Description
Bernd Alois Zimmermann: Die Soldaten / Wiener Philarmoniker / Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher / Stage Director: Alvis Hermanis / Recorded at Salzburg Festival August 2012 / DVD
Format: Ntsc
Runnig time: 122 Minutes
UPC: 880242725882
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 0.59 x 5.31 x 7.56 inches; 3.67 Ounces
- Item model number : 880242725882
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Classical, NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours and 2 minutes
- Release date : June 25, 2013
- Actors : Muff, Aikin, Baumgartner, Konieczny, Morloc
- Subtitles: : English, German, French
- Studio : EuroArts
- Number of discs : 1
Die Soldaten set new dimensions to the concept of opera and has been called one of the chief works of modern music theatre in the 20th century. This widely praised production was a highlight of the Salzburg Festival in 2012 featuring an ensemble of 170 musicians including the Wiener Philharmoniker led by German conductor Ingo Metzmacher.
Bernd Alois Zimmermann’s opera Die Soldaten (The Soldiers) was praised as the highlight of the Salzburg Festival 2012. In Salzburg’s Felsenreitschule, the Wiener Philharmoniker performed the opera under Ingo Metzmacher together with a top-flight cast of singers. A massive ensemble of 170 musicians and 50 soloists on stage contribute to make this highly complex composition a direct and physically palpable experience for the audience. The sheer force of the music and its performance are reflected in the Latvian-born director Alvis Hermanis’s staging: setting the scene on a 40-metre-wide stage and taking advantage of the room’s full height, he portrays the individual episodes and stages of the plot in the simultaneity required by Zimmermann and condenses it into an exciting drama. Recorded at Salzburg Festival August 2012
