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ORCHESTRAL WORKS / EVENTS
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GALA FROM BERLIN 2014
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Suite from Les Indes galantes • W.A. Mozart: Piano
Concerto in A major K. 488 • Zoltán Kodály: Háry János Suite (Excerpts) Brahms:
Hungarian Dances • Antonín Dvořák: Slavonic Dances (Selection)
Berliner Philharmoniker • Sir Simon Rattle conductor
Menahem Pressler piano
The grand seigneur of piano gave his long-overdue debut with the Berliner
Philharmoniker in January 2014. The audience hailed Pressler with a standing
ovation; the press raved about the “masterful exhilaration” of his musicality and
his “unique tone, as full as it was intimate”. For his appearance at last year’s New
Year’s Eve Concert in Philharmonie, Berlin, Pressler has selected Mozart again: the
Piano Concerto in A major, K. 488, composed during Mozart’s prime in Vienna and
one of his most beautiful contributions to the genre. The New Year’s Eve concert
opens with Sir Simon Rattle conducting music by Rameau: a suite of instrumental
pieces from the opéra-ballet Les Indes galantes show French Baroque music at
its finest. Following the intermission, the musicians ring in the New Year in a
lively way with Slavic strains: an orchestral suite from Zoltán Kodály’s charming
folk opera Háry János as well as a selection from the popular Slavonic Dances by
Antonín Dvořák.
Live recording from the Philharmonie, Berlin
2014 • Duration: 88’ HD
Director: Henning Kasten
Produced by: EuroArts Music & rbb in co-production with SMG
Programme Number: 5997
Also available: Documentary “The life I love - The pianist Menahem Pressler. A film
by Grete Liffers, HD, Duration: 45’, Progr.: 6091
Previous GALA FROM BERLIN concerts are available
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HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERT
AT THE UNITED NATIONS
Ouverture, Nozze di Figaro • Ah leve toi soleil, Romeo et Juliette • Je veux vivre,
Romeo et Juliette • Nuit d’hyménée, Romeo et Juliette • O luce di quest’anima
• Linda di Chamounix • Furtiva Lagrima, Elisir • Cinta di fiori, Puritani • A te o
cara, Puritani • La ci darem la mano, Don Giovanni • Il bacio, Arditi • Pourquoi me
reveiller, Werther • Sot el gamahir • O esli b mog vyrazit v zvuke • Iqhude we ma
• La donna è mobile, Rigoletto • Brindisi, La traviata • Solo le pido a Dios
Juan Diego Flórez tenor • Pretty Yende soprano
Fatma Said soprano • Sergey Artamonov bass
Sintonía por el Perú y otras • Pablo Mielgo conductor
On the occasion of the Human Rights Day, the United Nations hosts for the
first time in history an inspirational celebration in the incomparable framework
of the Human Rights Dome housing the artwork of Spanish painter Miquel
Barceló. Worldwide famous tenor Juan Diego Flórez joins South African sensation
Pretty Yende, Egyptian revelation soprano Fatma Said and Bolshoi bass Sergey
Artamonov in this memorable evening. The orchestra created for this occasion
groups young musicians from social music projects coming from Peru, Colombia,
Turkey, South Africa and other countries together with professional musicians
from European prestigious orchestras.
Live from the United Nations, Geneva, Human Rights Hall (Room XX)
Director: Ian Russell
Produced by: Produced by Sintonia Media, Mediapro, TVE
EuroArts Music International GmbH • Bundesallee 39-40 • 10717 Berlin • Germany • musicdistribution@euroarts.com
Tel +49-30-863 90 35-0 • Fax +49-30-863 90 35-10 • www.euroarts.com
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THE NINTH SYMPHONY BY
MAURICE BÉJART
Choreography & staging by Maurice Béjart
Béjart Ballet Lausanne & Tokyo Ballet
Israel Philharmonic Orchestra · Ritsuyukai Choir
Zubin Mehta musical director · Gil Roman artistic director
Maurice Béjart’s compelling staging of Beethoven’s 9th Symphony has been
enchanting audiences worldwide since its inception and its idea of universal
brotherhood remains highly topical. “Alle Menschen werden Brüder” (All men will
be brothers) is the powerful message communicated by the unforgettable music
and choreography.
From the stage of the NHK Hall in Tokyo 250 dancers and musicians send this
message out into the world. “It is a ‘manifestation’, in the deepest sense of the
word.” Maurice Béjart
Live recording from the NHK Hall, Tokyo, November 2014
Directors: Mari Inamasu
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with NHK & WDR/arte
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NATALIE DESSAY SINGS MICHEL LEGRAND
Chanson de Delphine (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) • Le Cinéma • Chanson
de Delphine à Lancien (Les Demoiselles de Rochefort) • Papa Can You Hear
Me? (Yentl) • Recette pour un Cake d’Amour (Peau d’Âne) • La valse des lilas
Les moulins de mon coeur: duo with M. Legrand (The Tomas Crown Affair)
L’âme soeur à l’hameçon • What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
Le rouge et le noir • Conseil de la Fée des Lilas (Peau d’Âne) • La chanson
de Louba • La chanson • Paris Violon • The Summer Knows (Un été 42)
Michel Legrand • Natalie Dessay • Laurent Naouri • Pierre Boussaguet
Pierre Perchaud • François Laizeau
Live recorded at the exceptional setting of the Orangerie du Château de
Versailles. Natalie Dessay and Michel Legrand take us on a journey through
all the magic of the songs created by Michel Legrand. More creative than ever,
Legrand returns to the piano with his trio. Natalie Dessay singing his songs while
being accompanied by the quartet promises to be an intense musical moment!
2014 • Durations: 43/103’ HD
Director: Gérard Pullicino
Produced by: Prismedia in co-production with Arte France
SOL GABETTA & SIR SIMON RATTLE
IN BADEN-BADEN
György Ligeti: Atmosphères • Richard Wagner: Prelude to Act 1 of the opera
“Lohengrin” • Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 • Igor Stravinsky:
Le Sacre du Printemps
Sol Gabetta cello
It has changed over the years that Edward Elgar’s warm and melodically charged
Cello Concerto – long considered to be behind the times – once again sounds
modern and fresh. On Easter Sunday 2014 Sol Gabetta made her debut with the
Berliner Philharmoniker.
Live recording from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Director: Torben Schmidt Jacobsen
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with SWR/arte & NHK
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PHILIPPE HERREWEGHE CONDUCTS
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: REQUIEM
Antonín Dvořák: Requiem in B-flat minor, Op. 89
Ilse Eerens soprano • Bernarda Fink alto • Maximilian Schmitt tenor •
Nathan Berg bass • Collegium Vocale Gent
Royal Flemish Philharmonic
Philippe Herreweghe conductor
Philippe Herreweghe, principal conductor of the Royal Flemish Philharmonic, has
devoted himself for over ten years to fresh and invigorating readings of the (pre) Romantic repertoire. Together with the Collegium Vocale, founded in 1970 by
Herreweghe himself, and superb soloists they perform Dvořák’s superb Requiem.
Live recording from the deSingel, Antwerpen
Director: Leonid Adamopoulos
Produced by: VRT & EuroArts Music
EUROPAKONZERT 2014 FROM BERLIN
Otto Nicolai: Overture to Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor (The Merry Wives of
Windsor) • Edward Elgar: Falstaff in C minor, Op. 68 • Piotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony
No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64
Berliner Philharmoniker • Daniel Barenboim conductor
Every year since 1991 the Berliner Philharmoniker have given a concert on May
1st in a different European city. All cities have been places with their own special
cultural importance and the concerts have served two purposes: to commemorate
the anniversary of the orchestra’s founding and to celebrate the common heritage
of the Old World. In 2014 the Europakonzert took place again in Berlin.
Live recording from the Philharmonie, Berlin
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with rbb, NHK & SMG
Previous EUROPAKONZERT concerts are available
WALDBÜHNE 2014 - A MIDSUMMER NIGHT
Piotr Tchaikovsky: “The Tempest“ Symphonic Fantasy, Op.18 Romeo and Juliet,
Fantasy Overture • Johannes Brahms: Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op.6
Encores: Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento, Waltz • Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume
Tell, Overture - Allegro • Paul Lincke: Berliner Luft
Berliner Philharmoniker • Gustavo Dudamel conductor
After his debut with the Berliner Philharmoniker in 2008 (“Los Ritmos de la
Noche”) charismatic Latin American conductor Gustavo Dudamel now returns to
the Waldbühne Berlin. With over 20.0000 attendances, the summer concert of the
Berliner Philharmoniker at the Waldbühne ―one of the most appealing outdoor
amphitheaters in Europe― belong to the most popular classical music concerts
in the world. In this year’s Philharmonic concert in the Waldbühne, the traditional
end of the season, Tchaikovsky’s “The Tempest” Symphonic Fantasy and the
Fantasy Overture from Romeo and Juliet- both after William Shakespeare- are on
the programme.
Live recording from the Waldbühne Berlin
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with SMG
Previous WALDBÜHNE concerts are available
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IVÁN FISCHER CONDUCTS THE BUDAPEST FESTIVAL
ORCHESTRA
Franz Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor (“Unfinished”), D.759
Anton Bruckner: Symphony No.9 in D minor
Budapest Festival Orchestra • Iván Fischer conductor
The Budapest Festival Orchestra (BFO) – which has celebrated its 30th anniversary
in the 2013/14 season – has established itself as Hungary’s leading ensemble
and, according to Gramophone magazine, as one of the ten leading orchestras
of the world.
Under the charismatic guidance of Iván Fischer, the BFO has collaborated with
outstanding artists of the past and present. Schubert’s Symphony No.8 was
composed in 1822 and, even though he still had six years to live, the composer
only completed two movements. (A few bars of a Scherzo do exist, representing
not more than thirty seconds of music). Colourful, melodic and expressive, this
work is often regarded as the first romantic symphony.
With Bruckner’s Ninth we step into a different world. There again, this work
was not completed at the time of the composer’s death in 1896 and the last
movement has notably been edited by Alfred Orel. Imposing – it lasts close to one
hour – this highly mystical work was dedicated by Bruckner “to the beloved God”.
Recorded at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall, Budapest
Director: Sébastian Glas
Produced by: LGM Télévision in co-production with Mezzo
ORCHESTRE DE PARIS - CHRISTOPH VON
DOHNÁNYI & MARTIN HELMCHEN
Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Overture)
Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3
Franz Schubert: Symphony No.9 “The Great”
Orchestre de Paris • Christoph von Dohnányi conductor
Martin Helmchen piano
This programme gathers three masterpieces of the German repertoire conducted
by an aristocrat of the baton, Christoph von Dohnányi. The 84 year-old conductor
is joined by Martin Helmchen who, despite his young age, demonstrates utmost
technical control and refinement with a rare depth of playing.
From a teenaged and cheerful Mendelssohn comes the Midsummer Night’s Dream
overture. He was only 17 years old when he composed the work, a feat that a
critic described as “the greatest marvel of early maturity that the world has ever
seen in music”.
Beethoven’s third piano concerto was first performed by the composer himself
in 1803 and has become one of his most popular concerto, filled with an intense
dramatic feeling. It is also a concerto where Beethoven states his own style,
stepping away from Mozartian inspiration.
Considered to be his greatest orchestral work, Schubert’s Symphony No. 9
received poor reception at first. Innovative in style and in size, it was to inspire the
romantic generation and was praised by Mendelssohn and Schumann. Conducted
by the former in 1839, eleven years after Schubert’s death, Schumann celebrated
the event in ecstatic article praising its “heavenly length”.
Recorded at the Salle Pleyel, Paris
2014 • Durations: 71’ / 108’ HD
Director: Sébastian Glas
Produced by: LGM Télévision in co-production with Mezzo
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PAAVO JÄRVI CONDUCTS THE ORCHESTRE DE
PARIS – MENAHEM PRESSLER
Orchestre de Paris • Paavo Järvi conductor
Menahem Pressler piano
HAYDN, MOZART, SIBELIUS
Haydn: Symphony No.82 “The Bear”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.23 in A Major K.488 • Rondo in A
minor K.511
Sibelius: Symphony No.6 • Symphony No.7
Also available: 15’ Interview with Menahem Pressler
Length: 122’ • Directed by Sébastian Glas (2014)
HAYDN, MOZART, DEBUSSY
Haydn: Symphony No.84 in E flat major Hob.I:84
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat Major, KV 595
Debussy: Clair de lune
Length: 65’ • Directed by Corentin Leconte (2012)
SOPRANO ANNETTE DASCH: DIE GRETCHENFRAGE “THE CRUCIAL QUESTION”
Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade (orchestrated by Max Reger) • Robert
Schumann: „Oh du, der über alle wacht“, Aria of Genoveva • Hector Berlioz:
„D’amour l’ardente flamme“ (from “La Damnation de Faust”) • Charles Gounod:
Konzertwalzer (from the opera “Faust”) • Charles Gounod: „Que vois-je là? Ah, je
ris de me voir“ (from the opera “Faust”) …
Annette Dasch soprano • Münchner Rundfunkorchester
Marc Piollet conductor
Recorded at the Herkulessaal, Residenz München
2011 • Durations: 90’/30’ HD
Director: Michael Beyer
Produced by: Screen Land Film in co-production with BR in collaboration with arte
Also available: “That is why music is the most important thing” - Documentary
Duration: 30’ HD
Directed by Annette Schreier
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV - THE LAST ROMANTIC
Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18; Étude Tableau,
Op.39 No.2 in A minor; Prelude Op.32, No.12 in G sharp minor; Symphonic
Dances, Op.45
Denis Matsuev piano • St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Temirkanov conductor
In its fourth edition, the Annecy Festival has become a major player in the national
and international cultural landscape. In residence at the 2013 Annecy Classic
Festival, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic closes the festival and joins forces with its
iconic conductor Yuri Temirkanov for a 100% Rachmaninov programme! Russian
to his very marrow despite his exile in the United States, Sergei Rachmaninov
plumbs the depths of the Slavic soul.
Together with multi-gifted musician Denis Matsuev, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic
Orchestra invites us on a journey, whose secret lies in Rachmaninov’s famous Piano
Concerto No.2 and the Symphonic Dances. Denis Matsuev, the “Siberian Bear” as
they call him, interprets the Piano Concerto No. 2 virtuously and passionately.
