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Britten - Let’s Make An Opera | Arthaus 102107

Britten - Let’s Make An Opera

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Label: Arthaus

Cat No: 102107

Barcode: 0807280210798

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 30th October 2006

Contents

Artists

The Coull Quartet
Nettle & Markham (piano duo)
Huw Ceredig (percussion)

Artists

The Coull Quartet
Nettle & Markham (piano duo)
Huw Ceredig (percussion)

About

Let’s make an opera - An Opera Feature Film by Petr Weigl, 1996
 
Throughout his compositional work, Benjamin Britten did much to support young people with their musical education – one has only to think for example of works such as The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra. 
 
His ‘Entertainment for Young People’ written in 1949 and entitled Let’s Make an Opera Op. 45, is another example of this didactic approach to composition, although the work is also a morality tale that condemns the abuse of children, particularly those suffering social deprivation – represented in this instance by Sam, an apprentice chimneysweep. Britten himself developed a great personal attachment to the work. In his own words, he associated its composition with “an indescribable feeling of happiness.”
 
Let’s Make an Opera is divided into three parts. Act Three, which is an independent entity and suitable for performance on its own, narrates the actual tale of The Little Sweep. In this film, the director Petr Weigl has reworked and enriched the two-part prologue to the story through the introduction of additional characters.
 
 
Cast:
Doris/Miss Baggott: Jirina Jeraskova / Sung by Felicity Palmer
Barbara/Gouvernante: Dagmar Veskrnova / Sung by Kate Flowers
Thomas/Black Bob: Lukas Vacucik / Sung by Stephen Richardson
Max/Clem/Alfred: Michael Dlouhy / Sung by John Graham Hall
Anni/Juliet Brook: Dana Moravkova / Sung by Lisa Milne
Martin/Gay Brook: Michal Bürger / Sung by Liam Shena
Monika/Sophia Brook: Sabina Feldmanova / Sung by Julia Campbell
Peter/John Crome: Petros Alexandridis / Sung by Kevin Bloomer
Rolf/Hughie Crome: Filip Fronek / Sung by Nigel Wall
Maria/Tina Crome: Silvie Koblizkova / Sung by Francesca Massey
Hans/Sam: Johan Kolinsky / Sung by Edward Yeo
 
Directed by Petr Weigl
 
Sound Format: PCM Stereo
Picture Format: 4:3
Menu & Subtitle Languages: GB, D, F, ES
Region Code: 0
Running Time: 100 mins
DVD 9 / NTSC

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