Research Catalog

Title

1984 / music by Lorin Maazel ; libretto by J.D. McClatchy and Thomas Meehan after George Orwell's Nineteen eighty-four ; Big Brother Productions and the Royal Opera House present.

Author

Maazel, Lorin, 1930-2014.

Publication

London : Decca, [2008], ©2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• McClatchy, J. D., 1945-2018
• Meehan, Thomas
• Keenlyside, Simon.
• Gustafson, Nancy.
• Margison, Richard, 1953-
• Damrau, Diana.
• Brownlee, Lawrence.
• White, Jeremy, 1953-
• Danby, Graeme.
• Lloyd-Davies, Mary.
• Fiori, Johnnie.
• Irons, Jeremy, 1948-
• Lepage, Robert, 1957-
• Fillion, Carl.
• Giguère, Yasmina.
• Beaulieu, Michel.
• Émard, Sylvain.
• Large, Brian
• Orwell, George, 1903-1950.
• Demon Barbers (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
• Royal Opera House (London, England), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
• Big Brother Productions.
• Decca Records (Firm)

Description

2 videodiscs (147 min.) : sound; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative Title

• Nineteen eighty-four
• Big Brother : the opera

Subject

• Operas

Note

• Opera in 3 acts.
• Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French in container.

Credits (note)

• Directed for the stage by Robert Lepage; set design, Carl Fillion; costume design, Yasmina Giguère; lighting, Michel Beaulieu; choreography, Sylvain Émard; directed for video by Brian Large.

Event (note)

• Recorded May 2005, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

System Details (note)

• DVD; soundtracks in DTS 5.1, LPCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9.

Language (note)

• Sung in English; with subtitles in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

Contents

[Disc 1]: Acts 1 & 2 -- [Disc 2]: Act 3; Bonus feature.

LCCN

044007432891

OCLC

• ocn276415312
• 276415312
• SCSB-9054258

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries