Storyline
"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.
Cast & Crew
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Self - Conductor
Lead
Natalia Pavlova
Suzanna
DK
Dmitro Koljeuško
Ivanov
NJ
Natalia Jakimova
Renée
AŠ
Aleksander Šagun
Armand Fleury
AT
Aleksander Trofimov
Paul Mâche
IN
Ivan Novoselov
Orango
VB
Vladimir Babokin
Foreigner 1
What People Are Saying
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Elina Heiskanen's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Orango is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
