Alfred Muff
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Elektra
2005-11-30
Elektra
Overview: The Martin Kušej production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Opernhaus Zurich on 30 November and 4 December 2005. Eva Johansson stars as Elektra, with Marjana Lipovšek as Klytämnestra, Melanie Diener as Chrysothemis, Rudolf Schashing as Aegisth, and Alfred Muff as Orest. Christoph von Dohnányi conducts.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-11-30
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William Tell
1987-09-06
William Tell
Overview: “Let us assume that Switzerland is truly a paradise. The music hereto was written long ago. We have merely forgotten it.” (Daniel Schmid) This is the material from which the most Swiss of all operas is made: the legendary Wilhelm Tell – a Swiss hero: straightforward, a primus inter pares of the indomitable freedom fighters, a good shot, surefire. A myth that becomes a poetic playground: nature in turmoil, the struggle for freedom and forbidden love. A legendary overture at a gallop with an iconic post horn motif – all this and much more in the thirty-seventh and last opera by Rossini.
Genres: TV Movie Music
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1987-09-06
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Don Giovanni - Zurich
2006-05-07
Don Giovanni - Zurich
Overview: Live performance Zürich, May and July 2006. Modern dress performance which generated mixed reactions.
Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-05-07
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L'Upupa & Der Triumph der Sohnesliebe
2003-08-26
L'Upupa & Der Triumph der Sohnesliebe
Overview: This production of Hans Werner Henze's opera Upupa & Der Triumph der Sohnesliebe features Laura Aiken, John Mark Ainsley, and Alfred Muff in lead roles. Markus Stenz conducts the Wiener Philharmoniker. Live at the Salzburg Festival 2003.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-08-26
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Salzburg 20/21: Beethoven - Fidelio
2010-03-29
Salzburg 20/21: Beethoven - Fidelio
Overview: Nikolaus Harnoncourt is the conductor in this 2004 production of Beethoven's only opera staged at the Zurich Opera House. Finnish soprano Camilla Nyland takes the title role, with performances by Jonas Kaufmann, Laszlo Polgar and Alfred Muff.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-29
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Genoveva
2008-01-01
Genoveva
Overview: Juliane Banse, Cornelia Kallisch, Shawn Mathey, Martin Gantner, Ruben Drole and Alfred Muff star in this acclaimed adaptation of German composer Robert Schumann's opera "Genoveva," produced by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Inspired by the works of Johann Ludwig Tieck and Christian Friedrich Hebbel, Schumann's tale centers on an ill-fated countess who finds her life turned upside down when she's falsely accused of adultery.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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Berg: Lulu
2004-01-01
Berg: Lulu
Overview: Since its premiere on 2 June 1937 in Zurich, Alban Berg's second opera "Lulu" has the reputation of being surrounded by scandals. On the one hand, this is due to the dubious character of the subject, the man-eating femme fatale, which Berg had taken from Frank Wedekind's two Lulu tragedies – "The Earth Spirit" and "Pandora's Box" – and combined into one opera libretto. On the other hand, Berg's window had (for personal reasons) repeatedly refused to have the opera completed, which was unfinished when Berg died. This video is of the unfinished two-act torso of "Lulu."
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Fidelio - Beethoven - Opernhaus Zürich 2008
2008-01-01
Fidelio - Beethoven - Opernhaus Zürich 2008
Overview: Translucence, transparency – warmth’ are the qualities identified by Bernard Haitink as necessary for an ideal sound performance of Beethoven's only opera, and all are present in this fantastic recording of Katharina Thalbach's 2008 production for Opernhaus Zurich. Haitink conducts the Zurich Opera Orchestra in a magnificent performance in which Leonore Overture No. 3 provides an interlude between the two scenes of the second act, following a tradition started by Gustav Mahler. German soprano Melanie Diener, in the role of Leonore, leads a brilliant cast including Alfred Muff as Rocco, Roberto Saccà as Florestan, Sandra Trattnigg as Marzelline and Christoph Strehl as Jaquino. This High Definition recording with true surround sound marks the start of the exciting collaboration between Opus Arte and Opernhaus Zurich.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-01-01
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