Recorded in the Sainte-Bernadette Church at Annecy Classic Festival
Director: Jean-Pierre Loisil
Produced by: Idéale Audience in co-production with MUSEEC
with the participation of France Télévisions
NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: SHEHERAZADE
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade, Op.35
Edward Elgar: Salut d’amour, Op.12
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra • Yuri Temirkanov conductor
Temirkanov conducts the orchestra in a performance of Rimsky-Korsakov’s lush
Sheherazade, with its intoxicating scents and the glowing, oriental colours - a
journey through One Thousand and One Nights.
Recorded in the Sainte-Bernadette Church at Annecy Classic Festival
Director: Jean-Pierre Loisil
Produced by: Idéale Audience in co-production with MUSEEC
with the participation of France Télévisions
THE MAHLER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA IN BRUGES
Benjamin Britten: Sinfonietta, Op.1 • Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.1 in
E flat Major, Op. 107, Symphony No.1 in F minor
Mahler Chamber Orchestra • Teodor Currentzis conductor
Steven Isserlis cello
The Mahler Chamber Orchestra is in 2013 Orchestra in Residence at the
KlaraFestival which has made a name for itself as a modern and international
classical music festival far beyond Belgium’s borders. The concerts of the Mahler
Chamber Orchestra form one of the highlights of this year’s festival. Alongside
young Greece conductor Teodor Currentzis, who completely polarizes critics
and is hailed as “eccentric super-talented maestro”, the orchestra dedicates its
performances to the two composers, contemporaries and friends Benjamin Britten
and Dmitri Shostakovich.
Recorded live at the Concertgebouw, Bruges
Director: Johan Cloetens
A co-production of EuroArts Music and VRT
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CHAMBER MUSIC / CHORAL
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MARTHA ARGERICH & DANIEL BARENBOIM
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for two pianos in D major K. 448
Franz Schubert: Variations on an Original Theme in A flat major for four hands
piano D 813
Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (Version for piano four hands)
Martha Argerich piano • Daniel Barenboim piano
Both come from Buenos Aires, both have made global careers for themselves.
Martha Argerich and Daniel Barenboim are not only fellow countrymen; they also
both began to give concerts in their youth, as soloists and with an orchestra. In
addition, the two have a particular interest in chamber music in common - the
repertoire spanning from the classics to modernism. They now appear together: a
summit meeting of two of the most eminent pianists of the past few decades and
of the present, something which is well worth looking forward to.
Live recording from the Philharmonie Berlin
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with rbb, ARTE, Unitel
MARTHA ARGERICH: CHOPIN CONCERTO NO. 1
Chopin: Concerto No.1, Op. 11 in E minor
Encores: Chopin: Mazurka, Op.24 No.2 • Schumann: Traumeswirren, Op. 12 No.7
(from Fantasie Stücke)
Recorded 27th of August 2010 in Warsaw
Martha Argerich piano
Director: Pierre-Martin Juban
Produced by: Idéale Audience
CECILIA BARTOLI, MISSION:
AGOSTINO STEFFANI IN VERSAILLES
Cecilia Bartoli mezzo-soprano • Philippe Jaroussky countertenor
I Barocchisti • Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera • Diego Fasolis
musical director • Arend Prohmann artistic director
Cecilia Bartoli sings and her voice transports us within Louis XIV’s chambers, under
the gold of the Hall of Mirrors, between the Salon de Vénus’ brown marbles or the
mysterious groves in the palace’s park.
Director: Olivier Simonnet
Produced by: Idéale Audience & ARTE France
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NOBUYUKI TSUJII CARNEGIE HALL DEBUT LIVE
Musto: Improvisation and Fugue • Beethoven: Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31,
No. 2, “The Tempest” • Liszt: “Un sospiro” from Trois études de concert, No. 3,
Rigoletto, Concert Paraphrase for Piano • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition
Encores: Foster: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (arr. Tsujii) • Chopin: Prelude
In D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 • Noboyuki Tsujii Elegy for the Victims of the
Earthquake and Tsunami of March 11, 2011.
On November 10, 2011, Nobuyuki Tsujii, the blind pianist from Japan who was
the winner of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Gold Medal in 2009
appeared on the stage of Carnegie Hall. His dream had come true. Arguably
the most important event in the career of any performer, for “Nobu” it was a
miracle. With his brilliant technique and beautiful tone, the performance of the
masterpieces of Beethoven, Liszt, Mussorgsky, and encores by Chopin and his
own compositions, brought the usually reserved Carnegie Hall audience to its
feet.
2012 • Durations: 97’/42’ HD
Director: Peter Rosen
Produced by: Peter Rosen Productions Inc., co-produced with Avex
Entertainment and ARTE/WDR
CLASSIC ARCHIVE - now available in HD
The collection “Classic Archive” presents great performances by legendary artists,
remastered using the latest digital technology and enhanced with commentary
for today’s audiences. These jewels of music broadcasting have been salvaged
from various archives and been made accessible for home viewing audiences
- appealing and enjoyable performances, that offer a unique glimpse into our
classical music heritage.
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CLASSIC ARCHIVE: RICHARD STRAUSS
Rita Streich soprano • Janine Reiss piano
Schlechtes Wetter, Op.69, No.5
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano • Gerald Moore piano
Morgen, Op.27/4 • Mein Vater hat gesagt, Op.36/3
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano
Orchestre National de l’ORTF • Berislav Klobucar conductor
Ruhe, meine Seele, Op.27/1 • Meinem Kinde, Op. 37/3 • Muttertändelei, Op.43/2
Zueignung, Op.10, No. 1 • Waldseligkeit, Op.49/1
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano • Hertha Töpper mezzo-soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra • Charles Mackerras conductor
Rosenkavalier (“Kann mich auch an ein Mädel erinnern“)
Irmgard Seefried soprano • Orchestre National de l’ORTF • Piero Bellugi
conductor
Morgen! Op. 27, No.4 • Wiegenlied, Op. 41, No.1 • Traum durch die Dämmerung,
Op. 29, No.1 • Zueignung, Op.10, No. 1 • Ständchen, Op. 17, No.2
Recordings from 1961, 1965, 1967, 1970
2014 • Duration: 63’ HD (Upscale)
Directors: Philippe Truffault, Pierre-Martin Juban, Jean-Paul Roux, Patricia Foy
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CLASSIC ARCHIVE: VERDI: MESSA DA REQUIEM
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus • Carlo Maria Giulini conductor
Ilva Ligabue soprano • Grace Bumbry mezzo-soprano • Sandor Konya tenor
Raffaele Arié bass
Legendary conductor and multi-awarded Carlo Maria Giulini leads the superb
Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus in a wonderful and dramatic performance of
Verdi’s “Requiem Mass” featuring performances by soprano Ilva Ligabue, mezzosoprano Grace Bumbry, tenor Sandor Konya & bass Raffaele Arie.
Director: Antony Craxton
CLASSIC ARCHIVE: CELEBRATING VERDI
La forza del destino – Overture
NBC Symphony Orchestra • Arturo Toscanini conductor
Directed by: Alexander Hammid • USA, 1943
I vespri siciliani – Overture
New Philharmonia Orchestra • Carlo Maria Giulini conductor
Directed by: Antony Craxton • Fairfield Hall, Croydon 12 January 1968 • BBC
Quattro pezzi sacri (Four sacred pieces): Stabat Mater
New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus • Carlo Maria Giulini conductor
Directed by: Antony Craxton • Fairfield Hall, Croydon, 3 March 1968 • BBC
Il Trovatore: “Vanne, lasciami … D’amor sull’ali rosee… Miserere”
Maria Callas soprano • Orchestre du Théâtre national de l’Opéra de Paris
• Georges Sébastian conductor
Directed by: Roger Benamou • INA • 19 December 1958
Falstaff: “Ehi! Taverniere!”
Otello: “Vanne … - Credo in un Dio crudel …”
Tito Gobbi baritone • London Symphony Orchestra • Sir Charles Mackerras
conductor
Directed by: Patricia Foy • BBC Studio London 16 May 1958 • BBC
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OPERA
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GLUCK: ALCESTE
Opera in three acts by C.W. Gluck
Libretto by Marie Francois-Louis Gand Le Blanc du Roullet,
after Ranieri de Calzabigi‘s work about Euripides tragedy Alcestis
Krzysztof Warlikowski stage director • Malgorzata Szczesniak set and
costume designer • Damien Chardonnet-Darmaillacq playwright • Felice
Ross lighting designer • Denis Guéguin video • Claude Bardouil choreographer
Teatro Real Chorus and Orchestra • Ivor Bolton musical director Andrés
Máspero chorus master
Paul Groves Admète • Angela Denoke Alceste • Willard White High Priest of
Apollon / Thanatos • Magnus Staveland Évandre • Thomas Oliemans Hercule
• Isaac Galàn Apollon • Fernando Radó An herald / an oracle
2014, 300th anniversary of Christoph Willibald Gluck. To celebrate the event,
a new and amazing production at Teatro Real in Madrid, staged by Krysztof
Warlikowski. A musical and dramatic master piece between Baroque and Classical,
staged as a daring bridge between Antiquity and Princess Diana’ story, on the
value of sacrifice.
Live recording from the Teatro Real Madrid
Director: Stéphane Metge
Produced by: Idéale Audience, TVE & Teatro Real Madrid with the participation
of Arte, France Télévisions & NHK
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PUCCINI: MANON LESCAUT
Opera in four acts by Giacomo Puccini after
Histoire du Chevalier Des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut des Abbé Prévost
Philharmonia Choir Vienna • Richard Eyre direction
Robert Howell stage
Eva-Maria Westbroek Manon Lescaut • Lester Lnych Lescaut • Massimo
Giordano Chevalier Renato Des Grieux • Liang Li Geronte de Ravoir • Bogdan
Mihai Edmond • Reinhard Dorn Innkeeper • Magdalena Kožená Singer
Kresimir Spicer Dancing Master • Arthur Espiritu Lamplighter • Johannes
Kammler Sergeant
The fact that the Berliner Philharmoniker turn to Puccini – this beloved yet
ostracized composer – is symbolic. Here is someone who was thought to be
outmoded for a long time, but there is really so much more to be discovered
about him and his work. “Manon Lescaut”, the tale of one who becomes a model
but remains a girl, is very contemporary.
Director: János Darvas
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with SWR/arte & NHK
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SAN FRANCISCO OPERA:
SHOW BOAT
Music by Jerome Kern · Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Based on the novel Show Boat by Edna Ferber
Heidi Stober Magnolia Hawks • Michael Todd Simpson Gaylord Ravenal Bill
Irwin Cap’n Andy Hawks • Patricia Racette Julie La Verne • Angela Renée
Simpson Queenie • Harriet Harris Parthy Ann Hawks • Kirsten Wyatt Ellie
Mae Chipley • Morris Robinson Joe • John Bolton Frank Schultz
John DeMain conductor • Francesca Zambello director • Ian Robertson
chorus director • Michele Lynch choreographer
A true classic of American musical theater, this tale of life on the Mississippi from
the 1880s to the 1920s is both a poignant love story and a powerful reminder of the
bitter legacy of racism. Director Francesca Zambello’s grand-scale production is “a
triumph—a stylish, fast-paced and colorful show that had the capacity audience
on its feet, cheering loud and long” (Chicago Classical Review). The magnificent
Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II score, which includes such classic songs as
“Ol’ Man River”, “Can’t Help Lovin’ Dat Man,” “Make Believe” and “You Are Love,”
will sound glorious “under the authoritative baton of music-theater maestro John
DeMain” (Chicago Tribune). Patricia Racette, Heidi Stober and Nathan Gunn head
a dazzling cast. “No one should miss it” (Chicago Sun-Times).
A co-production with Lyric Opera of Chicago, Washington National Opera and
Houston Grand Opera; presented through special arrangement with R & H
Theatricals.
Director: Frank Zamacona • Produced by: San Francisco Opera
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA: MEFISTOFELE
Music and libretto by Arrigio Boito
Ildar Abrazakov Mefistofele • Patricia Racette Margeritha
Ramón Vargas Faust • Patricia Racette Elena • Erin Johnson Marta
Renée Rapier Pantalis • Chuanyue Wang Wagner, Nereo
Nicola Luisotti conductor • Robert Carsen production
Michael Levine designer • Ian Robertson chorus director
Alphonse Poulin choreographer
The season kicks off with Boito’s resplendent retelling of Goethe’s Faust, a
monumental work of “choral grandeur and melodic richness” (The New York
Times) in one of the most impressive productions ever seen at the War Memorial
Opera House. The cast includes Ramón Vargas, a tenor “in ravishing voice”
(Financial Times), as the philosopher who sells his soul to the Devil; the “luminous,
compelling” Patricia Racette (Washington Post) as the woman he desires; and, in
the vividly menacing title role, the “seductively malevolent” bass-baritone Ildar
Abdrazakov, a “fullbodied bass-baritone” renowned for his “wonderfully evil
portrayals” (The New York Times). Our own Italian maestro will be on the podium,
showing once again why “we are blessed to have Nicola Luisotti in San Francisco”
(San Francisco Classical Voice).
Production co-owned with the Metropolitan Opera
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THE GERSHWINS® PORGY AND BESS SM
Opera in two acts by The Gershwins®
Libretto by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward, and Ira Gershwin
Laquita Mitchell Bess • Eric Owens Porgy • Chauncey Packer Sportin’ Life
Lester Lynch Crown • Angel Blue Clara • Karen Slack Serena
Alteouise deVaughn Maria
Porgy and Bess Ensemble • San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus
John DeMain conductor • Francesca Zambello production & director
George Gershwin miraculously melded classical idioms, jazz, blues and spirituals in
this quintessentially American masterpiece about a crippled beggar, the headstrong
woman he loves, and the community that sustains them both; presented here in
an acclaimed production from San Francisco Opera.
Washington National Opera production
DONIZETTI: LUCREZIA BORGIA
Opera in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti
Renée Fleming Lucrezia Borgia • Elizabeth DeShong Maffio Orsini
Michael Fabiano Gennaro • Vitalij Kowaljow Alfonso d’Este
San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus • Riccardo Frizza conductor
John Pascoe director & production designer
A notorious femme fatale renowned for her ruthless pursuit of power reveals
poignant vulnerability when she comes face to face with her long-lost son in this
captivating, elegant production from San Francisco Opera.
