Description |
1 online resource (1 streaming video (168 min.)) |
Contents |
Act 1 Tolstoy -- Act 2 Tagore -- Act 3 Martin Luther King |
Summary |
This visionary opera tells the story of how Mahatma Gandhi developed the philosophy of satyagraha, nonviolent active resistance, as a political revolutionary tool to fight oppression, connecting his lifework to three historical figures who advanced his philosophy: the celebrated Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, the great Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr |
Notes |
Originally produced in 1983 |
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Arthaus Musik: 100 136 |
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Live recording made in 1983 at the Württembergischen Staatstheater Stuttgart |
Credits |
Director, Hugo Käch ; producer, Achim Freyer |
Performer |
Leo Goeke, Ralf Harster, Helmut Danninger, Inga Nielsen, Georg Greiwe, Elke Estlinbaum, Wolfgang Probst, Limmo Lappalainen, Karl-Friedrich Durr ; Dennis Russell David, conductor |
Notes |
Sung in Sanskrit. Subtitles in English, German, and French |
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DVD version record |
Subject |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 -- Drama
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 -- Drama
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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 -- Drama
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 -- Drama
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SUBJECT |
Gandhi, Mahatma, 1869-1948 fast (OCoLC)fst00033822 |
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King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968 fast (OCoLC)fst00040023 |
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Tagore, Rabindranath, 1861-1941 fast (OCoLC)fst00052355 |
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Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910 fast (OCoLC)fst00037938 |
Subject |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Video recordings.
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Operas.
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Drama.
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Operas.
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Video recordings.
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Vidéos.
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Streaming video
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Author |
Freyer, Achim, 1934-
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Nielsen, Inga, 1946-2008.
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DeJong, Constance.
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Goeke, Leo
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Käch, Hugo
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Davis, Dennis Russell
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Harster, Ralf
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Danninger, Helmut.
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Greiwe, Georg.
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RM Arts (Firm)
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Arthaus Musik (Firm)
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