Description |
1 videodisc (159 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
digital |
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optical |
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video file |
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DVD video |
Note |
Singspiel in 3 acts. |
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Based on Christophj Friedrich Bretzner's operetta, Belmont und Constanze; dialogue adapted by Dietland Antretter. |
Performer |
Christine Schäfer (Constanze); Paul Groves (Belmonte); Akram Tillawi (Pasha Selim); Franz Hawlata (Osmin); Malin Hartelius (Blonde); Andreas Conrad (Pedrillo); Choir of the Vienna State Opera; Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg; Marc Minkowski, conductor. |
Credits |
Scenery and costume design, Francine Gaspar; choreography and movement, Akram Tillawi. |
Event |
Recorded live sometime between July 20 and Aug. 31, 1997. |
System Details |
DVD format. |
Note |
Presented in a 1.78:1 widescreen aspect ratio; enhanced for 16:9 TVs. |
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Recorded in both 5.1 DTS Digital Surround and 2.0 stereo. |
Summary |
"Director François Abou Salem brings a modern Middle Eastern sensibility to this journey into Arabian and Muslim culture, filtering the comic tale of abduction for today's audiences. Soprano Christine Schäfer portrays Constanze, a woman whose heart is torn between her fiancé, Belmonte (Paul Groves), and her new master, Pasha Selim (Akram Tillawi). A sensual and resoundingly modern experience, this new interpretation casts new light on a classic musical work and infuses it with aching human emotion."--Container. |
Language |
Sung and spoken in German; English subtitles. |
Genre/Form |
Operas.
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Operas.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Added Author |
Stephanie, Gottlieb, 1741-1800, librettist.
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Antretter, Dietland, adapter.
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Schäfer, Christine, 1965- performer.
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Groves, Paul (Tenor), performer.
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Tillawi, Akram, performer.
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Hawlata, Franz, performer.
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Hartelius, Malin, performer.
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Conrad, Andreas, performer.
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Minkowski, Marc, conductor.
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Gaspar, Francine, costume designer, designer.
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Salem, Franc̦ois Abou, director.
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Tarta, Alexandre, director.
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Bretzner, Christoph Friedrich, 1748-1807.
Belmont und Constanze.
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
Entführung aus dem Serail.
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Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, performer.
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Mozarteum-Orchester, performer.
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Bel Air Media (Firm)
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Reiner Moritz Associates.
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France 2 cinéma (Firm)
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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Added Title |
Abduction from the seraglio |
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Title on disc: Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
Music No. |
ID9312RADVD Image Entertainment |
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