The first emperor

Item

Record ID

1020

Identifier

90650

Genre

Opera

Work Title

The first emperor

Uniform Title

First emperor

Program/Series Title

Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD ; Great performances at the Met

Composer

Dun, Tan

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

2007

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