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Maw - Sophie’s Choice | Opus Arte OA1024D

Maw - Sophie’s Choice

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Label: Opus Arte

Cat No: OA1024D

Barcode: 0809478010241

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 1st February 2010

Contents

Artists

Dale Duesing
Gordon Gietz
Angelika Kirchschlager
Rod Gilfry
Adrian Clarke
Frances McCafferty
Stafford Dean
Stephanie Friede
Abigail Browne
Billy Clerkin
Gillian Knight
Neil Gillespie
Jorma Silvasti
Alan Opie
Darren Jeffery
Quentin Hayes
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor

Simon Rattle

Works

Maw, Nicholas

Sophie's Choice

Artists

Dale Duesing
Gordon Gietz
Angelika Kirchschlager
Rod Gilfry
Adrian Clarke
Frances McCafferty
Stafford Dean
Stephanie Friede
Abigail Browne
Billy Clerkin
Gillian Knight
Neil Gillespie
Jorma Silvasti
Alan Opie
Darren Jeffery
Quentin Hayes
Royal Opera Chorus
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Conductor

Simon Rattle

About

In 2002, Nicholas Maw’s opera Sophie’s Choice, based on the novel by William Styron, was given its premiere at the Royal Opera House. The subject had struck Maw when he had first watched the film several years previously, and he immediately felt it would be ‘the most extraordinary basis for an opera’. Commissioned by the Royal Opera House and BBC Radio 3, Maw embarked on an adaptation of Styron’s book, which took six years to complete.

Conducted by Simon Rattle, a long-term enthusiast of Nicholas Maw’s music, and with a wonderful cast led by Angelika Kirchschlager, Rod Gilfry, Dale Duesing and Gordon Gietz, the work won international acclaim and was later restaged in Washington, Berlin and Vienna.

The Royal Opera House celebrates the work of this British composer, who died in 2009, with the release on DVD of the BBC transmission, as broadcast live in December 2002.

Cast:
- Narrator: Dale Duesing
- Stingo: Gordon Gietz
- Sophie: Angelika Kirchschlager
- Nathan: Rod Gilfry
- Librarian: Adrian Clarke
- Yetta Zimmerman: Frances McCafferty
- Zbigniew Bieganski: Stafford Dean
- Wanda: Stephanie Friede
- Eva: Abigail Browne
- Jan: Billy Clerkin
- Old woman on train: Gillian Knight
- Young man on train: Neil Gillespie
- Rudolph Franz Höss: Jorma Silvasti
- Doctor: Alan Opie
- Bartender: Darren Jeffery
- Larry Landau: Quentin Hayes

Stage Director: Trevor Nunn

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, on 21st December 2002.

Extra features:
- Illustrated synopsis
- Cast gallery
- Interview with Simon Rattle

…the central performances of Angelika Kirschlager and Rodney Gilfry as doomed lovers Sophie and Nathan were deemed to be among the most committed and convincing ever seen at the Royal Opera House" - The Independent (
*****)

Running time: 223 mins
Region code: All regions
Picture format: 16:9 Anamorphic
Sound format: 2.0 & 5.0 PCM
Menu language: EN
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/NL

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