A midsummer night's dream /

Contributor(s): Material type: Film

FilmPublisher number: OA 0810D | Opus ArteLanguage: English Publication details: Hilversum, the Netherlands : Opus Arte Media Productions BV, ©2000.Description: 1 videodisc (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:

two-dimensional moving image

Media type:

video

Carrier type:

videodisc

Contained works:

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sommernachtstraum
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Heimkehr aus der Fremde
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Erste Walpurgisnacht
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Athalia
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Märchen von der schönen Melusine
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Sinfonia, string orchestra, no. 9, 1823, C major

Subject(s): Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

792.842 21

LOC classification:

GV1790 .M53 2000

NLM classification:

OA 0810D

Contents:

Act I. Overture ; Titania's bower ; Oberon's Kingdom ; Journey around the world ; The lovers ; The fairies song ; Hermia's variation ; The mechanicals ; Puck & Bottom ; Nocturne ; In the forest -- Act II. At the court of Theseus ; Divertissement ; Divertissement pas de deux ; Finale ; Epilogue ; Curtain calls & credits.

Production credits:

Music, Felix Mendelssohn.

Pacific Northwest Ballet ; BBC Concert Orchestra, Stewart Kershaw, conductor ; various dancers ; Libby Crabtree, soprano ; Judith Harris, mezzo-soprano.Summary: Televised performance of George Balanchine's ballet of A Midsummer Night's Dream recorded live at the Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, February 1999. Based on the play by William Shakespeare and featuring the music of Felix Mendelssohn.

List(s) this item appears in: Queer Films

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Barcode
Video Recording	Carleton University, AVRC	Stokes Donation	SP456 - Collections Room	DVD-01470 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	1605032645

Dolby digital 5.0 sound, stereo.

Side 1 PAL; Side 2 NTSC.

Program notes in English in container.

Based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Ballet in two acts and six scenes

Recorded live at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, Feb. 1999.

DVD.

Vocal selections in English.

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