CULT OPERA of the 1970s: When opera went technicolor! (11DVD)

CULT OPERA OF THE 1970s

Historical Studio productions from the Hamburg State Opera.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (1967)

Countess Almaviva – Arlene Saunders
Figaro – Heinz Blankenburg
Susanna – Edith Mathis
Cherubino – Elisabeth Steiner
Marcellina – Maria Von Ilosvay
Don Basilio – Kurt Marschner

Corps de Ballet of the Hamburg State Opera
Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera
The Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt, conductor

Joachim Hess, director

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (1971)

Sarastro – Hans Sotin
Tamino – Nicolai Gedda
Speaker – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Queen of the Night – Christina Deutekom
Pamina – Edith Mathis
Papageno – William Workman
Papagena – Carol Malone
Monostatos – Franz Grundheber
Two Men In Armour – Kurt Moll / Bernd Rüter

Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera
The Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
Horst Stein, conductor

Sir Peter Ustinov, director

Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio (1968)

Florestan - Richard Cassilly
Leonore - Anja Silja
Rocco - Ernst Wiemann
Marzelline - Lucia Popp
Jaquino - Erwin Wohlfahrt
Don Pizarro - Theo Adam
Don Fernando - Hans Sotin

Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
Leopold Ludwig, conductor

Joachim Hess, director

Carl Maria Von Weber: Der Freischütz (1968)

Max – Ernst Kozub
Kaspar – Gottlob Frick
Kilian – Franz Grundheber
Cuno – Toni Blankenheim
Agathe – Arlene Saunders
Annchen – Edith Mathis
Prince Ottokar – Tom Krause
A Hermit – Hans Sotin
Samiel – Bernhard Minetti

Hamburg State Opera Ballet
Hamburg State Opera Chorus
The Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
Leopold Ludwig, conductor

Gyula Trebitsch, director

Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann (1969)

Peter the Great – Raymond Wolansky
Peter Ivanov – Peter Haage
Van Bett – Hans Sotin
Marie – Lucia Popp
Admiral Lefort – Herbert Fliether
Lord Syndham – Noël Mangin
Marquis de Châteauneuf – Horst Wilhelm
Widow Browe – Ursula Boese
Officer – Franz Grundheber

Hamburg State Opera Ballet
Hamburg State Opera Chorus
The Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
Charles Mackerras, conductor

Gyula Trebitsch, director

Jacques Offenbach: Orpheus in der Unterwelt (1971) 

Pluto / Aristeus - William Workman
Euridyce - Elisabeth Steiner
Jupiter - Toni Blankenheim
Public Opinion - Liselotte Pulver
Orpheus - Kurt Marschner
Juno - Inge Meysel
Styx - Theo Lingen
Venus - Urszula Koszut
Minerva - Cvetka Ahlin
Mars - Franz Grundheber

Hamburg State Opera Ballet
Hamburg State Opera Chorus
The Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
Marek Janowski, conductor

Joachim Hess, director

Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1970)

Hans Sachs – Giorgio Tozzi
Veit Pogner –Ernst Wiemann
Fritz Kothner – Hans-Otto Kloose
Sixtus Beckmesser –  Toni Blankenheim
Walther von Stolzing – Richard Cassilly
David – Gerhard Unger
Eva –Arlene Saunders
Magdalene – Ursula Boese

Hamburg State Opera Ballet
Hamburg State Opera Chorus
The Philharmonic State Orchestra Hamburg
Leopold Ludwig, conductor

Joachim Hess, director

Alban Berg: Wozzeck (1970)

Wozzeck - Toni Blankenheim
Drum Major - Richard Cassilly
Andres - Peter Haage
Captain - Gerhard Unger
Doctor - Hans Sotin
Workman I - Kurt Moll
Workman II - Franz Grundheber
The Fool - Kurt Marschner
Marie - Sena Jurinac
Margret - Elizabeth Steiner

Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
Bruno Maderna, conductor

Joachim Hess, director

Gian Carlo Menotti: Help, Help, the Globolinks! (1969)

Emily – Edith Mathis
Madame Euterpova – Arlene Saunders
Dr. Stone – Raymond Wolansky
Tony – William Workman
Timothy – Kurt Marschner
Miss Newkirk – Ursula Boese
Mr. Lavander-Gas – Franz Grundheber
Dr. Turtlespit – Noël Mangin

Hamburg State Opera Ballet
The Children Chorus of the NDR (direction: Hellmut Fellmer)
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
Matthias Kuntzsch, conductor

Gian Carlo Menotti, director
Joachim Hess, TV adaptation

Krzysztof Pednerecki: Die Teufel von Loudun (The Devils of Loudun) (1969)

Jeanne - Tatiana Troyanos
Urbain Grandier - Andrzej Hiolski
Father Barré - Bernhard Ladysz
Father Rangier - Hans Sotin
Jean d'Armagnac - Karl-Heinz Gerdesmann
Guilleaume de Cerisay - Rolf Mamero
Adam - Kurt Marschner
Mannoury - Heinz Blankenburg
Baron de Laubardement - Helmut Melchert
Prince Henri de Condé - William Workman
Asmodeus - Arnold van Mill

Hamburg State Opera Chorus
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
Marek Janowski, conductor

Joachim Hess, TV director

Picture format: NTSC 4:3 Colour
Sound format: PCM Mono
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Menu languages: English, German, French, Spanish
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
Running time: 22 hours
No. of DVDs: 11 (10x DVD9 + 1x DVD5)