Schumann: Manfred, Op. 115

Dusseldorf's 2010 Schumann festival...staged Manfred with multimedia, to brilliantly magical effect...anyone who loves Schumann will find Manfred and this exceptionally beautiful staging a revelation. — BBC Music Magazine More…

Release Date: 30th Aug 2011
Catalogue No: 101575
Label: Arthaus Musik

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November 2011

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Schumann: Manfred, Op. 115

Live Recording from The Tonhalle Düsseldorf, 2010
Johann von Bülow (Manfred)
Düsseldorfer Symphoniker
Andrey Boreyko

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As a young man, Schumann had got to know Byron’s works through his father’s publishing business. There is no question that the composer recognised his own psyche in Manfred’s rugged soul.

But he also responded to the challenge of Byron’s artistic concept of Manfred as “mental theatre”. In the Düsseldorf production, the audience “becomes” Manfred, experiencing through the eyes of the eponymous hero a projection of the visually alienated world of the Swiss mountains in which the story is set – visualisation by the Austrian media artist Johannes Deutsch.

“The visual impact is truly spectacular and combines with the words and music to create a unified whole. … With his youthful, honest diction, Johann von Bülow is an impressive Manfred.” Das Opernglas

Sound Format: PCM Stereo

Picture Format: 16:9

DVD Format: DVD 9, NTSC

Subtitles: DE (Original Language), GB, FR

Running Time: 89 mins

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Dusseldorf's 2010 Schumann festival...staged Manfred with multimedia, to brilliantly magical effect...anyone who loves Schumann will find Manfred and this exceptionally beautiful staging a revelation.

Schumann: Manfred, Op. 115

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