Washington National Opera production
BELLINI: I CAPULETI E I MONTECCHI
Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini - Libretto by Felice Romani
Joyce DiDonato Romeo • Nicole Cabell Giulietta • Saimir Pirgu Tebaldo
Ao Li Lorenzo • Eric Owens Capellio
San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus • Riccardo Frizza conductor
Vincent Boussard director
Bellini’s bel canto masterpiece I Capuleti e i Montecchi, inspired by the tragic
tale of Romeo and Juliet, is what The New York Times calls “an opera of definite
dramatic appeal.” The cast is headlined by international stars Joyce DiDonato
and Nicole Cabell as the ill-fated lovers Romeo and Giulietta. Directed by Vincent
Boussard in his U.S. debut and led by returning conductor and bel canto specialist
Riccardo Frizza, this new co-production, which received its debut in Munich in
March 2011, has sets created by French opera, theater and dance designer
Vincent Lemaire. The production features stunning costumes by renowned
fashion designer Christian Lacroix, a frequent collaborator with Boussard and a
prominent fashion icon known for both his couture house and his theater, ballet
and opera costumes.
A San Francisco Opera production in co-production with the Bavarian State Opera,
Munich
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SAN FRANCISCO OPERA: HEGGIE:
MOBY-DICK
Opera in two acts by Jake Heggie - English libretto Gene Scheer
After the novel by Herman Melville
Stephen Costello Greenhorn • Jay Hunter Morris Captain Ahab • Morgan
Smith Starbuck • Jonathan Lemalu Queequeg • Talise Trevigne Pip
Matthew O’Neill Flask • Robert Orth Stubb
San Francisco Opera Orchestra and Chorus • Patrick Summers conductor
Leonard Foglia stage director
Herman Melville’s epic tale of a fierce, obsessive whaling-boat captain who
descends into madness and puts his crew in mortal danger is brought to the stage
in this thrilling production from San Francisco Opera.
Commissioned and Produced by San Francisco Opera in partnership with the
Dallas Opera, San Diego Opera, Calgary Opera, and the State Opera of South
Australia.
BRITTEN: PETER GRIMES AT ALDEBURGH BEACH
Music by Benjamin Britten, Libretto by Montagu Slater
Derived from the poem The Borough by George Crab
Alan Oke Peter Grimes • Giselle Allen Ellen Orford • David Kempster Captain
Balstrode
Britten-Pears Orchestra • Chorus of the Opera North • Chorus of the
Guildhall School of Music & Drama • Steuart Bedford conductor
Tim Albery production director
Filmed in June 2013 during three extraordinary performances that took place
during the Aldeburgh Festival, Peter Grimes on Aldeburgh Beach takes place in the
heart of the town that inspired it and is the film interpretation of Britten’s Peter
Grimes, the most successful opera of post-war Britain. Based on George Crabbe’s
1810 poem ‘The Borough’, Britten’s powerful and masterful evocation of the
North Sea in all its moods has become inextricably linked with the Aldeburgh that
was home to Crabbe in the late eighteenth century and Britten in the twentieth,
and where both poem and opera were written. Conceived and hosted by the
Aldeburgh Festival, the performances of Peter Grimes were directed by Tim Albery
who placed the audience on the beach watching the story of Peter Grimes unfold
as dusk fades over the sea. The cast and chorus, with Alan Oke in the eponymous
role of Peter Grimes, Giselle Allen as Ellen Orford, and David Kempster as Captain
Balstrode, sing live with amplification, while the Britten-Pears Orchestra under the
baton of Britten expert Steuart Bedford is pre-recorded.
Director: Margaret Williams
Produced by Arthaus Musik
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PURCELL: THE INDIAN QUEEN
Semi-Opera in five acts with prologue
MusicAeterna • Teodor Currentzis musical director
Vitaly Polonsky chorus master • Peter Sellars stage director
Christopher Williams choreography
Vince Yi Hunahpú, Mayan hero/Trickster twin deity • Julia Bullock Teculihuatzin,
The Indian Queen, after Doña Luisa • Markus Brutscher Don Pedrarias Dávila,
Captain General and Governor of Terra Firma • Nadine Koutcher Doña Isabel
Noah Stewart Don Pedro de Alvarado, conquistador Christophe Dumaux
Xbalanque, Mayan Hero/Trickster twin deity • Luthando Qave Mayan Shaman
Henry Purcell died in 1965, while composing his last opera “The Indian Queen”. So
his brother Daniel completed hastily and with poor inspiration the rich, visionary
and transcendental score of the great British composer. Some centuries later,
Peter Sellars has imagined a fresh and unedited new version of Purcell’s last
masterpiece, including some of Purcell’s most inspired songs, with a new libretto
adapted from “La niña blanca y los pajaros sin pies” (The white maid and the
feetless birds) from Nicaraguan novelist Rosario Aguilar.
2013/2014 • Duration: 197’ HD
Director: Peter Sellars
A co-production of Idéale Audience, Mezzo, TVE, Teatro Real de Madrid with the
participation of France Télévisions
MOZART: DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE - THE MAGIC FLUTE
W.A. Mozart - Die Zauberflöte
Berliner Philharmoniker • Berliner Rundfunkchor
Sir Simon Rattle conductor • Robert Carsen stage director
Ana Durlovski • Pavol Breslik • Kate Royal • Michael Nagy • Dimitry
Ivashchenko • Regula Mühlemann • Annick Massis • Magdalena Kožená
Nathalie Stutzmann • José van Dam
The main focus of the Easter Festival 2013, held for the first time from 23 March to
1 April 2013 with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden,
is on the four performances of Mozart’s opera “The Magic Flute” conducted by
Sir Simon Rattle. In this co-production with the Teatro Real, Madrid, the principal
roles are sung by Ana Durlovski (Queen of the Night), Pavol Breslik (Tamino), Kate
Royal (Pamina), Michael Nagy (Papageno) and Regula Mühlemann (Papagena).
The “Three Ladies” are also portrayed by prominent performers, namely Annick
Massis, Magdalena Kožená and Nathalie Stutzmann. José van Dam functions as
narrator. Canadian artist and seasoned opera director Robert Carsen is in charge
of directing.
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with Idéale Audience, NHK and
SWR
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W.A. MOZART: HANEKE’S COSÌ FAN TUTTE
Opera buffa in two acts - Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Orchestra & Choir of the Teatro Real in Madrid
Sylvain Cambreling musical director
Directed for stage by Michael Haneke
Anett Fritsch Fiordiligi • Paola Gardina Dorabella • Juan Francisco Gatell
Ferrando • Andreas Wolf Guglielmo • Kerstin Avemo Despina • William
Shimell Don Alfonso
After his exploration of the institution of marriage and the paths of desire,
denominating Don Giovanni il dissoluto punito, Mozart shows us that the school
of love is both a heavenly and bitter path at the same time. But we can find his
liberal and humanist views on love in the letter to his wife, written at a time when
she was waving an affair with his student, and in the texts of the lovers in his
operas: we can only live if we are aware of the complexity of the relationship
between desire and love, as described by Octavio Paz in La Ilanma doble.
An ideal topic for multi-awarded Austrian director Michael Haneke, whose Palme
d’Or and Golden Globe winner Amour has won the Oscar in the category “Foreign
Language Film”. Haneke returns to opera to premiere his production at the Teatro
Real in the 2012/2013 season.
New production of the Teatro Real, Madrid in co-production with the Théâtre La
Monnaie-De Munt of Brussels
Recorded at the Teatro Real (Madrid)
Director: Hannes Rossacher
A co-production of Idéale Audience with EuroArts Music, ARTE France, TVE &
Teatro Real, Madrid
PHILIP GLASS: THE PERFECT AMERICAN
Orchestra & Choir of the Teatro Real Madrid
Dennis Russell Davies conductor • Andrés Máspero chorus master
Phelim McDermott stage director • Dan Potra set and costume
designer
Christopher Purves Walt Disney • David Pittsinger Roy • and many more
At the age of 75, one of the leading figures on the 20th century music, Philip
Glass, is composing a new work for the Teatro Real, where it is given its World
Premiere. “The Perfect American”, imagining the final months of the life of Walt
Disney - the person who has, more than any other, influenced the current world
of consumers and inspired the novel “The Perfect American” by Peter Stephan
Jungk. Children nowadays only see mice and ducks as Mickey Mouse or Donald
Duck, thanks to the image invented for them by Walt Disney factory. In opposition
to the world of happiness he devised, the existence of this perfect American was
marked by an unhappy youth and a personality whose “political correctness”
outdid that of even Richard Nixon. At his dream factory, only men were hired to
draw. Women were limited to colouring in the sketches.
From the hand of Dennis Russell Davies, the musical director who has conducted
almost all the premieres of Glass’s operas, and the stage director Phelim
McDermott, we will be penetrating into the nightmare of a happy world.
World Premiere, commission of the Teatro Real De Madrid and English National
Opera of London
Recorded at the Teatro Real (Madrid)
Director: János Darvas
Produced by: A co-production EuroArts Music, Idéale Audience, Teatro Real de
Madrid, WDR, NHK & TVE
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VERDI: LUISA MILLER
Opera buffa in two acts - Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte
Recorded at Malmö Opera
Malmö Opera Orchestra & Chorus • Michael Güttler conductor
Stefano Vizioli stage director
Olesya Golovneva Luisa Miller • Vladislav Sulimsky Miller • Taras Shtonda
Greve Walter • Luc Robert Rodolfo • Emma Lyrén Laura • Ivonne Fuchs
Federica • Lars Arvidson Wurm • Eric Lavoipierre En bonde
Giuseppe Verdi’s Luisa Miller is an opera in three acts based on Schiller’s Kabale
und Liebe (“Intrigue and Love”). Just before Christmas 2012, Monarda Arts
recorded the opera at the Opera house in Malmö, Sweden. Luisa Miller is the
story of the love between Luisa and Rodolfo, but this love is challenged by class
distinctions between the lovers and their families. Despite the couple’s struggle, it
eventually ends tragically with Luisa’s and Rodolfo’s death.
The Russian opera singer and rising star Olesya Golovneva scintillates as Luisa
Miller. Conducted by internationally acclaimed Michael Güttler, who works for
opera houses and orchestras all over the world, including the Orchestre de Paris
and the Wiener Staatsoper, this opera is a ‘must have’ for every Verdi aficionado.
2012/2013 • Duration: 152’ HD
Director: Dirk Simon • Produced by: Monarda Arts
ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK: RUSALKA
Opera fairytale in three acts
Libretto by Jaroslav Kvapil after Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué’s Undine
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra & Chorus • Stefan Herheim stage
director • Ádám Fischer, Richard Lewis music directors
Myrtò Papatanasiu Rusalka • Pavel Černoch Prince • Annalena Persson
Foreign princess • Willard White Vodnik, and many more
Antonín Dvořák’s next to last opera draws its substance from the underwater
wonderland of little mermaids, Undines and Melusines: Rusalka, a water nymph,
wishes to become human in order to be loved by the young prince. Despite being
warned against it, she asks the witch Ježibaba to help her. In order for her wish to
be fulfilled, Rusalka must give up her voice and face eternal damnation if her love
fails. The prince also ignores all warnings and begins a relationship with Rusalka.
However, he is very soon unfaithful to her. The broken-hearted Rusalka returns to
the lake. The prince comes to find her for a last embrace, and dies.
Jaroslav Kvapil’s libretto inspired Dvořák to compose a masterpiece, a compelling
opera full of poignant lyricism and dramatic twists. Ádám Fisher and Stefan
Herheim masterfully present this ‘lyrical fairytale’ at La Monnaie. In this widely
acclaimed interpretation, the fairytale elements sometimes assume frighteningly
realistic dimensions so that one might see this enchanting production as a
psychoanalytical study of male fantasies and female archetypes.
Director: Willy Vanduren
Produced by: VRT Canvas & De Munt | La Monnaie
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DONIZETTI: L’ELISIR D’AMORE
(THE ELIXIR OF LOVE)
Miah Persson Adina • Rolando Villazón Nemorino • Roman Trekel Belcore
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo Dulcamara • Regula Mühlemann Gianetta
Balthasar-Neumann-Chor • Balthasar-Neumann-Orchestra
Rolando Villazón stage director • Pablo Heras-Casado musical director
Johannes Leiacker stage designer • Thibault Vancraenenbroeck costumes
From the Festspielhaus in Baden-Baden comes this spectacular production of
Gaetano Donizettis wonderful L’Elisir d’Amore. Set in the scenario of a Western
Film Production, this is the second directorial work of Rolando Villazón (after his
directorial debut in 2011 “Werther”/Lyon). Villazòn as director and Nemorino:
these tidings alone were enough to unleash a worldwide run on tickets to the
Baden-Baden 2012 Pentecost-holiday opera.
Director: Nele Münchmeyer
Produced by: EuroArts Music & Arte/SWR
Also available:
ROLANDO VILLAZÓNS “L’ELISIR D’AMORE”
IN THE WILD WEST
A film by Friedemann Hottenbacher
The film will tell the story of this “story within a story” and reveal the creative
process of staging Donizettis, “L’Elisir d’Amore”.
2012 • Duration: approx. 29’ HD
Director: Friedemann Hottenbacher
Produced by: EuroArts Music & Arte/SWR
TEATRO REAL: TCHAIKOVSKY/
STRAVINSKY - IOLANTA/PERSEPHONE
Directed for stage by Peter Sellars
A double bill consisting of two stage works that “represent an ideal of beauty,
poetry and hope” forms this new production in Madrid from the Teatro Real. In
both works the progression from darkness to light acts as an initiation rite that
completely transforms the existential attitude of the leading characters.
