| Description |
1 videodisc (166 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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video file |
| Note |
Opera in 3 acts. |
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Music by Philip Glass; libretto by Philip Glass and Constance De Jong. |
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"The libretto is comprised of passages from the Bhagavad-gita, India's greatest philosophical epic ..."--Container. |
| Performer |
Leo Goeke (Gandhi 1); Ralf Harster (Gandhi 2); Helmut Danninger (Gandhi 3); Inga Nielsen (Schlesen, Ghandi's secretary); Elke Estlinbaum (Kastubai, Ghandi's wife); Karl-Friedrich Dürr (Krishna); Georg Greiwe (Tolstoy, Tagore); supporting singers; chorus and orchestra; Dennis Russell Davi[e]s, conductor. |
| Credits |
Director, Hugo Käch; producer, Achim Freyer. |
| Event |
Recorded live, Grosses Haus, Württembergisches Staatstheater Stuttgart. |
| Note |
Ed. recorded: Dunvangen Music. |
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Originally produced in 1983 by ZDF/RM Arts. |
| System Details |
DVD format. |
| Note |
Dolby digital stereo. |
| Contents |
Act 1. Tolstoy -- Act 2. Tagore -- Act 3. Martin Luther King. |
| Summary |
"This visionary opera tells the story of how Mahatma Gandhi developed the philosophy of satyagraha, nonviolent active resistance, as a political revolutionary tool to fight oppression, connecting his lifework to three historical figures who advanced his philosophy: the celebrated Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, the great Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King."--Container. |
| Language |
Sung in Sanskrit, with English subtitles. |
| Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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| Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Drama.
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Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Drama.
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. |
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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 -- Drama.
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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941. |
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Drama.
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968. |
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Passive resistance -- Drama.
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Passive resistance. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
DeJong, Constance, librettist.
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Käch, Hugo, 1927-2003, director.
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Freyer, Achim, 1934- producer.
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Goeke, Leo, performer.
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Harster, Ralf, performer.
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Danninger, Helmut, performer.
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Nielsen, Inga, 1946-2008, performer.
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Estlinbaum, Elke, performer.
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Dürr, Karl-Friedrich, 1949- performer.
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Greiwe, Georg, performer.
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Davies, Dennis Russell, conductor.
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Glass, Philip.
Satyagraha.
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Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen.
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RM Arts (Firm)
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Reiner Moritz Associates.
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Channel Four (Great Britain)
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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Württembergisches Staatstheater Stuttgart.
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| Added Title |
Bhagavadgītā.
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Bhagavad-gita.
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| Music No. |
ID9246RADVD Image Entertainment |
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