Der Rosenkavalier / music by Richard Strauss ; libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal ; a production of Bayerischer Rundfunk and Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH & Co. ; stage production, Otto Schenk.

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoHamburg : Deutsche Grammophon, ©2005.
Description2 videodiscs (186 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Subjects

Other author/creatorHofmannsthal, Hugo von, 1874-1929 librettist.
Other author/creatorSchenk, Otto producer, director.
Other author/creatorJones, Gwyneth, 1936- performer.
Other author/creatorJungwirth, Manfred, 1919-1999 performer.
Other author/creatorFassbaender, Brigitte performer.
Other author/creatorKusche, Benno performer.
Other author/creatorPopp, Lucia performer.
Other author/creatorWaas, Anneliese performer.
Other author/creatorThaw, David performer.
Other author/creatorWewezow, Gudrun performer.
Other author/creatorAraiza, Francisco performer.
Other author/creatorKleiber, Carlos, 1930-2004 conductor.
Other author/creatorHundorf, Karl-Heinz director.
Other author/creatorRose, Jürgen, 1937- designer, costume designer.
Included WorkStrauss, Richard, 1864-1949. Rosenkavalier (Opera)
Other author/creatorBayerischer Rundfunk production personnel.
Other author/creatorUnitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH, production personnel.
Other author/creatorBayerische Staatsoper München. Chor performer.
Other author/creatorBayerisches Staatsorchester performer.
Other author/creatorDeutsche Grammophon Video.
Abstract This delightful staging by Otto Schenk features outstanding singers Gwyneth Jones and Lucia Popp as well as a rare chance to watch legendary Carlos Kleiber conduct one of his trademark operas. Strauss is the composer.
General noteOriginally produced in 1979.
General noteProgram notes by Kenneth Chalmers and synopsis by Karl Dietrich Gräwe (15 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
CreditsDirector, Otto Schenck; video director, Karlheinz Hundorf; set and costume design, Jürgen Rose.
Performer Gwyneth Jones (Feldmarschallin); Manfred Jungwirth (Baron Ochs); Brigitte Fassbaender (Octavian); Benno Kusche (Faninal); Lucia Popp (Sophie); Anneliese Waas (Leitmetzerin); David Thaw (Valzacchi); Gudrun Wewezow (Annina); Francisco Araiza (Sänger); with supporting soloists; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra; Carlos Kleiber, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded May and June 1979, at Nationaltheater, Munich.
Technical detailsDVD; region code 0 (worldwide); PCM stereo., DTS 5.1.
LanguageSung in German; with German, English, French, Spanish, and Chinese subtitles.
Genre/formTelevised operas.
UPC 044007340721
Publisher numberB0004768-09 Deutsche Grammophon
Stock numberMidwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com