Die Frau ohne Schatten

Synopsis

"A shining hour", trumpeted Vienna's Kurier after the premiere of Richard Strauss' "Die Frau ohne Schatten" at the Salzburg Festival, which was also the premiere of Christian Thielemann as opera conductor there. True to the Festival's tradition, this production features a line-up of great Strauss singers, such as Anne Schwanewilms, Stephen Gould, Wolfgang Koch, Michaela Schuster and Evelyn Herlitzius. Christof Loy's production is set in the mid 1950s in the Sofiensäle, a celebrated Viennese recording studio at the time. The singers portray singers from the Wiener Staatsoper recording "Die Frau ohne Schatten".

Additional Info

• No: A04001554
• Composer: Richard Strauss
• Conductor: Christian Thielemann
• Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker / Chorus: KV Wiener Staatsopernchor
• Artists: Stephen Gould, Anne Schwanewilms, Michaela Schuster, Wolfgang Koch, Evelyn Herlitzius, Markus Brueck
• Production year: 2011
• Run time: 03:40:00
• Director: Karina Fibich / Christof Loy
• Producers: UNITEL in co-production with ORF/3sat and NHK in cooperation with Wiener Philarmoniker, Salzburg Festival and CLASSICA
• Format: HDTV