IOLANTA : Ekaterina Scherbachenko Iolanta • Dmitry Ulianov King René
Alexey Markov Robert • Pavel Cernoch Vaudémont • Willard White
Ibn-Hakia • Vasily Efimov Alméric • Pavel Kudinov Bertrand
Choir and Orchestra Titulares del Teatro Real • Andrés Máspero chorus
master • Teodor Currentzis musical director • George Tsypi set • Martin
Pakledinaz costumes • James F. Ingalls lighting
Produced by: Teatro Real Madrid
PERSEPHONE: Dominique Blanc Perséphone • Paul Groves Eumolpus
Choir and Orchestra Titulares del Teatro Real • Andrés Máspero chorus
master • Teodor Currentzis musical director • George Tsypin set • Martin
Pakledinaz costumes • James F. Ingalls lighting
Produced by: Teatro Real Madrid
Programme Numbers: 5917 & 5918
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TEATRO REAL: LE NOZZE DI FIGARO
Ludovic Tézier Count Almaviva • Barbara Frittoli Countess
Almaviva • Luca Pissaroni Figaro • Isabel Rey Susanna • Marina
Comparato Cherubino • Jeanette Fischer Marcellina • Carlos
Chausson Bartolo • Raúl Giménez Basilio
Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid • Jesús López Cobos
musical director
From the opening notes of the overture to the final curtain, Emilio Sagi’s classic,
triumphant production brings to life all the elegant wit and theatricality of Mozart’s
comic masterpiece “Le nozze di Figaro”.
Leading baritone Ludovic Tézier shines as the lustful Count Almaviva who
attempts to obtain the favors of Figaro’s bride-to-be, Susanna (Isabel Rey), while
Luca Pisaroni gives a feisty performance as Figaro. Conductor Jesús López Cobos
masterfully captures the enchanting score.
Produced by: Teatro Real, Madrid
JULES MASSENET: CENDRILLON
Joyce DiDonato Cendrillon • Alice Coote Le Prince Charmant • Eglise
Gutiérrez La Fée • Ewa Podles Madame de la Haltière • Jean-Philippe Lafont
Pandolfe • Madeleine Pierard Noémie • Kai Rüütel Dorothée
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House • Bertrand de Billy conductor
Laurent Pelly stage direction & costumes
Pandolfe, a country gentleman, has married Madame de la Haltière, an imperious
countess. She and her daughters Noémie and Dorothée bully Pandolfe’s daughter
from his first marriage, Lucette (know as Cendrillon), Pandolfe loves Cendrillon
but is too frightened of his wife to help her. Thanks to her fairy godmother,
Cendrillon goes to the ball and meets the prince who falls in love with her ... but
at midnight….
Produced by: Royal Opera House & Idéale Audience
HANDEL: ALCINA
Anja Harteros Alcina • Veronica Cangemi Morgana • Vesselina Kasarova
Ruggiero • Kristina Hammarström Bradamante • Benjamin Bruns Oronte
Adam Plachetka Melisso • Wiener Staatsopernchor • Marc Minkowski
conductor
For the first time in the history of the Vienna State Opera the masterpiece Alcina
by George Frideric Handel was premiered in 2010. The internationally famous
British Director Adrian Noble places his Alcina into a framework which begins in
the magnificent ballroom of the Devonshire-House in London Piccadilly.
The legendary Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, stages a play in
which she is acting together with her friends, a stage on the stage.
Alcina is a great musical experience geared to the Baroque curiosity. Marc
Minkowski, the conductor of this amazing reproduction, revives Handel’s music in
an outstanding way.
Director: Matthias Leutzendorff
Produced by: Monarda Arts for Arthaus Musik in cooperation with Servus TV and
Mezzo TV
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VERDI: LA TRAVIATA
Marlies Petersen • Kristina Antonie Fehrs • Fran Lubahn
Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester • Chor des Opernhauses Graz
Tecwyn Evans conductor
With this production of La Traviata, director Peter Konwitschny achieved a
resounding success and Marlis Petersen made a sensational debut in the title
role. The first ever production of La Traviata by Peter Konwitschny of Graz Opera
is a highly-focused, intelligent reading of the music that was widely acclaimed by
audiences. With a reduced stage set and daring cuts in the score, the production
concentrates on the tragic story of the courtesan Violetta. Soprano Marlis Petersen
(2010 “Singer of the Year” in Germany) is superb in the title role.
Director: Myriam Hoyer
Produced by: Monarda Arts/Arthaus Musik and Servus TV
GLYNDEBOURNE: DON GIOVANNI
Gerald Finley Don Giovanni • Anna Samuil Donna Anna • Luca Pisaroni
Leporello • Kate Royal Donna Elvira • Brindley Sherratt Il Commendatore
William Burden Don Ottavio • Anna Virovlansky Zerlina • Guido Loconsolo
Masetto • The Glyndebourne Chorus
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment • Vladimir Jurowski conductor
For its first new production of the opera in 10 years, Glyndebourne welcomes back
the winning team of director Jonathan Kent and designer Paul Brown. Mozart’s
second collaboration with the mercurial librettist Lorenzo da Ponte is among the
very blackest of black comedies.
Great bass-baritone Gerald Finley sings the title role again. He has appeared in
many Glyndebourne productions since joining the Chorus in 1986 – not least in
the title role of “Le nozze di Figaro” at the opening of the new house in 1994.
He has sung “Don Giovanni” to worldwide acclaim in New York, London, Paris,
Vienna, Rome, Budapest and Prague.
Director: Peter Maniura
Produced by: Glyndebourne Festival, Idéale Audience, BBC and Mezzo
GIUSEPPE VERDI: RIGOLETTO
Juan Diego Flórez • Zeljko Lucic • Diana Damrau • Markus Marquardt
Male Singers of the Dresden State Opera Choir • Sächsische Staatskapelle
Dresden • Fabio Luisi conductor
Live recording from the Semperoper, Dresden
Director: Andreas Morell
Produced by: EuroArts Music, co-produced by MDR/ARTE
RICHARD STRAUSS: DER ROSENKAVALIER
Anne Schwanewilms • Kurt Rydl • Hans-Joachim Ketelsen • Anke
Vondung • Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden • Fabio Luisi conductor
Live recording from the NHK Hall, Tokyo
Director: Eiji Yoshida
Produced by: EuroArts Music, NHK
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GRAMMY 2009 for Best Classical Album and Best Opera Recording
KURT WEILL:
RISE AND FALL OF THE CITY OF MAHAGONNY
Audra McDonald • Patti LuPone • Anthony Dean Griffey • Los Angeles
Opera • James Conlon conductor
Live recording from the Los Angeles Opera
TV Director: Gary Halvorson
Produced by: EuroArts Music, Los Angeles Opera, Thirteen/WNET NY
GIUSEPPE VERDI: NABUCCO
Live from the St. Margarethen Open Air-Festival
Igor Morosow • Simon Yang • Bruno Ribeiro • Gabriella Morigi • Elisabeth
Kulman • Europasymphony Orchestra • Ernst Märzendorfer conductor
Live from the St. Margarethen Festival
Director: Hannes Rossacher
Produced by: Saiko Films
BALLET / DANCE
new
A SWAN LAKE
With short quotes from Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake”, reworked by Mikael Karlsson
The Norwegian National Ballet • Children of The Norwegian National
Ballet School
The Norwegian National Opera Orchestra • Per Kristian Skalstad
conductor • Alexander Ekman choreography and set design
“I wanted to do something big and wild and different. Something with water!”
said choreographer Alexander Ekman and filled the Main Stage at the Oslo Opera
House with 5,000 litres of water. In “A Swan Lake”, his new full-length work
created for the Norwegian National Ballet, the dancers are joined on stage by
actors, a soprano, musicians and 1,000 rubber ducks. Alexander Ekman is an
award-winning choreographer, whose work is internationally acclaimed for its
inventiveness, musicality and humour. With a score by Swedish composer Mikael
Karlsson and costumes by Danish fashion designer Henrik Vibskov, “A Swan Lake”
takes a fresh and witty look at Tchaikovsky‘s ballet of all ballets.
Director: Jeff Tudor
Produced by: A co-production of the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, NRK
and 3 minutes West in cooperation with Arthaus Musik © DNO&B
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CHAPLIN
Music by Charlie Chaplin, Benjamin Britten, Samuel Barber, John Adams, Richard
Wagner, Charles Ives, Kurt Schwertsik, Charles Chaplin TM ® Bubbles Inc. S. A.
and / or Roy Export S. A. S.
Tyler Galster Chaplin • Amelia Waller Tramp • and many more
Leipziger Ballett • Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Matthias Foremny musical director • Mario Schröder choreographer
Paul Zoller staging, costumes, video
The little guy with his mustache, his bowler hat and his bamboo cane is worldfamous. But, who is the man behind this figure? Mario Schröder wondered the
same thing when choreographing “Chaplin”. His rise to fame makes Chaplin a
person of public interest. The clown becomes political. America’s conservatives
are, however, suspicious of Chaplin’s convictions. Suspected of communism, he
is eventually expelled. The ballet describes Chaplin’s life in relation to his creative
work and shows that an artist who observes his environment both sensitively and
consciously is behind the funny Tramp.
Recorded at the Oper Leipzig.
Director: Sonia Paramo
Produced by: EuroArts Music & Les Films Figures Libres
MONTEVERDI’S POPPEA//POPPEA IN 3D
Gauthier Dance • Christian Spuck choreographer • Emma Ryott stage and
costume designer • Reinhard Traub lighting • Dunja Funke dramaturge
Inspired by the final opera of Claudio Monteverdi, L’incronazione di Poppea,
Christian Spuck choreographed POPPEA//POPPEA which was included among the
10 top productions of the season 2009/10 by the British trade magazine Dance
Europe and earned Christian Spuck the German Theatre Prize THE FAUST 2011.
It was premiered in summer 2010.
Gauthier Dance is the dance ensemble of Theaterhaus Stuttgart with ten uniquely
talented dancers under the direction of the choreographer, dancer and musician
Eric Gauthier. Founded in 2007 the company has rapidly cut a niche for itself
in the international dance scene. Their trademark is ambitious choreographies
characterized by their humor, originality and technical virtuosity, which has led to
sold-out shows and euphoria from public and press alike.
A production of Theaterhaus Stuttgart in co-production with Les Théâtres de la
Ville de Luxembourg and in cooperation with Theater Bonn, Schauburg München
and Achtfeld GmbH Berlin. A full 2D version is also available.
2013 • Duration: 78’ 2D/3D
Director: Niko Vialkowitsch
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with ZDF & parallax
raumprojektion
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DELIBES: COPPÉLIA
Music by Léo Delibes, original libretto by Charles Nuitter, based on E.T.A.
Hoffmann’s Der Sandmann
Ballet Víctor Ullate Comunidad de Madrid • Victor Ullate director
Eduardo Lao choreographer & artistic director
Sophie Cassegrain Coppelia • Yester Mulens Doctor Coppélius • Cristian
Oliveri Franz • Zhengyja Yu The spectral Diva • Leyre Castresana Betty
Albia Tapia Rosi • Zara Calero Andreina • Dorian Acosta D.J.
The Víctor Ullate Ballet brings to its repertoire a new version of an important,
internationally performed classic. Choreographer and artistic director Eduardo
Lao has assumed the task of reinventing Coppélia, using his versatile company of
23 dancers to contribute his personal vision. He emphasizes the comical spirit of
Coppélia while keeping the original score written by Léo Delibes in 1870.
Lao’s creation takes place in a cybernetic laboratory specialised in artificial
intelligence, where Doctor Coppelius is attempting to create a female android
that moves and acts like a human. Lao’s staging of Coppélia allows the Víctor
Ullate Ballet to use its technical and artistic capacity, by combining various styles
and updating a historical dance favourite.
Produced by: Les Films Figures Libres
MAHLERMANIA - NICO AND THE NAVIGATORS
Katarina Bradic mezzo-soprano • Simon Pauly baritone • By and with: Patric
Schott • Annedore Kleist • Anna-Luise Recke • Ioannis Avakoumidis
Frank Willens • Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Moritz Gnann musical direction • Nicola Hümpel stage production • Oliver
Proske stage design • Frauke Ritter costume design • Jörg Königsdorf
dramaturge
A progressive outlook versus fear of the unknown, the bitterness of the outsider
versus a yearning for greener grass, a manic drive versus self-absorption… Gustav
Mahler’s music is a mass of contrasts and dualities linked only by a weak tissue of
shifting balances. In Mahler’s body of songs no less than in his nine symphonies,
this inner conflict thrusts itself upon the audience with existential urgency: each
song marks a way-station along a road that leads from the romantic idylls of
the “Wunderhorn” via the familial intimacy of the “Rückert–Lieder” to the
contemplative outlook of Far Eastern lyricism in the “Lied von der Erde”.
In their first production at the Deutsche Oper Berlin Nico and the Navigators tackle
the cosmos of Mahler’s songs in an evening of poetical and physical expression
that endeavours to distil this sifting of senses for the stage. For Nico and the
Navigators this Mahler project represents not only another excursion into musical
theatre but also the beginning of a sustained collaboration with the opera house.
A Deutsche Oper Berlin Production in cooperation with Nico and the Navigators
Performance 2013 • Duration: 99’ HD
Director: Susanna Boehm
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with ARTE & RBB
Documentary
Duration: 88’
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MARIINSKY: THE NUTCRACKER
Alina Somova, Vladimir Shklyaraov soloists • Valery Gergiev
conductor • Vasily Vainonen choreographer
Benjamin Tyrrell stage director and costume designer
The Nutcracker, Tchaikovsky‘s eternal classic, in the choreography by Vasily
Vainonen, is a colorful and sensuous dance production: dance in the highest
perfection and mastery of modern technology. This successful production is
recorded exclusively for EuroArts Music. The film creates spectacular images of
this great ballet production for the viewer. Under the direction of Andreas Morell,
this unique Nutcracker promises to be a breathtaking experience.
Director: Andreas Morell • Producers: Jan Bremme, Isabel Itturiagagoitia Bueno
Produced by: EuroArts Music, The Mariinsky Theatre and digital images in
cooperation with OVATION and Samsung
3D-Version available: Programme Number: 5907
MARIINSKY:
GEORGE BALANCHINE - JEWELS
Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande and Shylock • Stravinsky: Capriccio for
Piano and Orchestra • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3 in D Major
The Mariinsky Ballet & Orchestra • Tugan Sokhiev conductor
Valery Gergiev musical director
Ulyana Lopatkina • Igor Zelensky • Irina Golub • Andrian Fadeyev
Zhanna Ayupova soloists
The Mariinsky Ballet is one of the world’s greatest ballet companies with an
astonishing heritage. Before emigrating to the West, George Balanchine studied
in St Petersburg and was a member of the Mariinsky. However, Jewels dates from
late in his career, and was premiered in New York. Although it did not receive its
first performance at the Mariinsky until 1999, it has since become a core part of
the company’s repertoire. This performance was filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre
and features many of the most well-known dancers including Ulyana Lopatkina,
Igor Zelensky and Andrian Fadeyev alongside conductor Tugan Sokhiev.
