Marco Polo (An Opera Within an Opera)
Tan Dun portrays the Venetian explorer's travels to the Far East as a journey of both inner and physical discovery, a voyage depicting spiritual experiences as well as a geographical expedition. Pierre Audi's mythical staging and Jean Kalman's fabulous set design complement the composer's own musical direction, forging the dazzlingly versatile soloists, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Cappella Amsterdam to a stunning symbiosis of elements across time and space, a true testimony to cultures intertwined in globalization.
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Charles Workman
Polo
Also in
Semele
Rossini: La Gazzetta
Sarah Castle
Marco
Also in
Götterdämmerung
Semele
Stephen Richardson
Kublai Khan
Also in
Let's Make an Opera
Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach
Nancy Allen Lundy
Water
Also in
Candide
Zhang Jun
Shadow 1 / Rustichello / Li Po
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Last Laugh
MMA Diva
Tania Kress
Shadow 2 / Sheherazada / Mahler / Queen
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Stephen Bryant
Shadow 3 / Dante / Shakespeare
Misjel Vermerien Director
United States release January 1, 2008
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · January 1, 2008
Theatrical
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