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Orff - Astutuli | Wergo MV08525

Orff - Astutuli

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Label: Wergo

Cat No: MV08525

Barcode: 4010228085259

Format: DVD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 27th June 2011

Contents

Artists

Michael Schanze
Winfried Hubner
Christoph Gehr
Michael Schlenger
Ensemble of the World Theatre Choirs, Andechs
Young Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Mark Mast

Works

Orff, Carl

Astutuli

Artists

Michael Schanze
Winfried Hubner
Christoph Gehr
Michael Schlenger
Ensemble of the World Theatre Choirs, Andechs
Young Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor

Mark Mast

About

Apart from Richard Strauss, Carl Orff is the most important Bavarian composer of the 20th century. Today, Carmina Burana is the most frequently performed choral work of all time, but other works by Carl Orff have fallen into oblivion. This is most notably the case with his Greek dramas, and also his Bavarian pieces, but various new productions are heralding a renaissance: the Darmstadt State Theatre has addressed Oedipus and Antigone in productions by John Dew, and the Orff Festival in Andechs, under the artistic direction of Hellmuth Matiasek, has broken fresh ground with new productions of Astutuli and Die Bernauerin.

The Carl Orff DVD series - created by B.O.A. Videofilmkunst Munich under the direction of Peider A. Defilla - presents a new view of the composer Carl Orff.

Astutuli
A rascal’s tale, both fascinating and amusing, and presented in Orff’s “rootsy” and powerful Bavarian style. “Astutuli” are the cheeky super-bright people who get taken all too easily by a clever con-man. Nobody wants to be the dumb one; thus, the audience first lose a healthy sense of truth, then they lose their clothes and their purses and eventually all their dignity. “Everything is make-believe!” shouts the entertainer before disappearing with his accomplice and the loot. It’s a rascal’s tale, a story of deception, which is both fascinating and amusing. But behind all that – and unnoticeable until the very end – we find deceit, spoonfeeding and theft.

Starring Michael Schanze as The Entertainer.

Stage Director: Hellmuth Matiasek
Stage and costumes: Thomas Pekny
Lights: Georg Boeshenz

Performed in the Florian Barn of the Andechs Monastery

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