The first emperor
Item
Record ID
1020
Identifier
90650
Genre
Work Title
The first emperor
Uniform Title
First emperor
Program/Series Title
Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD ; Great performances at the Met
Composer
Text Author
Jin, Ha (libretto) ; Dun, Tan (libretto) ; based on historical records and on Wei Lu's screenplay,"The emperor's shadow"
Production Year
2007
Transmission/Release Date
2007-01-13 (Theater transmission) ; 2007-03-24 (PBS)
Transmission/Release Year
Transmitter/Outlet/Streaming Platform
Theater transmission / PBS
Home Video - DVD
EMI
Conductor/Music Director
Dun, Tan
Orchestra
Metropolitan Opera
Chorus/Choir
Metropolitan Opera
Soloists
Wu Hsing-Kuo (Yin-Yang Master) ; Michelle Deyoung (Shaman) ; Placido Domingo (Emperor Qin) ; Haijing Fu (Chief Minister) ; Hao Jiang Tian (General Wang) ; Elizabeth Futral (Princess Yueyang) ; Susanne Mentzer (Mother of Yueyang) ; Paul Groves (Gao Jianli) ; Timothy Breese Miller (Guard) ; Dou Dou Huang (Principal dancer)
Participants
Zhang, Ziyi (host) ; Beverly Sills (interviwer) ; Margaret Juntwait (announcer)
TV/Film Director
Large, Brian
Stage Director
Yimou, Zhang
Sets
Yue, Fan
Costumes
Wada, Emil
Choreography
Huang, Dou Dou
Production Company
Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.
Producer
Bongiovanni, Mia ; Park, Elena (Supervising Producers) ; Briccetti, Louisa ; Warivonchik, Victoria (Producers)
Executive Producer
Gelb, Peter ; Dun, Tan
Technical Information
HDTV
Other Information
Features: Beverly Sills interviews Placido Domingo and comments on back stage action. "The first emperor in rehearsal at the Met," a film by Susan Froemke used during intermission on the theater transmission, and following the opera on the PBS telecast. Mia Bongiovanni, Elena Park (supervising producers). David Horn (series producer for Great performances) ; Barry Schulman (executive producer for Great performances.) Sonya Friedman (English to English subtitles)
Duration
ca. 180'
Presenting Station
WNET/13 for PBS release
Company
Metropolitan Opera Company
Recorded
Janury 13, 2007 for PBS release
Sourcemat
DLCAT - 150