Brigitte Fassbaender

Richard Strauss - Am Ende des Regenbogens (2015)

Richard Strauss - Skizze eines Lebens (2014)

Im Olymp der Kunst (2013)

Herbert von Karajan – The Second Life (2012)

"What remains of Karajan?" asks the award-winning documentary film maker Eric Schulz. In his film Karajan – The Second Life, he explores the man and the musician – and especially his media legacy. We discover the conditions under which the technology e ...

Traces to Nowhere: The Conductor Carlos Kleiber (2010)

A documentary about the life and career of the conductor Carlos Kleiber. Featuring interviews with Placido Domingo, Brigitte Fassbaender, Manfred Honeck, Michael Gielen, and others. On the 11th July 2004 Carlos Kleiber got into his car and drove from Munic ...

Elektra (1994)

The Otto Schenk production of Richard Strauss's "Elektra", filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera in January, 1994. Hildegard Behrens stars as Elektra, with Deborah Voigt as Chrysothemis, Brigitte Fassbaender as Klytämnestra, Donald McIntyre as Orest, and ...

Elektra (1989)

Recorded at the Vienna State Opera house in 1989, this staging of Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal's Elektra is one of the glories of live opera on film, deserving of eternal availability. The DVD picture has great clarity, despite the darkness of ...

Werther (1985)

Jules Massanet's lyrical opera is transformed into a superb film production by Petr Weigl, shot on location in Prague, with music conducted by Libor Pesek. First produced by the Vienna Opera in February 1892, "Werther" rapidly confirmed Massanet's position ...

Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli (1984)

Hänsel und Gretel (1981)

Engelbert Humperdinck's beloved musical fairy tale HÄNSEL UND GRETEL is brought to life by Sir Georg Solti and an illustrious cast - all part of a shimmering production that continues to enchant audiences of all ages. ...

Strauss: Die Fledermaus (1980)

Theodor Guschlbauer conducts the Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera in this lavish staging of Johann Strauss's operetta. Recorded in 1980, the production features some of the leading performers of their day, including Lucia Popp, Edita Gruberov ...

Der Rosenkavalier (1979)

This performance of Richard Strauss' opera Der Rosenkavalier (1979) features the vocal talents of Gwyneth Jones in the lead role; recorded at the National Theatre Munich. ...

Wagner: Das Rheingold (1978)

This 1978 studio production of the prologue to Wagner's masterpiece is the only segment of the famous Salzburg Festival/Metropolitan Opera productions, first seen in the 1960s, that made it to film. Based on one of those original productions, Georges Wakhe ...