Orango

Synopsis

"Orango" - prologue to an unfinished opera by Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975), conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, performed by the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Mariinsky Theatre Academy. In the 1920s, Soviet biologist Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov carried out a series of experiments to create a human/nonhuman ape hybrid. Three female chimpanzees were inseminated with human sperm. No pregnancy occurred.. In 1929 he organized a set of experiments involving nonhuman ape sperm and human volunteers, but was delayed by the death of his last orangutan.

Main Cast

Esa-Pekka Salonen

Self - Conductor

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Natalia Pavlova

Suzanna

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Dmitro Koljeuško

Ivanov

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Natalia Jakimova

Renée

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Aleksander Šagun

Armand Fleury

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Aleksander Trofimov

Paul Mâche

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Ivan Novoselov

Orango

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Vladimir Babokin

Foreigner 1

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Original Story	Aleksei Tolstoy
	Writer	Alexander Starchakov
Sound	Original Music Composer	Dmitri Shostakovich
Crew	Cinematography	Louis Price
Directing	Director	Elina Heiskanen
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