Heinz Zednik
Author
Series
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Deutsch
Description
Alban Berg's opera 'Lulu' is the story of a lower-class girl who sleeps her way to fame and fortune before losing everything she has and finding death at the hands of Jack the Ripper. Conductor Marc Albrecht supports the two main protagonists, Patricia Petibon's Lulu and Michael Volle's Dr. Schon, with the rich sonorities of Berg's music. Particularly impressive are the gigantic backdrops that dominate the stage and were painted by Daniel Richter,...
9) Siegfried
Series
Language
Deutsch
Description
The third opera in Wagner's Ring cycle, in which the fearless hero Siegfried makes his entrance.
Author
Series
Publisher
Deutsche Grammophon
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
Deutsch
Description
Otto Schenk's 1982 production of Smetana's opera about the bartered bride who finally married the young Bohemian she loved includes "...lilting melodies, lovable characters and rousing Czech folk dances."--Container.
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
2009
Language
Deutsch
Description
The story encompasses the gruesome detail, horror, passion, and torment that characterized works of the German Expressionist movement. Wozzeck is an impoverished soldier driven insane by his manipulative superiors and his mistress' infidelity. In a jealous rage, he stabs her, then drowns when he tries to wash the blood from his hands.
Series
Publisher
TDK Mediactive
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Italiano
Description
Puccini's last opera is a story of a beautiful but cruel Chinese princess, Turandot. The opera is characterized by its tension between the denial of love and secret affection, Turandot's obsession with sacrificial victims, and between cold cruelty and pure love.
