Der Rosenkavalier / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; a production of Bayerischer Rundfunk and Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. ; stage production, Otto Schenk.

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Filmed in 1979, this delightful staging by Otto Schenk features outstanding singers Gwyneth Jones and Lucia Popp as well as a rare chance to watch legendary Carlos Kleiber conduct one of his trademark operas. Strauss is the composer.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Bayerischer Rundfunk (Production personnel)
Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH (Production personnel)
Bayerische Staatsoper München. Chor (Performer)
Bayerisches Staatsorchester (Performer)
Deutsche Grammophon Video
Other Authors: Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929 (Librettist)
Schenk, Otto (Producer, Director)
Jones, Gwyneth, 1936- (Performer)
Jungwirth, Manfred, 1919-1999 (Performer)
Fassbaender, Brigitte (Performer)
Kusche, Benno (Performer)
Popp, Lucia (Performer)
Waas, Anneliese (Performer)
Thaw, David (Performer)
Wewezow, Gudrun (Performer)
Araiza, Francisco (Performer)
Kleiber, Carlos, 1930-2004 (Conductor)
Hundorf, Karl-Heinz (Director)
Rose, Jürgen, 1937- (Designer, Costume designer)
Strauss, Richard, 1864-1949
Language:German
English
French
Spanish
Chinese
Language and/or Writing System:
Sung in German; with German, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles; menu language: English.
Published: Hamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, [2005], ©2005.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Operas.
Óperas.
Opéras > Enregistrement vidéodisque.
Genre:
Operas.
Physical Description:2 videodiscs (186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Filmed in 1979, this delightful staging by Otto Schenk features outstanding singers Gwyneth Jones and Lucia Popp as well as a rare chance to watch legendary Carlos Kleiber conduct one of his trademark operas. Strauss is the composer.
Note:Program notes by Kenneth Chalmers and synopsis by Karl Dietrich Gräwe (15 pages : ill.) inserted in container.
Videorecording.
Call Number:CM2 D0054743 VideoDVD
Credits:Director, Otto Schenck; video director, Karlheinz Hundorf; set and costume design, Jürgen Rose.
System Details:DVD; picture format: NTSC/4:3; region code 0 (worldwide); PCM stereo., DTS 5.1.
Participant or Performer:
Gwyneth Jones (Feldmarschallin); Manfred Jungwirth (Baron Ochs); Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian); Benno Kusche (Faninal); Lucia Popp (Sophie); Anneliese Waas (Leitmetzerin); David Thaw (Valzacchi); Gudrun Wewezow (Annina); Francisco Araiza (Sänger); with supporting soloists; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor.
Event Details:
Recorded May and June 1979, at Nationaltheater, Munich.