This Blu-ray Disc is only playable on Blu-ray Disc players and not compatible with standard DVD players. Also available on standard DVD 2014 marks a year of celebration recognizing the 150th birthday year of the German late-Romantic orchestral, operatic and lied master composer, Richard Strauss (1864-1949). Arabella (premiered 1933, Dresden) was the last of the half dozen Strauss works to feature a libretto by the great Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal. This production, from the most recent Salzburg Easter Festival is, after Capriccio, the second of three Richard Strauss operas C Major is releasing in honor of the composer’s birth, life and work. The star-laden cast includes soprano Renèe Fleming, baritone Thomas Hampson, Albert Dohmen (Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, MET) and Gabriela Benacková (Wiener Staatsoper, Covent Garden). With Christian Thielemann and the Staatskapelle Dresden, “the music of Richard Strauss is in the best of hands.” (ORF) “Thielemann gets the best out of the cast...especially Renée Fleming with her “luxurious” soprano …” FAZ Richard Strauss ARABELLA (Blu-ray Disc Version) Graf Waldner - Albert Dohmen Adelaide - Gabriela Be?a?ková Arabella - Renée Fleming Zdenka - Hanna-Elisabeth Müller Mandryka - Thomas Hampson Matteo - Daniel Behle Sächsischer Staatsopernchor Dresden (chorus master: Wolfram Tetzner) Staatskapelle Dresden Christian Thielemann, conductor Florentine Klepper, stage director Martina Segna, set designer Anna Sofie Tuma, costume designer Bernd Purkrabek, lighting designer Volker Michl, choreographer Recorded live at Salzburg Easter Festival, 2014 Picture format: 1080i High Definition Sound format: PCM Stereo / DTS-HD Master Audio 5.0 Region code: 0 (worldwide) Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, Japanese Booklet notes: English, German, French Running time: 178 mins No. of Discs: 1 (BD 50)
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