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Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
2 videodiscs (201 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Baron Ochs, having arranged with Sophie's father Faninal to combine his noble rank with Faninal's money by marrying Sophie, asks the Marschallin to suggest an appropriate young man to be his Knight of the Rose, who will present a silver rose to Sophie on his behalf as a traditional symbol of courtship. Marschallin recommends Octavian. When Octavian delivers the rose, he and Sophie fall in love on sight, and must figure out how to prevent Baron Ochs from marrying Sophie. The musical comedy has a deep-rooted performance tradition at the Salzburg Festival, but Robert Carsen's new reading opens up one more musical interpretation of this comedy of errors.
Salzburger Festspiele 2004 ; aus dem Grosses Festspielhaus ; [Musik von] Richard Strauss ; Text von Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; Inszenierung, Robert Carsen ; Bildregie, Brian Large ; eine Koproduktion von ORF, Arte ; in Zusammenarbeit mit den Salsburger Festspielen.
"Comedy for music in three acts."--Container.
Program notes and synopsis (15 pages : ill.) in English, German, and French inserted in container.
Adrianne Pieczonka (Feldmarschallin) ; Franz Hawlata (Baron Ochs) ; Angelika Kirchschlager (Octavian) ; Franz Grundheber (Faninal) ; Miah Persson (Sophie) ; Concert Association of the Vienna State Opera Chorus ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ; Semyon Bychkov, conductor.
Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival 2004, in perfomance at the Grosses Festspielhaus, August 2004.
DVD9 & DVD5; NTSC, region code: 0; aspect ratio: 16:9; PCM stereo; 5.1 Dolby Digital, DTS 5.1 sound formats.
Sung in German with optional subtitles in English, German, French, Italian, or Spanish.
Set and costume design, Peter Pabst; director of photography, Wolggang Hirschl.