The first emperor
- Title
- The first emperor / composed and conducted by Tan Dun ; libretto by Ha Jin and Tan Dun ; production by Zhang Yimou ; directed by Brian Large ; a Metropolitan Opera production in association with PBS and Thirteen/WNET New York.
- Published by
- [London] : EMI Classics, [2008]
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Details
- Additional authors
- Tan, Dun, 1957-
- Jin, Ha, 1956-
- Zhang, Yimou
- Large, Brian
- Domingo, Plácido, 1941-
- Futral, Elizabeth
- DeYoung, Michelle
- Groves, Paul (Tenor)
- Tian, Hao Jiang, 1954-
- Wu, Xingguo, 1953-
- Mentzer, Susanne
- Fu, Haijing
- Williams, Danrell
- Huang, Dou Dou
- Zhang, Ziyi, 1979-
- Wada, Emi
- Schuler, Duane
- Sills, Beverly
- Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
- Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- EMI (Firm)
- Description
- 2 videodiscs (177 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Nonfiction films.
- Note
- Opera in two acts, based on Historical Records by Sima Qian (c.145-85 BCE) and the screenplay The legend of the bloody Zheng by Lu Wei.
- "A Metropolitan Opera high-definition production"--Container.
- Program notes and synopsis in English (9 p.) inserted in container.
- Bonus: The first emperor: in rehearsal at the Met; backstage at the Met with Beverly Sills and Plácido Domingo.
- Credits (note)
- Set designer, Fan Yue ; costume designer, Emi Wada ; lighting designer, Duane Schuler ; co-director, Wang Chaoge ; choreographer, Dou Dou Huang
- Event (note)
- Recording: live from the Met, 13 January 2007.
- System details (note)
- DVD-9; sound formats: LPCM stereo., DTS 5.1 surround; NTSC system: 16:9.
- Language (note)
- Sung in English; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.