Mathis der Maler : Oper in sieben Bildern (1938)
2021
DVD
Set during the turbulence of the German Peasant's revolt in the early sixteenth century, the work's focus is on artistic freedom of expression and human isolation during a time of plague, repression and violence. Hindemith wrote his own libretto finding in Grünewald a metaphor for his own times.
Item Details
Description:
- 2 videodiscs (190 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm)
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- PCM
- 16:9
- wide screen
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 0
Target Audience Note: Canadian Home Video Rating: Not Rated
Notes:
- Opera in seven tableaux; libretto by the composer.
- Wide screen (16:9).
- Program notes in English and German on booklet in container.
- Inszenierung, Keith Warner ; Bühne, Johan Engels ; Kostüme, Emma Ryott ; Licht, Mark Jonathan.
- Kurt Streit (Albrecht von Branderburg), Wolfgang Koch (Mathis), Martin Snell (Lorenz von Pommersfelden), Charles Reid (Wolfgang Capito), Franz Grundheber (Riedinger), Raymond Very (Hans Schwalb), Oliver Ringelhahn (Sylvester von Schaumburg), Manuela Uhl (Ursula), Katerina Tretyakova (Regina) ; Wiener Symphoniker ; Slowakischer Philharmonischer Chor ; Bertrand de Billy, musikalische Leitung.
- Filmed 2012 December Teater an der Wien, Vienna, Austria.
- DVD, NTSC, all regions; PCM stereo; wide screen (16:9).
- Sung in German; with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Japanese or Korean
Publisher or Distributor Number:
- 2.110691-92
- 2.110691
- 2.110692
Control Number: 3097574
UPC:
- 747313569151
- 747313569151
Subjects: Grünewald, Matthias, active 16th century -- Drama.
Genre:
Other Authors:
- Billy, Bertrand de, conductor.
- Container of (work): Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963. Mathis der Maler (Opera)
- Engels, Johan, art director.
- Grundheber, Franz, singer.
- Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963, composer, librettist.
- Jonathan, Mark, lighting designer.
- Koch, Wolfgang, 1966- singer.
- Landsmann+Landsmann Videoproduktion, production company.
- Landsmann, Paul, film director.
- Naxos Audiovisual Division (Firm), production company.
- Naxos Rights International Ltd., publisher.
- Reid, Charles (Tenor), singer.
- Ringelhahn, Oliver, singer.
- Ryott, Emma, costume designer.
- Slovenská filharmónia. Zbor, singer.
- Snell, Martin, singer.
- Streit, Kurt, singer.
- Theater an der Wien, production company.
- Tretyakova, Katerina, 1980- singer.
- Uhl, Manuela, singer.
- Very, Raymond, singer.
- Warner, Keith, 1956- stage director.
- Wiener Symphoniker, instrumentalist.