Schreker: Der Schatzgräber

The work’s remarkable melodic beauty, luminous scoring and emotional intensity are vintage Schreker...This is the first recording of Der Schatzgräber to receive a commercial release in video... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2023 More…

Release Date: 8th Sep 2023
Catalogue No: NBD0173V
Label: Naxos

Gramophone Magazine

November 2023

DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
International Classical Music Awards

2024

Nominated - Video Opera
Gramophone Magazine

Critics' Choice 2023

Schreker: Der Schatzgräber

Elisabet Strid, Daniel Johansson, Michael Laurenz, Thomas Johannes Mayer, Tuomas Pursio, Doke Pauwels, Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus, Deutsche Oper Berlin (opera company)
Marc Albrecht

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Franz Schreker’s career was cut short by the events of 1933 in Germany but he achieved real fame with his operas, and the huge success of Der Schatzgräber (‘The Treasure Hunter’) in the 1920s was the high point of his career. In a complex and ultimately tragic tale of destructive greed, desire and toxic social hierarchy, the innkeeper’s daughter Els is forced to confront the consequences of her murderous intent in what conductor Marc Albrecht considers ‘a work of exceptional quality, concentration and significance’. Following the huge success of Korngold’s Das Wunder der Heliane (Naxos DVD 2.110584-85 / Blu-ray NBD0083V), director Christof Loy continues his exploration of strong female characters and neglected 20th-century masterpieces with this highly acclaimed Deutsche Oper Berlin production.

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November 2023

The work’s remarkable melodic beauty, luminous scoring and emotional intensity are vintage Schreker...This is the first recording of Der Schatzgräber to receive a commercial release in video format and I cannot recommend it too highly

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