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Title El niño / [music] by John Adams ; libretto by John Adams and Peter Sellars ; directed for the stage by Peter Sellars.

Publication Info. [Place of publication not identified] : RM Associates : Arthaus Musik, [2000]
©2000

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 Talbott Media  DVD 455    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Talbott Media  DVD 455  Booklet    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 videodisc (147 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
mixed
Dolby
video file
DVD video
Note Nativity oratorio in 2 parts.
System Details DVD; PCM stereo; Dolby digital; widescreen.
NTSC.
Credits Directors, Peter Sellars (stage), Peter Maniura (video) ; producer, Colin Wilson.
Event Filmed at the Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet.
Note A RM Associates/ LGM/ Théâtre Musical de Paris-Châtelet/ France 3/ BBC/ Mezzo co-production with the assistance of Centre National de la Cinematographie in association with Kinowelt Home Entertainment/Online Classics PLC.
Special feature: The making of El niño : interviews with Peter Sellars, Kent Nagano, Dawn Upshaw and John Adams (28 min.).
Program notes in English, French and German (33 p.) inserted in container.
Summary Tells the story of Jesus, Mary and Joseph through a sequence of separate numbers, shifting between narration and reflection, but always through the image of modern-day Marys.
Performer Dawn Upshaw, soprano ; Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano ; Willard White, baritone ; Theatre of Voices ; London Voices ; Maîtrise de Paris children's choir ; Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin ; Kent Nagano, conductor.
Language Sung in English, Latin and Spanish; subtitles and menus in English, French, Japanese and Spanish.
Genre/Form Oratorios.
Oratorios.
Operas.
Operas.
Subject Jesus Christ -- Nativity -- Drama.
Jesus Christ.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Nativity of Jesus Christ.
Genre/Form Filmed performances.
Filmed performances.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Sellars, Peter.
Upshaw, Dawn, performer.
Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine, 1954-2006, performer.
White, Willard, performer.
Nagano, Kent, 1951- conductor.
Adams, John, 1947- Niño.
Theatre of Voices, performer.
London Voices, performer.
Maîtrise de Paris, performer.
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, performer.
Reiner Moritz Associates.
Arthaus Musik (Firm)
Music No. 100221 Arthaus Musik