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Hartmann - Simplicius Simplicissimus | Arthaus 101255

Hartmann - Simplicius Simplicissimus

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Label: Arthaus

Cat No: 101255

Barcode: 0807280125597

Format: DVD - NTSC

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 2nd January 2007

Contents

Artists

Claudia Mahnke
Frank van Aken
Heinz Gohrig
Michael Ebbecke
Mark Munkittrick
Helmut Berger-Tuna
Marcia Haydee
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Staatsorchester Stuttgart

Conductor

Kwame Ryan

Artists

Claudia Mahnke
Frank van Aken
Heinz Gohrig
Michael Ebbecke
Mark Munkittrick
Helmut Berger-Tuna
Marcia Haydee
Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
Staatsorchester Stuttgart

Conductor

Kwame Ryan

About

This new production of Karl Amadeus Hartmann’s opera Simplicius Simplicissimus at the Staatsoper Stuttgart is performed in its original chamber-music version. 
 
This devastating work, composed in the mid 1930s, provides a powerful vision of the horror of war Europe was to experience in the following decade. It was not performed or heard in Germany until after the Second World War. 
 
The opera tells the story of Simplicius, a humble shepherd boy, caught up in the terrible destruction brought by the Thirty Years’ War of the 17th century. A symphonic version, which Hartmann composed in the fifties, superseded the chamber-music version. Because of its scanty musical texture, abruptness and intimate score, director Christof Nel chose to bring this chamber version to the stage.
 
Live Recording from the Staatsoper Stuttgart 2005.
Sung in German.
 
Cast:
Claudia Mahnke: Simplicius
Franz van Aken: The Hermit
Heinz Gohrig: The Governor
Michael Ebbecke: The Lansquenet
Mark Munkittrick: The Captain
Helmut Berger-Tuna: The Farmer
Marci Haydee: The Lady
 
Directed by Christof Nel
 
Sound Format: PCM Stereo
Picture Format: 16:9
Menu Languages: GB, D, F, SP
Subtitle Languages: GB, D, F, SP, IT
Running Time: 85 mins
NTSC 9 / Region Code: 0

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