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Introduction:
Sometimes the strangest and most unexpected of combinations can work brilliantly together, so I was really intrigued to see that renowned Italian maestro Claudio Abbado had insisted that his DVD of Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf" should use Spitting Image puppets!
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How it started
The film is based on a novel, also called Angels and Demons, by Dan Brown. Dan ...
A performance of Prokofiev's opera which was recorded in the Maryinsky Theatre in St Petersburg and which centres on a girl possessed by a spirit. Conducted by Valery Gergiev.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
ARTHAUS MUSIK; SELECT MUSIC & VIDEO DISTRIBUTION
Release date
02/06/2003
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
100 390
Barcode
4006680103907
Composer
Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor
Valery Gergiev
Dancer
St Petersburg Maryinsky Acrobatic Troup
Languages
Main Language
Russian
Technical information
Aspect Ratio
4:3
Sound
PCM Stereo
Dubbing Sound
PCM Stereo Russian
DVD Description
Valery Gergiev conducts the Kirov Opera in this controversial performance of Prokofiev's incendiary opera, filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. A medieval nun's delusions corrupt her sisters into an orgy of decadence. The performance contains nudity.
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