King Lear

Hailed as one of the best adaptations of this Shakespearean tragedy, Grigori Kozintsevs King Lear is a striking epic interpretation based on a translation by novelist Boris Pasternak and driven by a stirring score by composer Dmitri Shostakovich. Kozintsev transposed the setting to a sparse landscape of moors and marshes, which provides an eerie backdrop to the bare castles and roaming bands of ragged, destitute wanderers. Thin, frail Yuri Yarvets unique interpretation of the title role, in which he focuses on the kings suffering and pain, was internationally acclaimed.

This edition features a special onscreen introduction by renowned opera, theatre, and film festival director Peter Sellars.

Upplagd i sortimentet: 14 Augusti, 2007