Музыка и песни Thielemann Christian / Тилеман Кристиан на BLU-RAY

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Salzburg Easter Festival presents a ‘Re-creation’ of Die Walküre: of Herbert von Karajan’s musico-theatrical vision of the 19th century masterwork, with which the legendary Maestro opened the very first Easter Festival in 1967. The top-ranking ensemble of singers performs in the faithfully reconstructed scenery of the original production with impressive video backdrops inspired by the original glass paintings. Christian Thielemann, who has been assistant of Karajan in his beginnings, counts among the world’s foremost Wagner conductors, ‘… there is an absolute polish to this performance that is exceptional’ writes the Financial Times about the conductor and orchestra. The critics are full of praise for this ‘musically ravishing Walküre’ (Frankfurter Allgmeine) and its ‘excellent ensemble of soloists’. As Sieglinde, Anja Harteros is ‘enchanting and elegant’, Peter Seiffert ‘amazingly presents a steady and expressive Siegmund’, Christa Mayer ‘shows off as irresistible, thoroughbred Fricka’ and Anja Kampe is celebrated as ‘outstanding Brünnhilde’ (Süddeutsche Zeitung)

Premiered in 1900 with huge success, Puccinis 'melodramma' Tosca is a political thriller with a heart-breaking love story. With his gripping opening scene, stage director Michael Sturminger sets the tone for a cinematic, richly detailed Tosca which is set in the Mafiosi world of modern day Rome and which is 'the perfect thriller reminiscent of Scorseses 'Goodfellas' (Kleine Zeitung), a film noir (FAZ). In this production soprano Anja Harteros is a phenomenal Tosca! (Kurier), unparalleled in the world (Der Standard) and Aleksandrs Antoenko is a Cavaradossi of superlatives (Kieler Nachrichten). The Staatskapelle Dresden under Christian Thielemann 'show again that he is not only a master of German repertoire but also strikes the right note in Italian repertoire'. (Focus) Recording date: Salzburg Easter Festival, April 2018 Sound format: PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Picture: NTSC 16:9 Subtitles: Italian (original language), English, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Japanese Booklet: English, German, French Total running time: 120 mins