| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 223 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD-9; NTSC, all regions; aspect ratio 16:9; PCM 2.0 stereo or DTS Digital Surround audio formats. |
| Note |
Information on subtitles listed in container differs from the one on screen. |
| Performer |
Dale Duesing (Narrator); Angelika Kirchschlager (Sophie); Rodney Gilfrey (Nathan); Gordon Gietz (Stingo); Frances McCafferty (Yetta Zimmerman); Stafford Dean (Zbigniew Bieganski); Jorma Silvasti (Rudolf Franz Hoss); Alan Opie (Doctor); Stephanie Friede (Wanda); chorus and orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Simon Rattle, conductor. |
| Credits |
Stage director, Trevor Nunn ; chorus master, Peter Manning ; chorus director, Terry Edwards. |
| Event |
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on 21st December 2002. |
| Note |
" ... Release on DVD of the BBC transmission, as broadcast live in December 2002"--Container. |
| Summary |
Set in Brooklyn in 1947, the story is narrated by Stingo, a 22-year-old struggling writer from Virginia. It describes in flashback his relationship with two doomed lovers, Nathan, a brilliant, paranoid-schizophrenic Jew, and Sophie, a Polish survivor of Auschwitz. It gradually uncovers Catholic Sophie's tormented past culminating in her need to choose which of her two small children will go to the gas chamber and which will be given the chance to live. |
| Note |
Special features include: an illustrated synopsis, cast gallery, and an interview with Simon Rattle. |
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Double layer discs. |
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Booklet (25 p. ; col. ill.) with program notes in English, French, and German inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: Act 1 & 2, extra features -- Disc 2: Acts 3 & 4. |
| Language |
Sung in English with optional subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Holocaust survivors -- Drama.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.
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Operas.
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Holocaust survivors. (OCoLC)fst00958838
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Operas. (OCoLC)fst01046191
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New York (State) -- New York -- Brooklyn.
(OCoLC)fst01312516
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| Genre/Form |
Filmed operas.
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Televised operas.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Filmed operas. (OCoLC)fst01726270
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Televised operas. (OCoLC)fst01726269
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| Added Author |
Maw, Nicholas. Composer. Librettist.
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Rattle, Simon, 1955- Conductor. Interviewee.
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Kemp, Francesca. Director.
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Nunn, Trevor. Director.
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Weston, Ben, 1969- Producer.
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Edwards, Terry, 1939-
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Kirchschlager, Angelika. Performer.
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Duesing, Dale. Performer.
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Gilfry, Rodney. Performer.
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Gietz, Gordon. Performer.
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McCafferty, Frances. Performer.
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Dean, Stafford. Performer.
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Silvasti, Jorma, 1959- Performer.
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Opie, Alan. Performer.
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Friede, Stephanie. Performer.
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Maw, Nicholas.
Sophie's choice.
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Styron, William, 1925-2006.
Sophie's choice.
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Royal Opera House (London, England) Producer.
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Royal Opera House (London, England). Orchestra. Performer.
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Royal Opera House (London, England). Chorus. Performer.
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BBC Radio 3. Producer.
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Opus Arte (Firm)
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| Standard No. |
809478010241 |
| Music No. |
OA 1024 D Opus Arte |
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