The perfect American : an opera

Label

The perfect American : an opera

Title remainder

an opera

Statement of responsibility

by Philip Glass ; libretto by Rudy Wurlitzer ; stage director, Phelim McDermott ; TV director, Jańos Darvas

Creator

• Glass, Philip

Contributor

• Wurlitzer, Rudolph
• Darvas, Jańos
• Lomas, Rosie
• McLaughlin, Marie, 1954-
• Orquesta Sinfońica de Madrid, Coro
• Kaasch, Donald
• Davies, Dennis Russell
• Pittsinger, David
• Kelly, Janis, 1954-
• Improbable Skills Ensemble
• James, Zachary
• Purves, Christopher
• Teatro Real (Madrid, Spain)
• McDermott, Phelim
• Orquesta Sinfońica de Madrid
• Easterlin, John
• Fikret, Nazan
• Tynan, Sarah

Subject

• Operas
• Disney, Walt, 1901-1966 -- Drama

Genre

• Drama

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• ger
• spa
• jap
• kor
• eng

Related

• Kon̈ig von Amerika

Cataloging source

TDF

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Sets and costumes, Dan Potra ; lighting design, Jon Clark ; choreography, Ben Wright

Date time place

Recorded at the Teatro Real, Madrid, January 2013

Language note

Sung in English; subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean

PerformerNote

Christopher Purves (Walt Disney) ; David Pittsinger (Roy Disney) ; Donald Kaasch (Dantine) ; Janis Kelly (Hazel George) ; Marie McLaughlin (Lillian Disney) ; Sarah Tynan (Sharon) ; Nazan Fikret (Diane) ; Rosie Lomas (Lucy/Josh) ; Zachary James (Abraham Lincoln/A funerary worker) ; John Easterlin (Andy Warhol) ; Juan Noval-Moro (Chuck/A doctor) ; Beatriz de Gaĺvez (A secretary) ; Noelia Bunũel (Nurse) ; Coro y Orquesta del Teatro Real (Coro Intermezzo, Orquesta Sinfońica de Madrid) ; chorus master, Andreś Maśpero ; the Improbable Skills Ensemble ; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor/musical director

Runtime

120

Technique

live action