Description
Wagner: Das Liebesverbot / CHORUS & ORCHESTRA OF THE TEATRO REAL, MADRID / Opus Arte
UPC: 809478011910
Playtime is 160 Minutes
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4 Ounces
- Item model number : 47564104
- Director : Janos Darvas
- Media Format : NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours and 40 minutes
- Release date : February 24, 2017
- Actors : Christopher Maltman, Peter Lodahl, Ilker Arcayurek, David Alegret, David Jerusalem
- Dubbed : None
- Subtitles : English, German, Japanese, Korean, French
- Studio : BBC / Opus Arte
- Number of discs : 1
Summary
Wagner's rarely performed early comic opera, based on Shakespeare's Measure for Measure, enjoys its Spanish debut in a new production by director Kasper Holten. The lively score boasts clear Italian, French and Weberian influences that pre-date the composer's mature voice, yet the music continually delights with the unmistakable emergence of Wagner's precocious genius. His adaptation of the Bard's play reflects the rebellious mood of a Revolutionary Germany, vindicating sensual love and attacking the fanatical repression of sexuality by a puritanical and hypocritical authority. Ivor Bolton conducts a vibrant cast featuring English baritone and Cardiff Singer of the World Lieder Prize-winner Christopher Maltman, Turkish-Viennese tenor and BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artist Ilker Arcayürek and Germany's hottest Wagnerian leading lady, Manuela Uhl. Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true Surround Sound.
Sung in German with English, French, German, Japanese and Korean subtitles.