Director: Brian Large
Produced by: The Mariinsky Theatre in co-operation with EuroArts Music
HAVANA DANZA!
Danza Contemporanea de Cuba
The internationally renowned Danza Contemporanea de Cuba have for more than
50 years produced dancers of the highest level with a style evoking the sensual,
mystical and raw heart of Cuban spirit. Nowadays, its active repertoire contains
more than 70 productions. “Havana Danza!” includes four of these joyous and
passionate programmes, combining modern elements of American theatre, Afro-Carribean dance styles and classical European Ballet: Carmen, Mambo XXI,
Demo-N/Crazy, and Folia.
A coproduction of Les Films Figures Libres, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba &
Mezzo with the participation of France Télévision
Also available: Danza, Le Miracle de Cuba (Documentary)
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TEATRO REAL: C(H)ŒURS
A Musical Theatre by Alain Platel
Music by Guiseppe Verdi and Richard Wagner
Choir & Orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid • Marc Piollet conductor
Andrés Máspero chorus master • Gerard Mortier artistic director Teatro Real
Les ballets C de la B • Alain Platel musical director & choreographer
Hildegard De Vuyst dramaturgy • Jan Vandenhouwe musical dramaturgy
For years, the tension between the group and the individual has been the central
theme in Platel’s performances. In C(H)ŒURS, so far his biggest project, he
examines – together with his dancers and the Teatro Real choir – how ‘dangerously
beautiful’ a group can be. What is the relation between the progressive 19thcentury nationalism of Verdi and Wagner and the increasing current tendency of
nations to cut themselves off?
Platel questions the emotions originated by the assemblage of individuals and
groups, he reflects about the dynamic of collective movements and about the
public and the individual dimensions.
Live recording from the Teatro Real Madrid
Director: Andreas Morell
Produced by: EuroArts Music & Teatro Real Madrid in co-production with 3sat and
TVE
TEATRO REAL: CARMEN
A ballet by Antonio Gades
Vanesa Vento Carmen • Ángel Gil Don José • Joaquín Mulero Husband
Jairo Rodríguez Bullfighter
Antonio Gades & Carlos Saura script, choreography & lighting
Antonio Saura stage setting • Stella Arauzo artistic director
Music by Antonío Gades, Antonio Solera, Ricardo Freire Gonzales, Georges Bizet
(Carmen), José Ortega Heredia and Federico García
Director: Ángel Luis Ramírez
Produced by: Teatro Real and Fundacion Antonio Gades
TEATRO REAL: FUENTEOVEJUNA
Cristina Carnero Laurencia • Ángel Gil Frondoso
Joaquín Mulero Comendador • Alberto Ferrero Mayor
Antonio Gades choreography & direction • José Manuel, Caballero Bonald,
Antonio Gades script • Juanjo Linares Folk Ballet Teacher • Pedro Moreno
set & costume design • Stella Arauzo artistic director • Faustino Núnez musical
direction & arrangements
Music by Antón García Abril, Modest Mussorgsky (Cuadros de una exposicion),
Antonio Gades, Faustino Nunez, Juan Antonio Zafra
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TEATRO REAL: SUITE FLAMENCA
Stella Arauzo & Miguel Lara soloists • Cristina Hoyos
choreography
Music by Antonio Gades, Ricardo Freire, Juan Antonio Zafra
TEATRO REAL: BODAS DE SANGRE
(BLOOD WEDDING)
Cristina Carnero Bride • Ángel Gil Leonardo • Vanesa Vento Mother
Joaquín Mulero Groom • Maite Chico Woman
Antonio Gades choreography & lighting • Stella Arauzo artistic director
Adaptation for ballet Alfredo Manas • Francisco Nieva set & costume design
Produced by: Teatro Real, Madrid and Fundacion Antonio Gades
CALIGULA
Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
The Etoiles, Principal Dancers and the Corps de Ballet of the Paris
Opera • Paris Opera Orchestra • Frédéric Laroque conductor and violin solo
Nicolas Le Riche choreography
First performed in 2005, “Caligula” is Étoile Dancer Nicolas Le Riche’s first
choreography for the Paris Opera Ballet. Intrigued by the complex and troubling
personality of the Roman emperor, the choreographer evokes the torments of a
frail man capable of loving the moon and idolizing his horse, a man impassioned
by theatre and constantly playing a role himself.
Constructed as a tragedy, the choreography follows the inexorable progression of
this solitary hero towards death. Accompanied by Vivaldi’s Four Seasons, which
illustrates the irremediable passage of time, the dance, in all its depth and energy,
translates the poetry and the violence inherent in a life consumed at lightning
speed by excess.
Live recording from Opéra Garnier, Paris/France
Director: Philippe Béziat
Produced by: Idéale Audience, in co-production with the Opéra national de Paris
with the participation of France Télèvisions, CielEcran, Mezzo and Museec
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LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS –
A BALLET IN TWO PARTS BY UWE SCHOLZ
Music by Igor Strawinsky
Kiyoko Kimura • Giovanni Di Palma • Leipzig Ballet • Uwe Scholz
choreographer • Gewandhausorchester Leipzig • Henrik Schaefer conductor
In retrospect, the solo version of Stravinsky’s Sacre du Printemps (Sacre I) can
be interpreted as a bleak, oppressive dance about his own life. The ballet is one
of the late works by Uwe Scholz, one of the most important choreographers of
the 20th century. Scholz brought Stravinsky’s work on stage in two parts: Sacre
I is an unique solo danced by Giovanni Di Palma on the four-hand piano version,
the powerful Sacre II is staged for nearly 60 dancers (Soloist: Kiyoko Kimura)
accompanied by the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. This ballet was filmed as part
of a portrait of Scholz in February 2003 and is now released in full length for the
first time. An unique document of Uwe Scholz’ exceptional talent.
Live recording from the Leipzig Opera
2008 • Duration: 74’ SD 16:9
Director: Uwe Scholz
Produced by: EuroArts Music
Also available: Documentary “Soulscapes” (Programme Number: 5572)
INTERNATIONAL BALLET GALA PRAGUE
Polina Semionova • Charles Jude • Danil Simkin • Igor Zelensky • Maria
Alexandrova • Delphine Baey • Natalia Hoffmann • Oksana Kuchcheruk,
and others
Choreographies by George Balanchine, José Limón, Kenneth MacMillan, Marius
Petipa, Julien Lestel, Pierre Lacotte, Ben van Cauwenbergh, Stephan Thoss, and
others
Live recording from the Prague State Opera
2006 • Duration: 90’ 16:9
Director: Hans Hulscher
Produced by: EuroArts Music, ZDF/ARTE, Prague International Ballet
DOCUMENTARY
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VAN CLIBURN: VIRTUOSITY
“Virtuosity” searches for the musical souls of the most gifted young pianists on
the planet as they try to make a name for themselves at the 2013 Van Cliburn
International Piano Competiton. The pressure on these kids is overwhelming,
because the stakes are so high: prize money, concert bookings, a recording
contract, a career. At the heart of this story is the courage it takes for a 20-yearold to go onstage alone before 2,000 people, and hundreds of thousands more
online, and play a unique interpretation of one of the most difficult pieces ever
written for the piano. The Competition requires not only a transcendent musical
ability, but a mental toughness that must sustain the soloist through three straight
weeks of performance. The Cliburn becomes as much a test of character as a
musical proving ground.
We focus on this group of kids as they articulate their personalities through
their music: brilliant, eccentric, tender, touching, dazzling, deadly serious, wildly
entertaining. We share their secrets, their hopes, their humanity. As different as
they are as people, these young musicians share a single reality: winning The
Cliburn would change their lives overnight.
Director: Christopher Wilkinson
Produced by: 88 Films Production & Christopher Wilkinson Film
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PIANISTS STREET
In a little street in Brussels named Rue Bosquet, two identical buildings stand
together. In one of these buildings lives the famous concert pianist Martha Argerich,
the Argentine who is recognized as one of the most original and temperamental
pianists of her time. Next door we find the Tiempo-Lechner family, renowned
by their lineage of piano prodigies, all of which have performed upon the most
prominent stages in the world. The matriarch and pedagogue Lyl Tiempo, her
renowned children Sergio Tiempo and Karin Lechner; and Karin’s very young
daughter Natasha, only thirteen years old.
Natasha, the last promise of the “pianists street”, has to bear with the legacy of
four generations of great musicians. Even though she is still shaping her sound,
this pre-teen has already seduced the most demanding audiences with her
prodigies.
Her musical upbringing is an imperative family matter. Her mother Karin, who
was also a child prodigy, is her teacher, mentor and adviser. As she enters,
almost unknowingly, the world of elite concert pianists, Natasha tries to answer a
question: What does it actually mean to be a pianist? If there is an answer, it is to
be found in the house next door, at Martha Argerich’s residence. There, we also
find several pianists of different cultural backgrounds who every day must face
an instrument that struggles with their own bodies. As the camera walks through
each of the
doors in this house, we step into the inner world of a pianist whose work is
arduous, meticulous and filled with uncertainty. Even Martha Argerich herself,
at seventy years old, is still in the chimerical quest for the perfect technique a search that translates into unending sessions of exhausting practice. Despite
having become a living legend, the stage fright never leaves her.
Director: Mariano Nante
Produced by: Daniel Rosenfeld Films, Mariano Nante, Gaspar Scheuer, Sandra de
la Fuente, Luciana Corti
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SIR SIMON RATTLE THE MAKING OF A MAESTRO
In January 2015, Sir Simon Rattle celebrated his sixtieth birthday. This
documentary portrait follows him through an extraordinary year of rehearsals
and concerts with the Berliner Philharmoniker, the CBSO and the Orchestra of the
Age of Enlightment. Filmed on location, from Taipei to Baden-Baden, we see him
preparing scores for performance and sharing his experiences with the players gaining privileged insights into the day-to-day life of a conductor. We also explore
his early career as the conductor who would inspire the rebuilding of Birmingham.
Above all, the programme reveals a passionate believer in the life-affirming power
of music.
Director: Andy King-Dabbs
Produced by: BBC
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THE LIFE I LOVE - THE PIANIST
MENAHEM PRESSLER
The music world knows him for more than half a century and for his famous Beaux
Arts Trio. He was the heart of this ensemble and when in 2008 the trio decided to
separate, it was not the end for Menahem Pressler – in fact it was the restart of
a memorable solo career.
In 2013, the 90-year-old grand seigneur of the piano gave his long overdue debut
with the Berliner Philharmoniker, now he returns for the annual New Year’s Eve
celebrations: The “Gala from Berlin 2014” has been recorded live and produced
by EuroArts & rbb in co-production with SMG – that’s the artist Menahem Pressler
so far. We meet the person Menahem Pressler in the portrait “The life I love – the
pianist Menahem Pressler”. From new recorded talks with Pressler over excerpts
from one of his Master Classes, to interviews with artists like Daniel Harding,
Quatuor Ébène, Leonidas Kavakos or Daniel Hope, we gain deep insights into the
life of this enchantingly “venerable prodigy”.
Director: Grete Liffers
Produced by: A co-production of EuroArts Music, BR, WDR, rbb & Deutsche Welle
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HITMAKERS - THE CHANGING FACE OF THE
MUSIC INDUSTRY
Hitmakers. Groundbreaking artists. Visionary industry players and companies.
Innovative technology. These crucial components have shaped the music business
over the past 100 years, changing pop culture in the process. The music industry
once again is undergoing seismic transformation. A $45 billion dollar industry has
shrunk to $15 billion. YouTube is the new radio, the development goes from vinyl
to CD to download to stream. Is the game changing?
Hitmakers will provide a road map through the decades - the major happenings
and characters of the record industry. The record business is inherently cyclical a generation of rock and roll impresarios finds itself facing the challenges of the
digital age. But one thing that never changes is the need for the catalysts and
eyewitnesses, „record men/women“, and the great artists. They are the hitmakers.
Besides artists like Melissa Etheridge, Questlove, Lorde and Steve Aoki who
deliver insight into their personal story of success, we meet game changing artist
managers, music label mavericks, historians and journalists who will put into
perspective the world that surrounds the hitmakers.
Directors: Carol Stein & Susan Wittenberg
Produced by: ACE in co-production with EuroArts Music, ZDF/arte, PBS
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SUPER LIFE. FRIEDRICH LICHTENSTEIN
Friedrich Lichtenstein came to fame through his “Supergeil” commercial for the
German discounter Edeka. This portrait shows the man behind the 12 million
Youtube hits. Born in Stalinstadt (today: Eisenhüttenstadt) in GDR, he started
a puppet plaer, became an underground theatre director, then pop star, almost
went to the dogs as an ornamental hermit in Berlin before accidentally becoming
a top celebrity.
Director: Jan Schmidt-Garre
Produced by: Pars Media
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THE VIOLONCELLIST SOL GABETTA
“A PART OF MY SOUL”
With works by Elgar, Schumann, Shostakovitch, Bloch, Vivaldi, Vasks, Schubert
The violoncellist Sol Gabetta has become an essential part of the international
concert scene. On stage, she seems to perfectly merge with her instrument. The
portrait of “A part of my soul” leads us through rehearsals and performances,
including works by Elgar, Schumann, Shostakovich, Bloch, Vivaldi and Schubert.
Written for Sol Gabetta the world premiere of “Presence” by Pēteris Vasks marks
the end of the film about a soloist, who not only impresses the audience with
her unique musical touch, but also with her charisma. The audience seems to
become part of the concert and of Gabetta’s world of imaginative and emotional
perception.
