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Birtwistle: The Minotaur |
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Theatrical Release Date |
2008 |
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Genre |
Music | Classic |
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Blu-ray Reviews |
| Overall |   4.50 | | Movie Itself | 4.25 | | HD Video | 4.25 | | HD Audio | 4.25 |
Average ratings based on 2 reviews - see below
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Synopsis |
Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on the 25th and 30th April and 3rd May 2008.
This world premiere of a gripping new work by composer Harrison Birtwistle and librettist David Harsent, commissioned by The Royal Opera, brings the monstrous, Greek mythological character to the stage. John Tomlinson stars as the Minotaur, part man, part beast, trapped in his labyrinth and constrained by his bloodthirsty role there, longs to discover his true identity and his own voice. Athens must pay a blood sacrifice to Crete and among the innocents is Theseus, who has come to challenge the violent Minotaur, but who also attracts the attention of Ariadne, half-sister and keeper of the monster; it is with her help he succeeds. Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House. |
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Running Time |
175 mins |
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Aspect
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1.78:1 |
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Region Code(s) |
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Distributor/Studio |
BBC |
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Director |
Stephen Langridge |
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Language |
English |
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Audio Format |
2.0 PCM
5.0 PCM |
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Supplements |
Documentary: ‘Myth is universal''
Illustrated synopsis and cast gallery |
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Blu-Ray Release Dates... |
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| United States of America |
| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 | |
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$27.49 |
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| Tuesday, February 23, 2010 | |
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$33.46 |
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£23.98 |
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What the online blu-ray reviewers say about this presentation
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 Reviewer: DVD Talk | Overall   | Movie  | HD Video | HD Audio |
Date Reviewed: 8 March 2010 | Within its brooding excitement, bold but streamline visual construction, and fixating trajectory across the Royal Opera House's stage that mixes static and brashly flailing motions to equal measure, Birtwistle's The Minotaur is a transfixing take of mythology that's astounding to behold. Its artistic whims and its performance potency craft it into an accessible and vocal-heavy Grecian tragedy, one that carries a certain poetry about its content. OpusArte's Blu-ray looks and sounds great, earning it a High Recommendation. (Read Full Review)
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 Reviewer: Blu-ray.com | Overall | Movie | HD Video | HD Audio |
Date Reviewed: 2 March 2010 | One of the more unusual and visceral offerings to come down the operatic pike in quite some time, Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur evokes the ethos of classical Greek theater while mining a compositional world that is completely modern and remarkably forceful. This may not be easy to sit through, and is in fact quite graphically violent at times, but it's an important work and one of the best new operas of the past several decades. (Read Full Review)
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