Marco Polo

Composer: Tan, Dun

Librettist/Text Author: Griffiths, Paul

Conductor: Tan, Dun

Orchestra: Netherlands Chamber Orchestra

Chorus: Cappella Amsterdam

Chorus Master: Reuss, Daniel

Arabian Dancer: Mu, Na

Chinese Dancer: Mu, Na

Dante: Bryant, Stephen

Kublai Khan: Richardson, Stephen

Li Po: Zhang, Jun

Mahler: Kross, Tania

Marco: Castle, Sarah

Polo: Workman, Charles

Queen: Kross, Tania

Rustichello: Zhang, Jun

Shadow 1: Zhang, Jun

Shadow 2: Kross, Tania

Shadow 3: Bryant, Stephen

Shakespeare: Bryant, Stephen

Sheherazada: Kross, Tania

Water: Lundy, Nancy Allen

Set Designer: Kalman, Jean

Costume Designer: Figus, Angelo

Lighting Designer: Kalman, Jean

Choreographer: Linning, Nanine

Stage Director: Audi, Pierre

Television Director: Vermeiren, Misjel

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Date of Production: 18-11-2008

Venue: Het Muziektheater, Amsterdam

Playing Time: 02:36:00

Catalogue Number: OA1010D

UPC: 809478010104

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In Marco Polo, an opera within an opera, composer Tan Dun portrays the Venetian explorer's travels to the Far East as a journey of both inner and physical discovery, a voyage depicting spiritual experiences as well as a geographical expedition. At the same time the work, on a libretto by Paul Griffiths, can be seen as a compositional adventure of the composer himself, unifying the various cultural worlds he occupies: a blend of Western avant garde and Oriental traditions. Pierre Audi's mythical staging and Jean Kalman's fabulous set design complement the composer's own musical direction, forging the dazzlingly versatile soloists, the Netherlands Chamber Orchestra and Capella Amsterdam to a stunning symbiosis of elements across time and space, a true testimony to cultures intertwined in globalisation.

Bonus features:

- Synopsis - Cast gallery
- The Music of Tomorrow - A documentary by Reiner E. Moritz, including interviews with the creative team and principal members of the cast.