Director: Annette Schreier
Produced by: Screen Land Film, in co-production with NDR, in cooperation with
arte
HARTMUT HAENCHEN: THE SKIES OVER DRESDEN DER HIMMEL ÜBER DRESDEN
Born in Dresden in 1943, Hartmut Haenchen was almost two years old when
Dresden was bombed on the 13th of February 1945. Raised in the post-war
German Democratic Republic and grown up in ruins he developed his musical
skills. Despite the East German regime’s restrictions, Haenchen was granted
permission to work with the finest ensembles in the West, including the Berliner
Philharmoniker and the Concertgebouw Orchestra. In 1986 he moved to the
Netherlands where he started his “second” career. Soon he became Music Director
of both of the Netherlands Philharmonic and De Nederlandse Opera. Particularly
renowned for his works by Richard Strauss, Mahler and Strauss, the ‘Opernwelt’
called Haenchen “[…] undoubtedly one of the great Wagner conductors of our
time.”
Director: Paul Cohen & Martijn van Haalen
Produced by: CPS Films & NTR
YEARNING FOR THE PRESENCE - THE ORIGINATING
PROCESS OF THE OPERA “WUNDERZAICHEN”
In 2008 Mark Andre was assigned by the Staatsoper Stuttgart to write an opera,
to be directed by Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito. The subject was to be a tale
that had fascinated the composer since he was a little child: the disappearance of
Jesus of Nazareth. The main character of the opera, written by Mark Andre over
the course of 7 years, is Johannes Reuchlin, a 15th-century Christian scholar of
the Jewish Kabbala. The film follows Mark Andre during his journey to Israel in
2011, during the sound research in the Experimentalstudio of the SWR in Freiburg
in 2013 and during the final rehearsal in the Staatsoper Stuttgart in spring 2014.
Under the musical direction of Sylvain Cambreling “Wunderzaichen” was critically
acclaimed by both press and audiences unlike any other contemporary opera in
2014.
Director: Uli Aumüller
Produced by: Inpetto Filmproduktion in co-production with moving-angel
filmproduction
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COUNTRY ROADS –
THE HEARTBEAT OF AMERICA
Country music does not enjoy a good reputation - at least not in Europe. Country
is barely within the boundaries of good taste. Country ‒ that’s botoxed women
and flabby men with guitars. Just one look at the American Country Music Awards
(ACM) and everything becomes perfectly clear: mediocre pop-music with bad
lyrics that consult varying quantities of mother, homemade pie, cold beer, and
USA - and throw them together in good measure to define the concept of ‘home’.
Country celebrates the simple life, the limitation to and contentment with the
home, family and friends: an exploration of one’s lot in life.
But what else is there to Country? Country, that’s also Johnny Cash, Townes van
Zandt and Steve Earle. A value-conservative America, that considers its fellow
human beings with empathy. They still exist in today’s America: They’re the
children of the legends: Steve Earle’s son Justin Townes Earle, Johnny Cash’s son
John Carter, and Songwriter Liz Rose’s daughter Caitlin
2014 • Durations: 90’ / 58’ HD
Director: Marieke Schroeder
Produced by: Thali Media
SASHA WALTZ - A PORTRAIT
Sasha Waltz is one of Europe’s bestknown and most exciting choreographers. Her
choreographies are outstanding as she always surprises with new formations,
deep subjects and stunning aesthetic style. But she does not only work with
dancers: the dialogue with all other art forms is her special interest. All her deep
and beautifully choreographed pieces are featured in this film where Sasha Waltz
gives us insight into her work.
The film portrait by Brigitte Kramer draws a line from 2006 to today, the important
years of Sasha Waltz’ international career.
Director: Brigitte Kramer
Produced by: nachtaktivfilm
THE ORCHESTRA - CLAUDIO ABBADO AND
THE MUSICIANS OF THE ORCHESTRA MOZART
With Claudio Abbado, Alois Posch, Alessio Allegrini, Reinhold Friedrich, Johane
Gonzalez, Knut Erik Sundquist, Robert Kendell, Lucas Macìas Navarro, Federica
Vignoni, Danusha Waskiewicz, Helmut Failoni
The Mozart Orchestra has been founded in Bologna (Italy) ten years ago by
Master Claudio Abbado. The Orchestra brings together the best classical music
performers in the world by mixing young promises and well established solo
artists. Among them: Johani Gonzales, a young double bass player coming from
one of the worst slum in Caracas and the famous German trumpeter Reinhold
Friedrich. The documentary, following the Orchestra’s European tour in 20122013, offers a unique and favourite glance on Master Abbado’s work and on
classical music players’ job in contemporary times. The film narrates, both from
musical and human point of view, the public and the private life of a group of
musicians: Maria Francesca Latella, Federica Vignoni, Lucas Navarro, Alois Posh,
Reinhold Friedrich, Alessio Allegrini, Johani Gonzales. The documentary includes
a long and unreleased interview with Master Abbado and concerts and rehearsals
shot in Bologna, Lucerne, Vienna, Madrid and Palermo.
Director: Helmut Failoni & Francesco Merini
Produced by: Mammut Film
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MAURIZIO POLLINI, DE MAIN DE MAÎTRE –
A MUSICAL PROFILE
There were several compelling reasons to make a film portrait of Maurizio Pollini
(b. 1942): his immense talent as a pianist, his rare personality, his affability,
intelligence and the desire he himself expressed to submit to this exercise for the
very first time—probably because at the age of over 70, he felt that it was time to
consent to a film portrait.
In addition to providing biographical information, this musical profile focuses
on the important milestones in his career, the musicians he has known (Luigi
Nono, Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, etc.), his repertoire (from Bach over Verdi
and Chopin to Schoenberg, Nono, Boulez and Stockhausen) and his political
commitment.
Based on an extended interview, the film also includes archival footage and
excerpts from concerts and documentaries.
Director: Bruno Monsaingeon
Also available: Lucerne Festival 2004 - Pollini in Concert
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58
O SAMBA
Samba, together with football and beautiful women, is what springs to mind when
we think of Brazil. We wish to transcend such clichés and take samba at its word,
for what it is. And that is the great discovery of this film: that Samba cannot be
reduced simply to dance and lascivious hip movements. Samba is also word,
language, text, lyrics or simply said a way of life.
The composer and singer Martinho da Vila is our charismatic Cicero, guiding us
through the world of samba and his Samba school in Rio de Janeiro, the Vila
Isabel.
With the participation of Nana Mouskouri, Martinho Da Vila, the Samba School Vila
Isabel, Mart’nalia, Maira Freitas, Ney Matogrosso, Leci Brandao, Moyses Marques,
Zeca Baleiro, Paula Lima ... and many others.
2014 • Durations: 52’/82’ HD
Director: Georges Gachot
Produced by: Gachot Films in co-production with ARTE/ZDF and SRF Swiss
Television
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RICHARD STRAUSS AND HIS HEROINES
Featuring Brigitte Fassbaender, Renée Fleming, Dame Gwyneth Jones, Christa
Ludwig, Christian Strauss, Rufus Wainwright
The film “Richard Strauss and his Heroines” goes on an exciting discovery journey
of the women in Strauss’ life. At the focus is primarily his relationship with Pauline,
to whom he was married for over 55 years up to his death. Until today she applies
as a harridan who often embarrassed her husband in public. It hereby falls under
the table that Strauss at the beginning and end of his relationship composed his
finest songs for the trained singer who gave up her career for him and covered
his back for the rest of his life. What was it that made the broken old man, who
lived through two world wars, write in 1948 in his final song (“At Sunset”) one of
the most moving declarations of love in the history of music: “We have through
sorrow and joy/gone hand in hand”? “Richard Strauss and his Heroines” – this
is the first filmed search for clues about the unforgettable heroines created by
Strauss. It is both the story of a turbulent, and at the end moving, love story of
two people who were prepared to walk through fire for each other.
Director: Thomas von Steinaecker
Produced by: studio.tv.film
TOUCHING THE SOUND THE IMPROBABLE JOURNEY OF NOBUYUKI TSUJII
Blind from birth, 24-year-old pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii’s handicap - if a drawback at
all - never affected his ability to play the piano. Set against the backdrop of the
music of Chopin, Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Liszt, other great piano masterpieces
and Nobuyuki’s own uplifting compositions, this film is an inspiration to all people
who face disabilities, severe challenges, or obstacles in life.
“Touching the Sound” traces Nobuyuki’s life long struggle to become a worldclass pianist from his birth, his young years as a student, on a recent American
tour, and to the earthquake and tsunami devastated areas of Japan filmed May
2013, ending at his debut at the Proms, in London. It reveals the power of music
to provide hope to people in difficult circumstances, specifically through the
performances of a young Japanese pianist as he tours the tsunami-devastated
areas of Japan.
Director: Peter Rosen • Produced by: Peter Rosen Productions
DIETRICH FISCHER-DIESKAU – LAST WORDS
With Bruno Monsaingeon, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau and Julia Varady
The great German baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is greatly admired for his
interpretive insight, note-perfect control of the tonal qualities, and shadings of
color in his voice, for exceptional rhythmic sense and impeccable diction. His
reputation as a lieder singer is so high – he had a repertoire of more than 3.000
songs – that it is easy to forget his extensive list of operatic roles.
In this conversation Fischer-Dieskau reveals for the last time on camera the
secrets of his outstanding career. His ”Last Words” provide a deep insight into the
extraordinary artistic life of one of the most famous and prolific lieder singer of our
time. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau died in May 2012 at the age of 86.
Director: Bruno Monsaingeon
A co-production of Idéale Audience & EuroArts Music
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THE ITALIAN CHARACTER
The Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
With Sir Antonio Pappano • Yuri Temirkanov • James Conlon • Valery
Gergiev Daniel Harding • Janine Jansen • Lisa Batiashvili • Evgeny
Kissin • Denis Matseuv • Stefano Bollani • Lang Lang
“The Italian Character” is the story of one of the most renowned orchestras in the
world, enriched by archive material of the last thirty years. Simultaneously, it tells
about a national institution and about an approach to life that is characteristic for
a country which is loved by many, but sometimes misunderstood and underrated
in its unknown variety. Interwoven with individual biographies of the orchestra’s
members and conductors, “The Italian Character” gives an insight into a fascinating
world that is usually concealed from the audience.
Director: Angelo Bozzolini
Produced by: Alpenway Media Production with the support of eni in collaboration
with RAI3, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
BLOODY DAUGHTER
The mother through the daughter’s eyes - A family portrait blending intimate
conversations, agreements and disagreements, and shred ties of sounds and
blood. An intimate portrait of two musical giants. This documentary by Martha
Argerich’s daughter Stéphanie has been filmed in several countries: Poland, where
Martha Argerich chairs the judges of the International Chopin competition and
gives several recitals with her close friend Nelson Freire; Japan, which hosts a
unique Argerich festival; The United Kingdom, where Stephen Kovacevitch, the
father of Stéphanie, lives; Belgium, where Martha and Stéphanie lived together for
several years; Argentina, where Martha was born (in Buenos Aires); Switzerland,
where Martha and Stéphanie are currently living; France, where the grandmother’s
apartment still houses valuable treasures. Made up of documentary sequences
focusing on the two characters of Martha and Stephen in their everyday lives,
in rehearsal and in performance, the film will be largely given over to intimate
conversations (filmed by Stephanie herself, alone or with one or other of her
parents), delicious anecdotes, and a few scenes in which we will see the family
reunited.
Director: Stéphanie Argerich
Produced by: Idéale Audience, Pierre Olivier Bardet & Intermezzo Films,
Luc Peter co-produced by Arte France, TSR, SRF
MORO NO BRASIL- THE SOUND OF BRASIL
In “Moro no Brasil“, the Finnish director, Mika Kaurismäki dives into the overflowing
musical diversity of Brazil. Having got to know Brazil well during more than 12
years, Kaurismäki sets out on a 4000 km journey to discover local, popular culture,
meeting musicians, singers, dancers with an amazing diversity of musical styles,
far beyond Samba or Bossa Nova.
In his first real documentary film which soon became a masterpiece, Kaurismäki
shows the people as they are – gives them the opportunity to speak for themselves,
via their amazing rhythms and especially via the lyrics of their songs, which are
subtitled to enable the audience to get closer to them.
Director: Mika Kaurismäki
Produced by: Magnatel TV in co-production with ARTE, Marianna Films, TV
Cultura, Lichtblick
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GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN & THE DREAMING CHILD
“The world is a haunted house and Helnwein is our tour guide through it” —
Sean Penn. “Gottfried Helnwein & The Dreaming Child” is a wonderful look at the
titular Austrian photorealist painter. It is both a visual feast and landmark union
of artistic titans Hanoch Levin and Gottfried Helnwein, both concerned with the
theme of childhood innocence betrayed. When Israeli Opera decided to produce
a new operatic version of Levin’s play “The Dreaming Child”, Helnwein was the
obvious choice to design it. They knew only one visual artist would be right for
their production. As Omri Nitzan says in the film, “[Helnwein] is the twin brother
of Hanoch Levin.” Director and Producer Lisa Kirk Colburn managed to get the
permission to film the staging proceedings and the results. We will look behind
the scenes at the creative process, Helnwein’s artwork and installations and learn
more about where his ideas come from.
Director: Lisa Kirk Colburn
Produced by: Red Fire Films
DANZA, LE MIRACLE DE CUBA
Danza Contemporanea de Cuba
Arriving in Havana, once we pass through the other side of the tropical mirror, we
penetrate into a world where logic has no currency anymore. Havana is the city
of the company Danza Contemporanea de Cuba. Here, the temperaments of the
dancers express themselves openly and the rules of life and education emerge
as time goes by. Here begins the story, the one of the dancers that the merit is
molded in imponderable. Here is the tale of an artistic prowess which is written
on the back of a postcard.
A coproduction of Les Films Figures Libres, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba &
Mezzo with the participation of France Télévision
THE NOTE
The conductor Rudolf Barshai was one of the greatest musicians of the twentieth
century. The Moscow Chamber Orchestra founded by Barshai in the late 1950s
took the world by storm. Among the orchestra’s collaborators were Sviatoslav
Richter, David Oistrakh, Emil Gilels, and Yehudi Menuhin.
In 1977, at the peak of his career, Barshai emigrated to the West to perform
works banned in the USSR. He led orchestras in Israel, Britain, Canada, France,
Switzerland, and Japan. A master of orchestration, whom Shostakovich – his
mentor and friend – trusted to arrange his quartets into chamber symphonies.
