note |
At head of title on disc: Kirt Weill. |
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An American opera based on the play by Elmer Rice. |
| Credits |
Manfred Bodefeld, camera ; Uwe Born, editing ; libretto by Elmer Rice ; choreographer, Denny Berry ; stage director, Francesca Zambello. |
| Cast |
Ashley Putnam, Marc Embree, Teri Hansen, Kip Wilborn, Wendy Hill, Anthony Mee, Janice Felty, Heidi Eisenberg, John Kuether, David Rae Smith, Michael Scarborough, Dean Anthony, Anita Vidovic, Danny Costello, Ivan Thomas ; Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, orchestra ; James Holmes, conductor ; Ludwigshafener Theaterchor, chorus ; Klaus Thielitz, chorus leader. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital 5.1; Dolby digital 2.0. |
| Summary |
"Street scene" is a portrait of life in a New York tenement block in the 1930s. With roles for thirty principal players, the characters are working-class people from a multiplicity of ethnic backgrounds struggling to realize the "American Dream." |
| Note |
The staged version is a presentation of the Houston Grand Opera, Theater im Pfalzbau Ludwigshafen and the Theater des Westens, Berlin. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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| Added Author |
Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
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Boehme, Michael, producer.
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Montes-Baquer, José, director.
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Holmes, James, conductor.
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Rice, Elmer, 1892-1967.
Street scene.
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Weill, Kurt, 1900-1950.
Street scene.
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Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, performer.
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Ludwigshafener Theaterchor, performer.
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Camera Film.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
014381924022 |
| Music No. |
ID9240RADVD Image Entertainment |
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