| Description |
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital rdatr |
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optical rdarm |
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wide screen rdaar |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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region 1 rdare |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Note |
Closed captioning in English. |
| System Details |
DVD, wide screen, NTSC, region 1. |
| Note |
Title from web page. |
| Cast |
Peter Coyote, narrator & Zane Grey ; featuring Ed Mell, Craig Bohmler, Fenlon Lamb, Steven Mark Kohn, Joseph Mechavich, Keitaro Harada. |
| Credits |
Editors, Bill Davis, Kristin Atwell Ford, Misty Wilson ; |
| Note |
For the opera: Craig Bohmler, composer ; Steven Mark Kohn, librettist. |
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Originally released as a documentary film in 2020. |
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Adapted from Zane Grey's 1912 novel, Riders of the Purple Sage. |
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Wide screen. |
| Summary |
Riders of the Purple Sage: The Making of a Western Opera follows a classically trained composer as he adapts a dime novel masterpiece into a grand opera. In 1912, Zane Grey's 'Riders of the Purple Sage' flew off bookshelves around the world and today is recognized by the Library of Congress as 'One Hundred Books that Shaped America.' A century later, composer Craig Bohmler takes shelter in Zane Grey's cabin during a rainstorm. There, amidst posters from Grey's Hollywood Westerns, Bohmler discovers a story with the grand dimensions of opera; he decides then and there to mount the legendary frontier novel for the operatic stage. Alongside a team of designers, musicians, singers, and fine art painter Ed Mell, Bohmler translates America's cowboy culture and sprawling beauty of the West into the realm of Puccini and Verdi. |
| Language |
In English; with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Subject |
Grey, Zane, 1872-1939. Riders of the purple sage -- Adaptations.
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Arizona Opera.
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Opera -- Production and direction -- United States.
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West (U.S.) -- In opera.
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Arizona Opera. (OCoLC)fst00756040
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Opera -- Production and direction.
(OCoLC)fst01046164
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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West United States. (OCoLC)fst01243255
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| Genre/Form |
Adaptations. (OCoLC)fst01423910
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Documentary films. (OCoLC)fst01710390
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Nonfiction films. (OCoLC)fst01710269
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Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Atwell, Kristin, film director, producer.
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Coyote, Peter, narrator.
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Mell, Ed, actor.
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Bohmler, Craig, actor.
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Lamb, Fenlon, actor.
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Kohn, Steven Mark, 1957- actor.
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Mechavich, Joseph, conductor.
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Grey, Zane, 1872-1939.
Riders of the purple sage.
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Arizona Opera, performer.
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Quantum Leap Productions, production company.
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First-Run Features (Firm), publisher.
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| Standard No. |
720229918176 |
| Music No. |
FRF 918176D First Run Features |
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