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Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress / Ono, Claycomb, Kennedy, Shimell [blu-ray]

Stravinsky / Ono / Claycomb / Kennedy / Shimell
Release Date: 09/29/2009 
Label:  Opus Arte   Catalog #: 7038  
Composer:  Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Dagmar Pecková,  Julianne Young,  William Shimell,  Laura Claycomb,   ... 
Conductor:  Kazushi Ono
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra,  Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Chorus
Number of Discs: 1 
Recorded in: Stereo 
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FORMAT: All Formats
REGIONS: All Regions
PICTURE FORMAT: 16:9
LENGTH: Approx 154 Mins
SOUND: DTS 5.1 SURROUND / LPCM STEREO
SUBTITLES: English/French/German/Spanish/Italian/Dutch

"***** Under evocative Midwestern skies, Robert LePage radically reimagines Stravinsky's Hogarth-inspired classic for Belgium's premier opera house in 1950s Las Vegas, complete with neon-lit fairgrounds and film-set bar-room brawls. The setting is revelatory, the vision spectacular. Kazushi Ono draws vibrancy and insight from his Belgian band, cranking the American twangs and classical borrowings of Stravinsky's punchy score. The indolent Rake, an effortlessly Hogarthian Andrew Kennedy in cowboy boots and Read more excellent voice, is vocally and dramatically matched by Willian Shimmell's dark, full-bodied Nick Shadow. A must-see." -- Sarah Urwin Jones, The Times, January 19, 2008 [reviewing the standard DVD version]
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Works on This Recording

1. Rake's Progress by Igor Stravinsky
Performer:  Dagmar Pecková (Mezzo Soprano), Julianne Young (Voice), William Shimell (Baritone),
Laura Claycomb (Soprano), Andrew Kennedy (Tenor), Darren Jeffery (Baritone)
Conductor:  Kazushi Ono
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra,  Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Chorus
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1948-1951; USA 
 Date of Recording: 04/2007 
Venue:  Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels 

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