Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex
by Julie Taymor, Seiji Ozawa
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Actor: Bryn Terfel, Hisako Horikawa, Jessye Norman, Min Tanaka, Philip LangridgeDirector: Julie Taymor, Seiji Ozawa
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Japanese (Original Language); Latin (Original Language), DTS 5.1; English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); German (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Italian (Subtitled)
Format: Classical, Color, DTS Surround Sound, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 58 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-14
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Philips
DVD Reviews of Stravinsky - Oedipus Rex
DVD Review: didn't work for me
Summary: 3 Stars
The fake heads hovering over the real heads did not work for me --
especially when the camera zoomed onto a real head, partially made-up to
look like the costumed body below the fake head. Creon in particular
was ludicrous.
In general, I felt that the staging fought for attention with the music
instead of supporting the music.
And here's a minor point. Repeated phrases frequently went unsubtitled.
This was unsettling.
Overall, a nice try. I was hoping for better from the director
of the Titus Andronicus movie.
DVD Review: Brilliant experimental production
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a stunning and daring production of a real jewel. Stravinsky's music for this opera-oratorio is compelling and beautiful. Julie Taymor succeeded in transforming what the composer saw as a static staging into a great experience with the right amount of movement without contradicting the composer's vision.
This was a staged production with some minimal additions to create a film. It was performed in 1992 (and filmed on super film) so, compared to today's films and technologies, it looks old. But, with a little imagination you can be transported into the theater. Being in that theater should have been an incredible experience!
The singers are exceptional including the young Bryan Terfel. The reconstructed sound is very good.
I strongly recommend this DVD to anyone interested in Stravinsky's work, and who longs for creative and daring production of operas that maintain the composer's vision.
DVD Review: Rich visual and audio experience - highly recommended
Summary: 5 Stars
Having been so totally pleased with Julie Taymor's presentations of Mozart's Magic Flute and Across the Universe, I decided to try her version of Stravinsky's opera Oedipus Rex. I was not disappointed. It was a riveting performance, such a satisfying and rich visual and musical experience. If anyone has a hard time getting into the Greek classics, this is the way to overcome that obstacle.DVD Review: Converging Patterns of Significance
Summary: 5 Stars
Stravinsky's masterwork "Oedipus Rex" ....a Greek play translated into Latin, set as a monumental-staged-oratorio, Igor's unique stylization of Verdi's idiom, add another layer of Japanese staging....Don't hesitate. Buy it. (One of Jessye's best ever roles)DVD Review: At a loss for words
Summary: 5 Stars
Not much to say...I'm simply stunned and speechless, in agreement with the most extreme of all you enthusiasts. I just found this DVD up here in the Mexican High Sierra, and I can hardly express my delight with it. I'm in the classical music world, and really know what a valuable thing Julie Taynor has done for every creative soul: from Sophocles, Cocteau, e.e.cummings and Stravinsky, to all the people she's inspired in the concept of this "oratorio". As Jessye Norman says; she felt she was co-creating with Taynor, something that brought out the best in her. Already a goddess, that's saying something.
The DVD production is A-1, and as Julie and Jessye suggest: turn off the subtitles (you know the story) and just let the magic - the dancing, the sets, the costumes, the acting, and above all Stravinsky's powerful music, transport you back to a time when human beings were the playthings of the gods, and when the rational mind had not yet destroyed our imaginative capacities.
Buy this production NOW before it disappears. You just never know.
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