Barshai considered his greatest achievements in life the ending to Bach’s Art of
Fugue and a version of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony.
The film, shot in Switzerland in 2010, is the maestro’s confessional monologue,
recorded a month before his death.
Director: Oleg Dorman
Produced by: Felix Dektor & Oleg Dorman
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THE 12 CELLISTS. DOCUMENTARY
Since 1972 the 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker have been a prominent
institution in international musical life. Whether they’re playing classical music,
jazz, tango or avant-garde, listeners around the world are invariably fascinated by
the wide range of the unique and intoxicating timbres that these twelve cellos can
produce. Their mixture of seriousness and humor, of depth and lightness, appeals
to audiences of all ages. Among the contemporary composers who have written
works especially for the “12” are Boris Blacher, Jean Françaix, Iannis Xenakis, Arvo
Pärt, and Tan Dun.
The documentary by Enrique Sánchez Lansch portrays the ensemble of the 12
Cellists, its history and its individual members
2012 • Durations: 52’ / 59’ HD
Director: Enrique Sánchez Lansch
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner
Philharmoniker & ZDF /Arte
JASCHA HEIFETZ: GOD’S FIDDLER
Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin. We see neverseen-before vintage filmed performance clips and home movies of Jascha Heifetz
and learn that he was the first truly modern violin virtuoso, the man about whom
Itzhak Perlman said, “When I spoke with him, I thought, ‘I can’t believe I’m
talking with God’.” This film portrays an artist for whom only perfection would
do. A musical wunderkind who went on to set the standards for nearly a century.
We get to know through home movies and personal family photos taken from
1903-1987, a prestigious concert artist so well known in popular culture, his name
became a shorthand for greatness.
Produced by: Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., in co-production with EuroArts Music,
WDR/ARTE
TRACES TO NOWHERE –
THE CONDUCTOR CARLOS KLEIBER
On the 11th of July 2004 Carlos Kleiber got into his car and drove
from Munich, via the Alps, to his holiday home in the remote Slovenian village
of Konjsica. There he wrote a final letter to a friend in which he bid farewell to
the world. A short time later the conductor, increasingly plagued by illness and
suffering, was found dead.
The documentary ‘Traces to Nowhere – The conductor Carlos Kleiber’, represents
the first film dedicated to the enigmatic personality of the conductor. The film
follows in the traces of Kleiber’s final journey and, by means of the recollections
of friends and others who knew Kleiber – including the first and only interview
with his sister Veronika Kleiber – portrays a conductor as renowned for his difficult
personality as his brilliant work.
Eric Schulz’ film contains not only impressive shots of Kleiber himself but also most
illuminative statements of the said friends and companions. Featuring Veronika
Kleiber, Michael Gielen, Plácido Domingo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Otto Schenk,
Alexander Werner, Manfred Honeck, Otto Staindl, Klaus König, Karl Friedrich Mess,
Anne Kirchbach, Martha Scherer a.o.
Director: Eric Schulz
Produced by: ServusTV
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DJANGO REINHARDT – THREE FINGERED
LIGHTNING
This documentary tells the story of the extraordinary and legendary life of the
man who is referred to as the greatest jazz guitar player of all times: Django
Reinhardt.
The film introduces us to those who worked with him, lived with him and loved
him. It shows us how his mutilated left hand becomes a major asset of his
musical creativity and later his discovery of jazz through Louis Armstrong’s work.
It takes us to his encounter with the violinist Stéphane Grappelli to the creation
of the Quintette du Hot Club de France, from the luxurious years to his American
disillusions. And finally, it depicts his famous flights to his sudden death on the
banks of the Seine. We hear his friend Stéphane Grappelli’s loving words, Jean
Sablon’s unusual anecdotes, Boris Vian’s regrets, Henri Salvador’s fantasy. All
these interviews come from archive footage and articles, but also, alive, from the
people still able to talk with emotion about Django: drum player Roger Paraboschi,
pianist Martial Solal, composer and violinist André Hodeir, saxophonist Jean-Louis
Chautemps.
We see how Django’s legend was born, carried along by these encounters
illustrated by a subtle mixture of archives, interviews, photos, and original
cartoons. Old recordings bring Django’s music back to life and ponctuate the
story, introduced by one of his most legitimate heirs: his grand son and guitar
player David Reinhardt.
2010 • Duration: 52’ HD/SD
Director: Christian Cascio
Produced by: Idéale Audience, Pierre Bouteiller Productions, INA
PLÁCIDO DOMINGO – MY GREATEST ROLES
He has performed in 3,400 performances in over 130 roles, and conducted upwards
of 450 performances; is General Director of both the Washington National and
Los Angeles Operas. In opera terms you just can’t climb any higher than Plácido
Domingo. At the age of 68, Domingo has embarked on a role that he has long
dreamed of performing – Simon Boccanegra – his first as baritone in an opera.
Also looking back at some of his most famous opera roles, this film examines how
Domingo has earned the title the ‘greatest tenor in history’.
2009/2010 • Duration: 74’ HD/SD
Director: Chris Hunt
Produced by: IAMBIC Media Mix
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A SURPRISE IN TEXAS
The Thirteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition
Nobuyuki Tsujii • Haochen Zhang • Yeol Eum Son
Takács Quartet • Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra • James Conlon
conductor
In May 2009, twenty-nine of the world’s best young pianists converged in Fort
Worth, Texas for a once in a lifetime chance at gold in the Thirteenth Van Cliburn
International Piano Competition. Emmy-winning director Peter Rosen follows these
distinctive personalities during a rigorous three-week competition through intense
rehearsals, introspective moments, preconcert rituals, and endearing celebrations.
Hailing from 14 countries, competitors were welcomed with Texas-sized hospitality
by their host families and immersed in a city best characterized by the Fort Worth
Convention and Visitors Bureau’s advertising slogan, “Cowboys and Culture.” With
the performances of Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, and Rachmaninov and other piano
masterpieces setting the impassioned tone, the result is an intricate inside view
into the inner workings of the world’s most prestigious piano competition and a
heart warming story that proves to be a momentous surprise in Texas.
2010 • Duration: 92’ HD (upscale from SD)
Produced by: Peter Rosen Productions, Inc.
STEVE REICH – PHASE TO FACE
A film by: Eric Darmon & Franck Mallet
The fascination about Steve Reich is the freedom he brings to the art of composition.
Could it be that musical imagination is more at liberty to develop on the American
side of the Atlantic, far from formal constraints of European musical history? His
style in composition is inspired by a potpourri of baroque music, jazz, traditional
music, and Hebrew cantillation. The documentary accompanies him all over the
world, features performances of his major works, and portrays him meeting his
audiences at home – the film is all about the artist, his music, and the defining
moments of his career.
Director: Eric Darmon
Produced by: Mémoire Magnétique Productions and ARTE France
JOAN SUTHERLAND THE RELUCTANT PRIMA DONNA
This film tells the story of Dame Joan Sutherland – one of the greatest operatic
performers of the late 20th century.
Shy and lacking in confidence, she sang unnoticed as Covent Garden for seven
years after arriving from Australia, but over the course of twelve months she was
transformed into “La Stupenda”.
Focusing on the two roles that launched her on the international stage, “Lucia
di Lammermoor” and “Alcina” this documentary – produced as a homage to
Sutherland’s 80th birthday – tells her life through her own words and those of
her contemporaries such as Richard Bonynge, Franco Zeffirelli, Plácido Domingo,
Luciano Pavarotti, Marilyn Horne and Sherrill Milnes.
2006 • Duration: 60’ SD 16:9
Director: Steve Cole
Produced by: Chris Hunt / An IAMBIC Production for BBC Wales
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A FATHER’S MUSIC
Famed Austrian conductor Otmar Suitner’s affair with a much younger woman
resulted in a divided life - he had two different families separated by the Berlin
Wall. When Suitner’s grown son rediscovers and reclaims his father’s past including rare footage of his performances - secrets are uncovered and startling
new memories created.
2007 • Duration: 103’ SD 16:9
Director: Igor Heitzmann
Produced by: Filmkombinat GmbH & Co. KG, in co-production with ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel, The German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb)
and Igor Heitzmann
Grand Prix Winner at the ITF Golden Prague 2009
EL SISTEMA
‘El Sistema’ is a network of children’s and youth orchestras and music centres in
Venezuela, in which more than 250,000 children and young people are currently
learning to play an instrument. It was set up over thirty years ago by José Antonio
Abreu, who was driven by the utopian vision of a better future. In the dangerous
shanty towns of Caracas, Abreu lifts children out of poverty through music. The
story, which has all the makings of a fairytale, is the extraordinary account of a
vision that has become reality. Several of the system’s young graduates now rank
amongst the most coveted young talent in Europe - the most prominent being the
28-year-old conductor Gustavo Dudamel.
2008 • Duration: 65’/102’ HD
Directors: Paul Smaczny, Maria Stodtmeier
Produced by: EuroArts Music, co-produced by ARTE France, NHK, SF, in association
with FESNOJIV, SVT, Knowledge Network, YLE, ETV and supported by MDM
AMERICANS IN PYONGYANG
The film accompanies members of the New York Philharmonic on their historic trip
to North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. This trip is not by any means a simple one.
Many concerns and doubts arise just before departing for the most inaccessible
country in the world – a country that consistently violates human rights and that
has been categorised by George Bush as a key member in the “axis of evil”.
This film is not a political manifesto but a story about people who are brought a
little closer to each other by virtue of music. It shows, almost non-verbally, that
music knows no borders and that it can reach and melt hearts and unite people.
The 48-hour trip is filled with highlights: Korean and American musicians meet
on stage for the first time, performing together with technical brilliance, hardly
speaking, just exchanging quick glances and communicating with body language.
The concert was the ultimate highlight: When Lorin Maazel and the New York Phil
played “Arirang”, a lilting folk song emblematic of the North and South Korean
people, some audience members were obviously misty-eyed. The North Koreans
were on their feet, applauding and waving to the musicians. Does this moment
symbolize a change? Can music make a real difference? One of the musicians said:
“Something profound has happened between two peoples. It was astounding.”
Director: Ayelet Heller
Produced by: EuroArts Music
Also available: “The New York Philharmonic in Pyongyang” (5694)
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN REFLECTIONS
This film is a rare personal portrait of Leonard Bernstein, who triumphed as
composer, conductor, writer and teacher. The spontaneous joy of his Broadway
hits, the bold, spiritual quest of his orchestral works, his intensity and vitality as
conductor, made Bernstein one of the central figures in twentieth century music.
“Leonard Bernstein Reflections” takes viewers from the Leonard Bernstein Festival
in Israel in 1977 to the stage of his famous debut at Carnegie Hall in New York and
into the privacy of his home and studio. Honest and intimate, Bernstein himself
reveals stories never heard before about his childhood and early years in Boston,
his musical growth at Harvard and at the Curtis Institute, and the influence of
great masters like Reiner, Mitropoulis, and Koussevitsky.
2008/1978 • Duration: 52’ SD 4:3
Produced by: Peter Rosen Productions, Inc.
Award Winner for Performing Arts
FIPA D’OR Grand Prize 2008
A DIFFERENT WAY –
TANGO WITH RODOLFO MEDEROS
Rodolfo Mederos is a bandoneonist, a composer with an enormous oeuvre, one of
the authorities on the tango, and an inspiration to new generations of musicians.
Born in Buenos Aires and still living there, the city has always been his muse. And
this is apparent every time Mederos plays the bandoneon, be it fronting one of his
many ensembles or as a soloist, just the man and his instrument. The sounds of
his bandoneon are like musical images of life, like a journey through the corners,
and times of his native city. Mederos is a child of the modern age, yet constantly
aware of his roots. Hundreds of tourists come to Buenos Aires to explore the
tango – a genre that has long spread all over the world. At the Age of 67, Rodolfo
is at the prime of his career. His struggle for the tango – the lonely campaign of
a man and his bandoneon – continues. The future remains uncertainty, the only
road open is straight ahead. The audience – today’s and tomorrow’s – is already
waiting.
Director: Gabriel Szollosy
Produced by: KELONMEDIA, ZDF/ARTE, in association with Librecine
2007 International Emmy®
Award Winner for Arts Programming
FIPA D’OR Grand Prize 2007
KNOWLEDGE IS THE BEGINNING
The West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
The long-term documentary project tells the story of this Orchestra where Arab
and Jewish young people are sitting side by side, performing great works of the
classical repertoire and developing friendships. It illustrates how prejudices are
surmounted during the rehearsals, the concerts, and the laid-back celebrations
afterwards. It also demonstrates what problems crop up and how music can help
people of different views find common ground. The film traces the orchestra’s
complete history from 1999 until today. For Barenboim, the orchestra is a metaphor
for what could be achieved in the Middle East.
2005 • Duration: 90’/114’ 16:9
Director: Paul Smaczny
Produced by: EuroArts Music, ZDF/ARTE, Barenboim-Said-Foundation
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ENTERTAINMENT / JAZZ
FOOTWORK & FUGUES
Flying Bach
Classical Music meets Breakdance - High Culture meets Urban Art
In the clash of cultures Flying Bach turns the international classical world upside
down. Their creative performance visualizes and revives Bach’s “Well-Tempered
Clavier” crossing the borders of classical music and youth culture. Note by note.
Step by step. The Flying Steps, four times World Champions in breakdance, are
one of the most successful urban dance crews in the world. The documentary
shows the beginnings of the successful Flying Bach project, including interviews
with the dancers, behind-the-scenes materials and rehearsal footage
Director: Christoph Hagel
Produced by: Jochen Schmoll, drehxtrem
BLUE NOTE- A STOERY OF MODERN JAZZ
Art Blakey, Dexter Gordon, Ron Carter, Herbie Hancock, and Thelonious Monk:
These names are synonymous with the great Jazz Age. But how many people
know Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff, to whom we owe the recorded memory of
our Jazz legends? Two German Jews who emigrated from Nazi Germany to New
York “discovered” an American art form which at the time received little serious
attention from mainstream America: Jazz Music. Without money or connections
and speaking little English, the two men began to record practically unknown
musicians, following their own taste and judgement. Today this list of artists
reads like the Who-is-Who of Jazz. “Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz” tells
the story of Alfred Lion and Francis Wolff and their record label. It is the story of
the rise of Modern Jazz, of a friendship in exile, and of uncompromising artistic
excellence. Told by the musicians, by friends and associates and by fans of the
Blue Note recordings from all walks of life, the film recreates an era of American
cultural history. Grammy Nomination for “Best Long Form Music Video” in 1997
and Peabody Award winner in 1998.
