{"product_id":"glass-the-perfect-american-1","title":"Glass: The Perfect American","description":"\u003ca class=\"links\" href=\"album.jsp?album_id=1014479\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso available on Blu-ray\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The last days of the American icon Walt Disney form a powerful and poignant subject for Philip Glass's latest opera, which was filmed at its first performances in Madrid in January 2013. Phelim McDermott's spectacular production is worthy of Disney's own visual imagination and its definitive influence on American culture, while in the pit is the conductor Dennis Russell Davies, an experienced and authoritative champion of the composer's hypnotically beautiful music, which gives wings to Rudy Wurlitzer's operatic transformation of Peter Stephan Jungk's novel, using both fact and fiction to peer into Disney's troubled psyche as illness forces him to confront his mortality. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003eWhat the press said: ''...one of the crowning events of the past year's globe-trotting celebration of Mr. Glass's 75th birthday.'' The New York Times \u003cbr\u003ePhilip Glass\u003cbr\u003e THE PERFECT AMERICAN \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Walt Disney – Christopher Purves\u003cbr\u003e Roy – David Pittsinger\u003cbr\u003e Dantine – Donald Kaasch\u003cbr\u003e Hazel George – Janis Kelly\u003cbr\u003e Lillian Disney – Marie McLaughlin\u003cbr\u003e Sharon – Sarah Tynan\u003cbr\u003e Diane – Nazan Fikret\u003cbr\u003e Lucy \/ Josh – Rosie Lomas\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Improbable Skills Ensemble\u003cbr\u003e Madrid Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e Dennis Russell Davies, conductor\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Phelim McDermott, stage director\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Recorded live from the Teatro Real, Madrid, February 2013 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Bonus:\u003cbr\u003e - Cast gallery\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Picture format: NTSC 16:9\u003cbr\u003e Sound format: LPCM 2.0 \/ DTS 5.1\u003cbr\u003e Region code: 0 (worldwide)\u003cbr\u003e Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean\u003cbr\u003e Running time: 120 mins\u003cbr\u003e No. of DVD: 1\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Opus Arte","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":49608072626456,"sku":"809478011170","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/2335525_8e3d3c48-b02f-400b-84bb-a6c3827f8894.jpg?v=1777684638","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/glass-the-perfect-american-1","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}