Salzburger Festspiele 2016 Richard Strauss - Die

-Richard Strauss penultimate, satirically mythological opera Die Liebe der Danae (The Love of Danae, after a draft by Hugo von Hoffmansthal. -The Wiener Philharmoniker play under the baton of Franz Welser-Möst, under whom they conveyed the glittering colors and lyrical intricacies of Strauss s late score (NY Times). -Krassimira Stoyanova, who is a regular fixture at the Salzburg Festival, is heading a truly supreme cast and emerges as the one in a thousand, the true Strauss lyric-dramatic soprano who can soar and swoop, working miracles on phrases that never stop coming (The Artsdesk). -Bass-Baritone Tomasz Konieczny, sings this Jupiter almost unsurpassably (FAZ), he is so vocally majestic that Danae s choice of Midas seems implausible (Financial Times). -Alvis Hermanis colourful production brings oriental flair to the Salzach, his staging was spectacular above all else (Opera Today). Die Liebe der Danae is narrowly linked to the Festival s rich history. Due to conditions during World War II, the Salzburg Festival, which had commissioned the opera for summer 1944, couldn t give the public premiere. Instead only a single dress rehearsal, attended by Strauss himself, was performed for an invited audience. Thereafter, the opera was staged in Salzburg only twice and very seldom anywhere else in the world. Once more, this very rarely presented opera returned successfully on stage, leaving the audience

Key details: Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 | Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No | Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 ounces | Director: Alvis Hermanis, Ernst Raffelsberger | Media Format: NTSC | Run time: 2 hours and 40 minutes | Release date: July 21, 2017 | Actors: Krassimira Stoyanova, Norbert Ernst, Tomasz Konieczny, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke | Subtitles: : English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish | Studio: Euroarts

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Review snippets: I often complain bitterly when modern directors of operas from a previous generation try to make a name for themselves by destroying a work of art they claim to be honoring. In Salzburg, known for its sumptuous productions, we have / Spectacular performance with over the top staging from the Salzburg Festival of a rare late Strauss Opera. Vienna Philharmonic spectacular as always in this repertoire. NOTE!! Do not be put off by the region coding. I received today in the