Show boat

Show boat

An enduring love story set against the back drop of racial prejudice.

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945 (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	San Francisco Opera (Performer), San Francisco Opera. Orchestra (Performer), San Francisco Opera. Chorus (Performer)
Other Authors:	Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960 (Librettist, Lyricist), Zambello, Francesca (Director), Lynch, Michele (Choreographer) (Choreographer), Davison, Peter J. (Set designer), Tazewell, Paul (Costume designer), McCullough, Mark (Lighting designer) (Lighting designer), Robertson, Ian (Musician) (Conductor), DeMain, John (Conductor), Nixon, Tod (Sound designer), Stober, Heidi (Performer), Simpson, Michael Todd (Performer), Irwin, Bill, 1950- (Performer), Racette, Patricia, 1967- (Performer), Robinson, Morris (Morris D.) (Performer), Simpson, Angela Renée, 1964- (Performer), Harris, Harriet Sansom, 1955- (Performer), Wyatt, Kirsten (Performer), Bolton, John, 1965- (Performer), Cummings, Patrick (Performer), Asher, James (Entertainer) (Performer), Piatt, Matthew (Pianist) (Performer), Steele, Carmen (Performer), Blackton, Kevin (Performer), Camp, Tracy (Performer), McNight, Sharon (Performer), Neff, Erin (Performer), Ferber, Edna, 1887-1968
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English French German Italian Korean Spanish
Published:	[Berlin, Germany] : EuroArts, [2015]
Subjects:	Gamblers > Drama. Women entertainers > Drama. Gambling on river boats > Mississippi River > 19th century > Drama. Interracial marriage > Drama. Black people > Race identity. Living arrangements. Marriage.
Item Description:	"Co-production of San Francisco Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera, and Houston Grand Opera"--Disc jacket.

Description
Summary:	An enduring love story set against the back drop of racial prejudice.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (2 hr., 57 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 program (25 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Format:	DVD, region 0; Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1.
Production Credits:	Executive producer, David Gockley ; directed for the screen by Frank Zamacona ; producers, Jessia Koplos and Matthew Shilvock ; associate director, E. Loren Meeker ; choreographer, Michele Lynch ; set designer, Peter J. Davison ; costume designer, Paul Tazewell ; lighting director, Mark McCullogh ; chorus director, Ian Robertson ; sound designer, Tod Nixon.
Participant or Performer:	Heidi Stober, Michael Todd Simpson, Bill Irwin, Patricia Racette, Morris Robinson, Angela Renée Simpson, Harriet Harris, Kirsten Wyatt, John Bolton, Patrick Cummings, James Asher, Matthew Piatt, Carmen Steele, Kevin Blackton, Tracy Camp, Sharon McNight, Erin Neff, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Chorus, and Dance Corps, John DeMain, conductor.
Language:	Optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Korean; accompanying program notes in English with French and German translations.
Date/Time and Place of an Event Note:	Recorded live at the San Francisco Opera, June 2014.
FOLIO link:	View instance in FOLIO