Die tote Stadt : Oper in drei Bildern / [Musik von] Erich Wolfgang Korngold ; Text von Paul Schott nach der Erzählung "Das tote Brügge" von Georges Rodenbach ; Inszenierung, Götz Friedrich ; SFB.

Format:

• Video

Contributor:

• Schott, Paul, librettist.
• Friedrich, Götz, director.
• Armstrong, Karan, 1941- performer.
• Neubauer, Margit, performer.
• Greenberg, Sylvia, performer.
• Engert, Ruthild, performer.
• King, James, 1925-2005, performer.
• Murray, William, 1935- performer.
• Grobe, Donald, performer.
• Knutson, David, performer.
• Liégeois, Jean-Pierre, performer.
• Bárdy, Margit, costume designer.
• Reinhardt, Andreas, 1937-2007, set designer.
• Hollreiser, Heinrich, 1913-2006, conductor.
• Large, Brian, director.
• Rodenbach, Georges, 1855-1898.
• Deutsche Oper Berlin. Chor, performer.
• Deutsche Oper Berlin. Orchester, performer.
• Sender Freies Berlin.
• Deutsche Oper Berlin.
• Arthaus Musik (Firm)

Language:

• English
• French
• German
• Italian
• Spanish

Subjects (All):

• Operas.

Genre:

• Opera films.
• Video recordings.

Physical Description:

• 1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (22 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
• polychrome

Place of Publication:

[Halle/Saale] : Arthaus Musik, [2012]

Language Note:

In German with optional subtitles in German, English, French, Spanish, or Italian.

System Details:

• DVD 9; region 0; NTSC; PCM stereo.; full screen (4:3).
• digital
• optical
• stereo
• NTSC
• video file
• DVD video

Summary:

"'If Berlin's opera devotees were asked to name the most thrilling, most memorable productions in any of the city's three houses during the last twenty-five years, hardly anyone would hesitate to include Götz Friedrich's 1983 Deutsche Oper staging of Erich Wolfgang Korngold's opera Die tote Stadt on the list. That production -- starring Friedrich's wife, Karan Armstrong, as Marietta and James King as Paul with breathtakingly beautiful sets by Andreas Reinhardt that captured the gloomy, morbid atmosphere of old Brügge perfectly -- is justly considered a legend.'--Opera News, 2004"--Container.

Participant:

Karan Armstrong (Marietta) ; Margit Neubauer (Brigitta) ; Sylvia Greenberg (Juliette) ; Ruthild Engert (Lucienne) ; James King (Paul) ; William Murray (Frank) ; Donald Grobe (Victorin) ; David Knutson (Graf Albert) ; Jean-Pierre Liégeois (Gaston) ; chorus and orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ; conductor, Heinrich Hollreiser.

Credits:

Stage director, Götz Friedrich ; video director, Brian Large ; choreography, Jean-Pierre Liégeois ; costume designer, Margit Bardy ; stage designer, Andreas Reinhardt.

Notes:

• Title from opening and closing screen credits.
• Based on Bruges-la-Morte by Georges Rodenbach.
• Filmed at Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1983.
• Special features: introduction by Götz Friedrich (8 min.).
• Booklet contains opera synopsis and biographical information about the composer and performers in English, French and German.

Related Work:

Rodenbach, Georges, 1855-1898. Bruges-la-Morte http://viaf.org/viaf/8874156012421949700003

Contains:

Korngold, Erich Wolfgang, 1897-1957. Tote Stadt.

OCLC:

813392352

Publisher Number:

• 807280165692
• 101 656 Arthaus Musik