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Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0044007430774
Format: Classical, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
Label: Philips
Languages: German (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language), Latin (Original Language), English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Philips
MPN: 000388309
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Philips
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 14, 2005
Running Time: 117 minutes
Studio: Philips
Theatrical Release Date: 1992
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Average Rating: 
Rating: - Rich visual and audio experience - highly recommended
Having been so totally pleased with Julie Taymor's presentations of Mozart's Magic Flute and Across the Universe, I decided to try her version of Stravinsky's opera Oedipus Rex. I was not disappointed. It was a riveting performance, such a satisfying and rich visual and musical experience. If anyone has a hard time getting into the Greek classics, this is the way to overcome that obstacle.
Rating: - Converging Patterns of Significance
Stravinsky's masterwork "Oedipus Rex" ....a Greek play translated into Latin, set as a monumental-staged-oratorio, Igor's unique stylization of Verdi's idiom, add another layer of Japanese staging....Don't hesitate. Buy it. (One of Jessye's best ever roles)
Rating: - At a loss for words
Not much to say...I'm simply stunned and speechless, in agreement with the most extreme of all you enthusiasts. I just found this DVD up here in the Mexican High Sierra, and I can hardly express my delight with it. I'm in the classical music world, and really know what a valuable thing Julie Taynor has done for every creative soul: from Sophocles, Cocteau, e.e.cummings and Stravinsky, to all the people she's inspired in the concept of this "oratorio". As Jessye Norman says; she felt she was co-creating ... Read More
Rating: - simply superb!
Gifted director/designer Julie Taymor apparently secures one amazing success after another, and this arresting production is surely one of her supreme creations! Adapting the conventions of the seventeenth-century opera-oratorio, Stravinsky's 1927 score marks the beginning of his neoclassical period, with absolute command of both orchestral writing and dramatic intensity. It's interesting that Stravinsky's stated reason for choosing Latin for the score's libretto - '(it) had the great advantage of giving ... Read More
Rating: - The Very Best!
This is the best production of ANYTHING I have ever seen.
I could go on and on about this but I'd run out of superlatives in no time at all.
We've waited a long time for this to become available. I'm glad it's here at last.
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