Strauss, R: Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Thielemann)

Recorded live from the Salzburg Festival in July, 2011
Certificate: N/A
Running Time: c.246 mins
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Release Date: 26/03/2012
Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
Already brimming with symbols and transformation, the epic fairy tale recounted by Strauss and his librettist Hofmannsthal in Die Frau Ohne Schatten acquires a further allegorical dimension in Christof Loy's inventive production for the Salzburg Festival,

The central character, the Empress - half-spirit, half-human, and unable to bear children until she finds a shadow - here becomes a young soprano who makes a voyage of personal and professional discovery as she records the opera.

A superb cast fulfils the complex vocal and dramatic demands of the piece, while Christian Thielemann and the Vienna Philharmonic rise gloriously to the challenges of Strauss's most ambitious and splendid operatic score.

Filmed in High Definition and recorded in true Surround Sound.

Special Features:
Thielemann rehearses 'Die Frau ohne Schatten': a documentary by Eric Schulz

Cast Gallery

Related Websites:
http://www.salzburgerfestspiele.at/summer
http://www.opusarte.com/