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Die Frau ohne Schatten : opera in three acts / [libretto] by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; music by Richard Strauss ; directed by Götz Friedrich ; directed for television by Brian Large ; producer, Miroslav Svoboda ; an ORF co-production with the Easter and Summer Salzburg Festivals.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoLondon, England : Decca, [2002], ℗1993.
Description2 videodiscs (203 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s)
Included WorkStrauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Frau ohne Schatten.
Included WorkHofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929 librettist.
Included WorkFriedrich, Götz director.
Included WorkLarge, Brian director.
Included WorkSvoboda, Miroslav.
Included WorkStuder, Cheryl performer.
Included WorkMoser, Thomas, 1945- performer.
Included WorkMarton, Eva performer.
Included WorkHale, Robert, 1933- performer.
Included WorkLipovšek, Marjana performer.
Included WorkSolti, Georg, Sir, 1912- conductor.
Other author/creatorWiener Philharmoniker performer.
Other author/creatorKonzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor performer.
Other author/creatorSalzburger Chorknaben und -Mädchen, performer.
Other author/creatorÖsterreichischer Rundfunk.
Other author/creatorDecca Records (Firm)
Other author/creatorSalzburger Festspiele (1992)
Contents Disc 1. Acts 1 & 2 -- Disc 2. Act 3.
Abstract The daughter of Keikobad, ruler of the spirit world, has married an Emperor. As a result she is now neither human nor a spirit and cannot bear children unless she can find a shadow.
General noteProgram notes by Michael Kennedy, synopsis, and credits in English (22 p.) inserted in container.
CreditsSet design, Rolf Glittenberg ; costume design, Marianne Glittenberg ; lighting design, Franz Peter David ; editor, Franz Kabelka.
Performer Cheryl Studer (Die Kaiserin) ; Thomas Moser (Der Kaiser) ; Robert Hale (Barak) ; Eva Marton (sein Weib) ; Marjana Lipovšek (Die Amme) ; Andrea Rost, Herbert Lippert, Elizbieta Ardam, Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz, Manfred Hemm, Hans Franzen, Wilfried Gahmlich, Carmen Fuggiss, Petra Schnitzer, Dalia Schaechter, Rannveig Braga, Noriko Sasaki, Gerhard Eder, Karl Nebenführ, Wolfgang Scheider, Birgit Beer, supporting soloists ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Salzburger Chorknaben und -Mädchen ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded live at the 1992 Salzburg Summer Festival.
Technical detailsDVD video, 16:9 aspect ratio, digital DTS surround or stereo. sound.
LanguageSung in German; optional subtitles in English, French, Italian, Spanish and Chinese.
UPC 044007142592
Publisher number440 071 425-9 Decca

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