Title:
Rêves d'un Marco Polo
Author:
Vivier, Claude, 1948-1983.
Publication Information:
Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex, U.K. : Opus Arte, 2006.
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (260 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 p. : col. ill. ; 18 cm.)
General Note:
Durations: 260 min.
Opera in two parts.
Extra features: Introductions ; "Claude Vivier," a 60-minute documentary by Cherry Duyns ; interviews with Reinbert de Leeuw and others.
Contents:
Part 1: Kopernikus -- Part 2: Marco Polo: Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele? (opening fragment) -- Prologue pour un Marco Polo -- Shiraz -- Lonely child -- Zipangu -- Wo bist du, Licht? -- Glaubst du an die Unsterblichkeit der Seele?
Abstract:
Kopernikus: In this mystic tale, the central character Agni calls on historical and mythical figures: Lewis Carroll, Merlin, a witch, the Queen of the Night, a blind prophet, an old monk, Tristan, Isolde, Mozart, the Lord of the Waters, Kopernikus and his mother. Marco Polo: a series of tableaux about Marco Polo, some vocal, others instrumental, which meditate on inner treasures and human suffering.
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