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Title: Petitgirard DVD - The Elephant Man - DVD Opera - Petitgirard - The Elephant Man
Artist: Jana Sykorova, Nicolas Rivenq
Composer: Laurent Petitgirard
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Sound: 5.1 / DTS / Stereo
Screen Format: 16:9
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Petitgirard - The Elephant Man - DVD Opera - Petitgirard - The Elephant Man
This month Marco Polo is proud to present its first DVD Video title. True to the label's eclectic vision we are thrilled to present French composer Laurent Petitgirard's opera Joseph Merrick, dit Elephant Man in the critically acclaimed stage production with an all-star cast from Opéra Nice.
Written in 1998, Petitgirard's opera is bound to draw comparisons with David Lynch's cult film. However, it offers an entirely different perspective on the tale of Joseph Merrick, born in 1863 with horrific deformities, exhibited as a freak at the circus, taken in by Dr. Treves at the London Hospital and subsequently afforded celebrity status. Where the film is based largely on Dr. Treves' memoirs, the opera is based on biographies of Joseph Merrick giving his character a more central focus than in the film.
"Petitgirard's musical vocabulary reflects his French heritage -- the influences of Fauré, Ravel, Poulenc and Satie are evident -- but his subtlety, melodic gift and sensitivity to the drama make him well-equipped to inherit the mantle and create his own outstandingly original idiom. No doubt [the opera] would prove even more powerful on stage than on disc." Opera News
"With [Stutzmann's] voluptuous, strangely genderless contralto, she's often powerfully affecting and there are fine performances from Robert Breault, Nicolas Rivenq and Marie Devellereau as Merrick's persecutors and rescuers." The Guardian
Reviews:
Hello from PragueI would like to correct a mistake: the title role is not performed by Nathalie Stutzmann, but Jana Sykorova.Nathalie Stutzmann recorded the CD in 2001 (Monte Carlo), but did perform neither the world premiere in Prague (February 2002) nor the French prem... Read More
- Reviewed by Richard Kolar, Prague - West (Czech Republic), on 04/05/2005. |
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