Axel Köhler
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Birthday: January 01, 1959
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Rinaldo - Bayerische Staatsoper
2001-01-01
Rinaldo - Bayerische Staatsoper
Overview: This modern interpretation of Georg Frederick Handel's opera focuses on Rinaldo's attempts to break free from enchantress Armida and reunite with his true love, Almirena. In addition to the live performance, the program also includes a Handel documentary, which explores the composer's career and many achievements.
Genres: Documentary Music Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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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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Handel: Rinaldo
2012-12-12
Handel: Rinaldo
Overview: Ethereal music, a fairytale plot, beguiling sets and spectacular special effects all these combined to make Rinaldo in every sense the Baroque multimedia event par excellence. In his modern staging, producer David Alden has resorted to all kinds of magic tricks. The mourning Almirena, for example, is suspended like a paralysed mermaid in a neon-blue water tank for her aria Lascia ch'io pianga. Armida constantly struggles to make her obstinate pet Hydra see reason, and no expense is spared on the stylishly artistic dance interludes. The characters move in an ironic blend of Twenties look, trendy club scene and sacro' kitsch. Unsurprisingly, opera-goers were quick to latch onto such a glittering and star studded production. Indeed, there can be no doubt that the American David Daniels is the undisputed star of this Munich production, even alongside the other famous names on the cast list.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-12-12
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Handel: Admeto
2006-01-01
Handel: Admeto
Overview: Axel Kohler, the internationally renowned countertenor has brought Admeto into the modern era in timeless style by the skillful application of imaginative theatrical digressions. Köhler's production at the Halle Opernhaus revisits a work that encompasses comedy, tragedy and almost absurd grotesqueness, couching it in the convincing metaphor of a modern hospital.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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