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KING ROGER - KAROL SZYMANOWSKI / Wiener Symphoniker, SIR MARK ELDER / Staged by David Pountney, Bregenzer Festspiele / Scott Hendricks, Olga Pasichnyk, John Graham-Halt, Will Hartmann / Unitel Classica / major / DVD Video
UPC 814337010287
Playtime is 89 Minutes
It is hard to believe that for decades Karol Szymanowski's masterpiece, his magnificent opera King Roger of 1926, led such a shadowy existence until it was revealed for what it is by such powerful champions as Simen Rattle: one of the 20th century's finest operas.
The visually strong production by David Pountney provided the Bregenz Festival with one of its most abiding successes in recent years. Scott Headricks in the baritone title role and Olga Pasichayk as his queen, Raxana, were both rapturously applauded. "What grandiose music!" (Süddeutsche Zeitung)
Children's Chorus of Musikhauptschule Bregenz
Camerata Silesia
Polish Radio Choir Kraków
Wiener Symphoniker
Sir Mark Elder
Staged by David Pountney
Set Design: Raimund Bauer
Costume Design: Marie-Jeanne Lecca
Lighting Design Fabrice Kebour
Choreography Beate Vollack
Video Design: Gilles Papain
Video Director: Felix Breisach
- FILMED IN HIGH DEFINITION
- MASTERED FROM AN HD SOURCE
- PICTURE FORMAT: NTSC 16:9
- SOUND FORMATS: PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
- SUBTITLES: POLISH, ENGLISH, GERMAN, FRENCH, SPANISH, CATALAN
- REGION CODE 0 (WORLDWIDE)
- TOTAL RUNNING TIME 89 MINS