1996 • Duration: 2x60’ 16:9
Director: Julian Benedikt
Produced by: EuroArts Music, SDR, and ARTE
Also available: “Blue Note All Stars” (0577), “Blue Note Masters” (0578),
“Jazz Seen” (1856), and various Blue Note Record artists, e.g. Junko Onishi Trio,
Salif Keita, Michel Petrucciani, Cassandra Wilson, McCoy Tyner, John Coltrane,
Elvin Jones, Thelonious Monk, and many others.
KEITH JARRETT – THE ART OF IMPROVISATION
Keith Jarrett is one of the few jazz superstars, whose concerts sell out almost
immediately, wherever he plays. But Jarrett is much more than just a jazz musician:
The film explores, through a collage of interviews and performance, the complete
range of Jarrett’s life and work. Great archive material is interweaved with original
and richly detailed filmed interviews, not only with Jarrett himself, but with all
the musicians he has played with over the years, as well as with members of his
family, tour managers and other close musical and recording associates. The film
is produced and directed by Mike Dibb, in collaboration with Jarrett’s biographer
Ian Carr - is the first ever major documentary about Keith Jarrett to be made with
the full cooperation of Jarrett himself.
2004 • Duration: 60’/84’ 16:9
Director: Mike Dibb
Produced by: EuroArts Music, Dibb Directions, Videoarts/Channel 4, and ARTE
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LE QUATUOR EBÈNE: FICTION
Footprints (Wayne Shorter) • Nature Boy (Eden Ahbez) • Misirlou
(Theme of ‘Pulp Fiction’, M. Leeds, F. Wise, N. Roubanis,
S. K. Russell) • Unrequited (Bradford Mehldau) • Calling you (‘Bagdad Café’, Bob
Telson) • Streets of Philadelphia • Corcovado (Antonio Carlos Jobim) • Libertango
• All blues/So what (Miles Davis) • Nothing Personal (Don Grolnick) • Somewhere
over the rainbow (‘Wizard of Oz’, E. Harburg, H. Arlen) • 7-29-4 The Day of
(‘Ocean’s Twelve’, David Holmes)
Pierre Colombet violin • Gabriel Le Magadure violin • Mathieu Herzog viola
• Raphaël Merlin cello • Natalie Dessay vocals • Stacey Kent vocals
Richard Héry drum • Jim Tomlinson saxophone
With classical soprano Natalie Dessay, jazz singer Stacey Kent and drummer
Richard Héry, the Ebène Quartet revisits jazz, pop and rock standards, often used
as movie soundtracks. In this live concert in the famed Folies Bergère music hall
in Paris, they perform - and sing - their own arrangement.
2010 • Duration: 83’/ 60’ HD
Produced by: Idéale Audience, in co-production with France 3, in association with
Mezzo
VLADIMIR COSMA AT CHÂTELET – LA BOUM
The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe: Danse Romaine; La Boum: Reality; Knock
on Wood: La Cabra; The Dinner Game: Le Diner de Cons; My Mother’s Castle: Valse
d’Augustine; La Boum 2: Your Eyes; Diva: La Wally; La Septieme Cible: Concerto
de Berlin; The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob: Danses Symphoniques; Le bal des
casse-pieds: Le bal des casse-pieds; Hail the Artist: Yves & Danièle; The Wing Or
the Tigh: Concerto Gastronomique; Mistral’s Daughter: L’amour en héritage; The
Ace of the Aces: Overture; La Course à l’échalote: La Course à l’échalote
Ile da France National Orchestra • Vladimir Cosma conductor & composer
The Ile de France National Orchestra, conducted by Vladimir Cosma himself, brings
you the maestro’s most beautiful soundtrack music as part of a unique concert at
the Théâtre du Châtelet.
Live recording from the Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
Director: Gilles Amado
Produced by: Morgane Production, in co-production with Larghetto Music
FIESTA CUBANA – LIVE FROM THE TROPICANA
Omara Portuondo and Band • Tropicana Ballet and Orchestra
In Fiesta Cubana the turn of 2009/2010 is celebrated with an extraordinary New
Year’s Eve Concert from Havana: with Caribean salsa-rhythms and classics of
Cuban music, the year 2010 has been welcomed. Also on the occasion of the
70th anniversary of the TROPICANA Club, the ‘cabaret of dreams’, the turn of
the year is a special event to all of its artists. Highlights of the evening are the
performances of Omara Portuondo who gained international stardom as the singer
of the “Buena Vista Social Club”. She started her career at the TROPICANA in 1945.
Therefore, the jubilee is a very special event that she celebrates with her friends
and the fabulous TROPICANA artists. The most sweeping selection of Cuban and
Latin-American classics that brings a very special evening to TV audiences around
the world!
Live recording from the TROPICANA Club in Havana, Cuba
Produced by: EuroArts Music, in co-production with ZDF/ARTE
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MASTERS OF AMERICAN MUSIC
Masters of American Music is an award-winning television series of ten shows
that celebrate a pantheon of the greatest innovators in Jazz. Both, the video
and audio content, now has been restored and remastered in accordance with
state-of-the-art specifications, employing award-winning tools exclusively for
this production. Produced by Toby Byron, it was the first TV series devoted to
Jazz. Individual programmes trace the lives and works of master musicians who
defined the course of America’s classical music. From its birth in New Orleans,
to swing, the big bands, bebop, free Jazz, and beyond: all of it is explored with
sensitivity and in unique depth.
Celebrating Bird - The Triumph of Charlie Parker
Duration: 56’ SD 4:3 • Directors: Gary Giddins & Kendrick Simmons
Writer: Gary Giddins • Produced by: Toby Byron
Louis Armstrong - Satchmo
Duration: 90’ SD 4:3 • Directors: Gary Giddins & Kendrick Simmons
Writer: Gary Giddins • Produced by: Toby Byron
Lady Day - The Many Faces of Billie Holiday
Duration: 60’ SD 4:3 • Director: Matthew Seig • Writer: Robert O’ Meally
Produced by: Toby Byron
The World According to John Coltrane
Duration: 59’ SD 4:3 • Directors: Robert Palmer & Toby Byron
Writer: Robert Palmer • Produced by: Toby Byron
Thelonious Monk - American Composer
Duration: 60’ SD 4:3 • Director: Matthew Seig • Writer: Quincy Troupe
Sarah Vaughan - The Divine One
Duration: 60’ SD 4:3 • Director: Matthew Seig • Writer: Dan Morgenstern
Ray Charles - The Genius of Soul
Duration: 58’ SD 4:3 • Director: Yvonne Smith • Writers: Yvonne Smith &
David Ritz • Produced by: Toby Byron & Kirk D’Amico
Count Basie - Swingin’ The Blues
Duration: 58’ SD 4:3 • Director: Matthew Seig • Writer: Albert Murray
The Story of Jazz
Duration: 97’ SD 4:3 • Director: Matthew Seig • Writers: Cris Albertson &
Matthew Seig • Produced by: Toby Byron
Bluesland - A Portrait in American Music
Duration: 84’ SD 4:3 • Director: Ken Mandel • Writers: Ralph Meyers, Toby
Byron, and Ken Mandel • Produced by: Toby Byron, a co-production of Toby
Byron/Multiprises in association with Beta Film, Munich and VideoArts, Japan
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CHRISTMAS WITH JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH
Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantatas BWV 61, 63, 248 I
Knabenchor Hannover • Barockorchester L’Arco
Jörg Breiding musical director • Antonia Bourvé soprano
Claudia Erdmann alto • Markus Schäfer tenor • Michael Jäckel bass
In the ensemble’s Advent concerts at the Marktkirche, the Knabenchor Hannover
sets out under the baton of Jörg Breiding in search of the dynamics and tensions
that build up in the weeks between the First Sunday of Advent and Christmas
Day – the tensions between penitence and joy, between peaceful reverence and
unceasing exultation. This pre-Christmas atmosphere is captured in sound and
image: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (BWV 61), a cantata for the First Sunday
of Advent, is recorded here alongside two cantatas for Christmas Day: Christen,
ätzet diesen Tag (BWV 63), and Jauchzet, frohlocket, auf, preiset die Tage (BWV
248 I) – the first cantata from Bach’s famous Christmas Oratorio. The choir and
vocal soloists are accompanied by the Barockorchester L’Arco who use instruments
that would have been used in Bach’s day.
Director: Robert Gummlich
Produced by: Rondeau Production
COLLEGIUM VOCALE GENT
BACH: CHRISTMAS ORATORIO
Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248 (Cantata I-VI)
Collegium Vocale Gent • Philippe Herreweghe conductor • Dorothee
Mields soprano • Damien Guillon alto • Thomas Hobbs tenor • Peter Kooij
bass
Bach’s most famous Christmas work has been recorded live at the Salle Henry Le
Bœuf in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels.
As usual, internationally-renowned Bach expert Philippe Herreweghe, who
founded the Collegium Vocale in 1970, surrounds himself with superb soloists
who are well skilled in the music of the Cantor.
Director: Leonid Adamopoulos
Produced by: VRT
THE KING’S SINGERS
The King’s Singers with Christmas Repertoire
David Hurley countertenor • Philip Lawson baritone • Timothy WayneWright countertenor • Christopher Gabbitas baritone • Paul Phoenix tenor •
Jonathan Howard bass
One of the world’s most celebrated ensembles, The King’s Singers have a packed
schedule of concerts, recordings, media and education work that spans the globe.
This recording captures the skill and flair of a live King’s Singers performance with
the repertoire from traditional Christmas favourites to Modern Christmas classics
Songs
Recorded in LSO St Lukes, January 2011
Duration: approx:50’ HD/5.1
Director: Simon Broughton
Produced by: Tommy pearson, Signum Classics
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SOUNDS LIKE CHRISTMAS
Angelika Kirchschlager soprano • Tomasz Stanko trumpet
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra Amarcord
Set in an attractive Cistercian monastery, “Sounds like Christmas” combines festive
music with the spontaneity and freshness of jazz. This 60-minute made-for-TV
Christmas production presents the musical encounter between soprano Angelika
Kirchschlager and jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stanko. The soloists are accompanied
by the outstanding Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. In addition, the Leipzig a-cappella
ensemble Amarcord, consisting of former members of St. Thomas’s Boys Choir,
interpret popular and less-known Christmas tunes with the soloists. The artists’
different biographies and stylistic preferences make for a suspenseful, varied
musical experience. The magnificent Cistercian monastery ‘Schulpforte’ near
Naumburg (Germany) was chosen as the location for this extraordinary musical
encounter. The origins of the monastery date back to the Benedictine convent
founded in Schmölln in 1127. The concert footage is combined with charming
motifs of snowy mountain landscapes and cities decorated for Christmas.
2002 • Durations: 60’/41’ 16:9
Produced by: EuroArts Music and ZDF/arte
UPCOMING PROGRAMMES
upcoming
EASTER CONCERT IN BADEN-BADEN
Berliner Philharmoniker • Bernard Haitink conductor
Isabelle Faust violin
Dutch conductor Bernard Haitink and the Berliner Philharmoniker meet at this
year’s Easter Festival in Baden-Baden. Haitink is regarded as an authority,
especially on the music of Beethoven. In this production he conducts Beethoven’s
Symphony No. 6, the “Pastoral”. For the Violin Concerto multi-awarded Isabelle
Faust take to the stage with him. Since her recordings with Claudio Abbado, she
is the first choice when it comes to this masterpiece.
Director: Torben Schmidt Jacobsen
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with SWR
upcoming
EUROPAKONZERT 2015 FROM ATHENS
Rossini: Semiramide Overture • Sibelius: Violin Concerto
Schumann: Symphony No.3 “Rheinische”
Every year since 1991 the Berliner Philharmoniker have given a concert on May
1st in a different European city. All cities have been places with their own special
cultural importance and the concerts have served two purposes: to commemorate
the anniversary of the orchestra’s founding and to celebrate the common heritage
of the Old World. In 2015 the Europakonzert will take place for the second time
in Athens.
Live recording from the Megaron, Athens Concert Hall
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with rbb, NHK & CCTV
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upcoming
WALDBÜHNE 2015
Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto in A minor
And Film Music: A. Newman: 20th Century Fox Fanfare, B. Kaper: Mutiny on the
Bounty, D. Raksin: Laura, J. Moross: The Big Country, S. Bradley: Tom and Jerry,
E.W. Korngold: The Adventures of Robin Hood, M. Rózsa: Excerpts from the Ben
Hur Suite, J. Williams: E.T., the Extra-Terrestrial- Main Title and excerpts from Star
Wars
Lang Lang piano
In this year’s concert in the Waldbühne, the traditional end of the season, the
Berliner Philharmoniker will surround themselves with plenty of celebrities,
including not only conductor Sir Simon Rattle and – as soloist in Grieg’s Piano
Concerto – pianist Lang Lang, but also many figures from film history: Harry
Potter, E.T., Ben Hur and many more. They will all be brought to life musically
when the orchestra strikes up some of Hollywood’s most famous film music.
Live recording from the Waldbühne Berlin
Produced by: EuroArts Music in co-production with rbb
upcoming
THE ONE SHOT CONCERT –
A FLIGHT THROUGH THE ORCHESTRA
Johannes Brahms, Symphony No 2 in D Major
Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin • Tugan Sokhiev conductor
The audience will get to know the orchestra from a new perspective: as participant
observer. Much different from the distanced experience of the average concertgoer,
in our “One Shot Concert” the audience will be as close to the creative process
within the orchestra as possible. Also other than conventional directing of concert
recordings, “One Shot Concert” will specifically and consistently be devised for the
TV screen.
Recorded live at the Old Power Station Kraftwerk Rummelsburg, Berlin on June
30 and July 1st, 2015
Produced by: EuroArts Music in coproduction with rbb/arte

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