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Zimmermann - Die Soldaten (Blu-ray) | Euroarts 2072584

Zimmermann - Die Soldaten (Blu-ray)

Label: Euroarts

Cat No: 2072584

Barcode: 0880242725844

Format: Blu-ray

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 1st July 2013

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Contents

Artists

Alfred Muff
Laura Aikin
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Tomasz Konieczny
Renee Morloc
Gabriela Benackova
Matthias Klink
Reinhard Mayr
Daniel Brenna
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Wiener Philharmoniker

Conductor

Ingo Metzmacher

Works

Zimmermann, Bernd Alois

Die Soldaten

Artists

Alfred Muff
Laura Aikin
Tanja Ariane Baumgartner
Tomasz Konieczny
Renee Morloc
Gabriela Benackova
Matthias Klink
Reinhard Mayr
Daniel Brenna
Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke
Wiener Philharmoniker

Conductor

Ingo Metzmacher

About

The "multimedia music theatre" Die Soldaten by Bernd Alois Zimmermann – based on a text by Sturm and Drang poet Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz – is the composer’s only completed opera. It set new dimensions to the opera genre when it was first staged in Cologne in 1965. It has been called one of the chief works of modern music theatre in the 20th century.

This widely praised production, which was the highlight of the Salzburg Festival in 2012, made full use of the width of the Salzburger Felsenreitschule to give room to the enormous dimensions of Zimmermann’s monumental opera, featuring a massive ensemble of 170 musicians, including the Wiener Philharmoniker, and led by German conductor Ingo Metzmacher.

The Latvian Alvis Hermanis directed the rarely staged and tragic story of the downfall of the middle-class girl Marie in an expressive representation, and achieves in realizing Zimmerman’s desired simultaneity skillfully.

The top-flight cast, consisting of 50 soloists with Alfred Muff as Wesner and Laura Aikin as Marie, received raved reviews by critics for their vocal and dramatical performance.

Stage design: Alvis Hermanis

Ingo Metzmacher conducts with an affection for the score that is palpable, and the Vienna Philharmonic responds magnificently.” - The New York Times

Picture format Blu-ray Disc: 1080i Full HD, 16:9
Sound formats Blu-ray Disc: PCM Stereo, DTS-HD Master Audio
Region code: All (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, German, French
Booklet notes: English, German, French
Running time: 122 mins

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