Hans Sotin

Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me (2008)

Waltraud Meier is "La Wagnerissima", the queen of Wagner's repertoire. In her very personal account "I follow a voice within me", we enter her world and learn about her motivations, aspirations, and her joyful way of pursuing them. In addition to personal ...

Wagner: Parsifal (2007)

Wolfgang Wagner's Bayreuth production of his grandfather's 'farewell to the world'has 'an unusual beauty and logic of its own ... with a double stress - on nature undefiled and on a form of religious symbolism ... There is an air of magic and mystery about ...

Mahler Symphonies 1 & 8 (Symphony of a Thousand) (2006)

These recordings are with two different orchestras (Mahler 1st with the Chicago Symphony and the 8th with the London Philharmonic). Tennstedt's live performances are much better than his studio versions of the same works, and it's wonderful to watch him co ...

The Transformation of the World Into Music (1996)

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television. It depicts the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings in preparation for the annual opera festival in Bayreuth. ...

Joseph Haydn Mass: In Tempore belli (1984)

Wagner - Tristan Und Isolde (1981)

Beethoven Fidelio (1978)

This production is a gala affair; the sets are traditional (evocative of 18th-19th century Spain); the lighting is bright, so colors are good and one can see all of the action. Singers are generally well chosen and perform admirably. However, at this point ...

Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle (1978)

TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG is a grand opera by Richard Wagner in three acts. After experiencing boundless sensuality and freedom with the fun-loving Venus (soprano), the singer Tannhäuser (Tenor) finds it impossible to conform to the cu ...

Wozzeck (1972)

Alban Berg's disturbing opera masterfully translated into film. ...

Die Zauberflöte (1971)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Magic Flute is undoubtedly one of the most multi-layered, profound, complicated, and therefore also most difficult to stage works in the entire opera repertoire. In terms of genre, it can only be understood if it is seen as a mixt ...

Zar und Zimmermann (1969)

A tsar and a carpenter switch places amid great laughs and endearing love. ...

The Devils of Loudun (1969)

This opera revolves around the demonic collective possession suffered by the Ursuline nuns in the convent of Loudun in 1634. The story concentrates on the handsome but doomed Urbain Grandier who fights against fanaticism and evil. ...

Weber: Der Freischütz (1968)

Director Rolf Liebermann's 1968 filmed-for-TV production of Carl Maria von Weber's opera, with the Hamburg State Opera performing an adapted stage version. Soloists include Bernhard Minetti, Toni Blankenheim and Arlene Saunders. The conductor is Leopold Lu ...

Fidelio (1968)

In the late 1960s Rolf Liebermann, the legendary intendant of the Hamburg State Opera, had the visionary idea of presenting a number of operas in filmed versions, among the first ever done in color, to be shown on German television. This is the historic r ...