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Riders to the sea /

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Opera set in small Irish fishing village in the early 1900's and explores the theme of human endurance in the face of the natural elements. Maurya, an elderly Irishwoman, has lost her husband, father-in-law, and 4 of her 6 sons at sea, and predicts that she will lose her 5th son to the same fat...

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Corporate Authors: National Video Corporation; Raidió Teilifís Éireann; RTÉ Chamber Choir; RTÉ Concert Orchestra; Kultur Video
Group Author: Lentin, Louis; Clements, Jay; Bertera, Carol; Kellett, Jim; Walker, Sarah, 1943; Brennan, Yvonne; Tynan, Kathleen; Mackey, Hugh; De Brun, Mary Sheridan; Murphy, Martin; Thomson, Bryden; Synge, J. M. John Millington, 1871-1909.; Vaughan Williams, Ralph, 1872-1958.
Published: Kultur,
Publisher Address: West Long Branch, NJ :
Publication Dates: [2008]
Literature type: Video DVD Books (available online)
Language: English
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Operas
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Summary: Opera set in small Irish fishing village in the early 1900's and explores the theme of human endurance in the face of the natural elements. Maurya, an elderly Irishwoman, has lost her husband, father-in-law, and 4 of her 6 sons at sea, and predicts that she will lose her 5th son to the same fate.
Item Description: Opera in 1 act.
Vaughan Williams set Synge's play almost verbatim.
Program content c1988.
Carrier Form: 1 videodisc (44 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Production Credits: Set design, Jay Clements ; stage manager, Maggie Fitzgerald ; video tape editor, Mark Esdale ; costume designer, Carol Bertera ; lighting director, Jim Kellett ; cameras, Dan O'Connell.
ISBN: 9780769787442 :
0769787444
Index Number: M1500
CLC: J653.2(561)
Call Number: #WDVD/190399

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