Browse: Deutsche Oper Berlin (series)
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Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384
Hans Peter Hallwachs (Selim), Zdzisława Donat (Konstanze), Barbara Vogel (Blondchen), Horst Laubenthal (Belmonte), Norbert Orth (Pedrillo) & Martti Talvela (Osmin)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Gary Bertini (conductor) & Günther Rennert (stage director)
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Graun, C H: Montezuma
Alexandra Papadjiakou (Montezuma), Sophie Boulin (Eupaforice), Gudrun Sieber (Erissena), Catherine Gayer (Tezeuco), Barbara Vogel (Pilpatoè), Walton Grönroos (Ferdinand Cortes) & Karl-Ernst Mercker (Narvès)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Hans Hilsdor
The Aztecs are sung by women; the Spaniards by men: it sounds daft, but it works, thanks to fine singing and handsome staging. — More…
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Blacher: Preussisches Märchen
Lisa Otto (Vater Fadenkreutz), Ivan Sardi (Mutter Fadenkreutz), Manfred Röhrl (Wilhelm), Gerti Zeumer (Auguste), Donald Grobe (Assessor Birkhahn) & Victor Von Halem (Bürgermeister)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Caspar Richter (conductor) & Winfried Bauernfeind (stage director)
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Rihm: Oedipus
Andreas Schmidt (Oedipus), William Pell (Kreon), William Dooley (Tiresias), Lenus Carlson (Bote, messenger), William Murray (Hirte, herdsman) & Emily Golden (Jokasta)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Christof Prick (conductor) & Götz Friedrich (stage director)
Rihm's strident score for this ancient-and-modern take on the Oedipus legend gives scope for impressive individual performances. — More…
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Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Walter Berry (Don Pizarro), James King (Florestan), Christa Ludwig (Leonore), Josef Greindl (Rocco), William Dooley (Don Fernando), Lisa Otto (Marzelline) & Martin Vantin (Jaquino)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Artur Rother (director) & Gustav Rudolf Sellner (stage director)
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Verdi: Don Carlo
Four-act version, sung in German
James King (Don Carlos), Pilar Lorengar (Elisabetta), Josef Greindl (Philip II), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Posa), Patricia Johnson (Eboli), Martti Talvela (Grand Inquisitor) & Lisa Otto (Heavenly Voice)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Wolfgang Sawallisch (conductor) & Gustav Rudolf Sellner (stage...
This black-and-white version in German is a document of a great style, with Fischer-Dieskau in his best operatic role. Fiery conducting from Wolfgang Sawallisch. — More…
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Verdi: Otello
Renata Tebaldi (Desdemona), Hans Beirer (Otello), William Dooley (Jago), Mario Ferrara (Cassio), Sieglinde Wagner (Emilia), Karl-Ernst Mercker (Rodrigo), Ivan Sardi (Lodovico), Pecca Salomaa (Montano)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Patané (conductor) & Hans-Peter Lehmann (stage director)
Dooley is a sinister Iago — More…
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Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto
sung in German as 'Die heimliche Ehe'
Josef Greindl (Geronimo), Erika Köth (Carolina), Lisa Otto (Elisetta), Patricia Johnson (Fidalma), Barry Mcdaniel (Graf Robinsone) & Donald Grobe (Paolino)
Deutsche Oper Berlin, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Gustav Rudolf Sellner (stage director)
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Reimann, A: Die Gespenstersonate
Hans Günter Nöcker (Der Alte), Martha Mödl (Die Mumie), Horst Hiestermann (Der Oberst), David Knutson (Der Student Arkenholz), Gudrun Sieber (Das Fräulein), Donald Grobe (Johansson) & William Dooley (Bengtsson)
Junge Deutsche Philharmonie & Ensemble Modern, Friedemann Layer, Heinz Lukas-Kindermann
Aribert Reimann's chamber score for Strindberg's far-out Ghost Sonata fantasy is sensitive and excellently performed. — More…
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Overture 1912: Deutsche Oper Berlin
A Film by Enrique Sánchez Lansch
featuring Karan Armstrong, Götz Friedrich, Josef Greindl, René Kollo, Jesús López Cobos, Christa Ludwig, Barry McDaniel, Hans Neuenfels, Aribert Reimann, Donald Runnicles, Dietmar Schwarz, Júlia Várady and the last interview with Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in 2012