René Kollo

Seeing Through the Mists of Oblivion (2023)

After the end of civilization, an aged man undergoes a mysterious journey through space and time that takes him through memories, visions, and historical events, ultimately transcending the limitations of the senses and into a new cosmic rebirth. ...

Ariadne Auf Naxos (2012)

Christian Thielemann conducts this Staatskapelle Dresden production of Richard Strauss' chamber opera. The opera follows events at the home of the wealthiest man in Vienna, who has booked both a comedy burlesque act and a serious opera group for entertainm ...

Wagner's Master Singer, Hitler's Siegfried - The Life and Times of Max (2008)

The singer Max Lorenz was Hitler's favourite tenor: married to a Jewess, he was also homosexual. The biography of this outstanding Wagner singer is also closely bound up with the story of Haus Wahnfried in Bayreuth. ...

Arabella: Wiener Philharmoniker (2008)

Sir Georg Solti leads the Wiener Philharmoniker in this intimate film of Strauss's comedy of manners. Using traditional sets and costumes, this is the only film version available of this opera. A talented cast includes Gundula Janowitz, Edita Gruberova, Be ...

Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos (2007)

Opera in one act with prologue. Based on the production of the Vienna State Opera by Filippo Sanjust. ...

Wagner: Tannhäuser (1994)

David Alden's production of Wagner's grand romantic opera was recorded at the National Theatre in Munich, with Bayerische Staatsoper, in September 1994. Shot over three days by leading opera director Brian Large, this recording benefits from the ideal tech ...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1993)

Wagner's erotic opera in a production by the German Opera of Berlin under the direction of Gotz Friedrich, with music conducted by Jiri Kout. Recorded at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. ...

Deutsche Weihnacht (1989)

A german christmas video tape, accompanied by music and christmas poems. ...

Tristan und Isolde (1983)

Take a perfect cast, a great conductor and a groundbreaking staging in-out makes a 'Tristan' for eternity. The 1983 performance in Bayreuth was a great moment for the world of opera. The ensemble performance of René Kollo, Johanna Meier and Matti Salminen ...

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 ...

Beethoven Symphony No. 9 (1977)

Karajan's very best video Beethoven 9th Symphony, recorded December 31, 1977. The Quartet of vocal soloists and Chorus in IV are superb. This is much better than Karajan's 1968 Berlin Philharmonic Beethoven 9 video (DG), filmed in the Philharmonie with no ...

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 1977 (1977)

The annual New Year's Eve Concert is one of the highlights in the calendar of every classical music fan in Berlin and beyond. On New Year's Eve, the Berliner Philharmoniker invite an exceptional soloist for a festive gala. Together, the musicians bid farew ...

Bernstein Mahler Rehearsal (1976)

"Four Ways to Say Farewell" is a personal introduction to Mahler and his Ninth Symphony, during which Leonard Bernstein is seen and heard rehearsing the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. ...

Ein Walzer zu zweien (1975)

Die schöne Helena (1975)

The Land of Smiles (1974)

Lehar's The Land of Smiles touches the heart as it provides unforgetable melodies from start to finish. There are no weak links in the cast. Too often, we think of operetta as musical fluff, tired cliches, and obligatory dance scenes when things start slow ...

Gräfin Mariza (1974)

A countess, paying a rare visit to her estate, clashes with the man she has hired to manage it. ...

Wiener Blut (1972)

An operetta with music by Johann Strauss II. However, he did not see the premiere. Wiener Blut is set at the time of the Congress of Vienna, 1814-1815, an international conference that sought to settle Europe after the upheavals of the Napoleonic Wars, and ...

Das Lied von der Erde: A Personal Introduction (1972)

During a break in rehearsals with the Israel Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein sat down at the piano to film an introduction to the poetry and music of Gustav Mahler's Das Lied von der Erde. ...

Gypsy Princess (1971)

Kálmán Imre's beloved operetta comes to the screen in this comedy of music, marriage and class set in Budapest and Vienna before the outbreak of the First World War, recorded at the Budapest Opera in 1963. ...

Ein Lied für Kopenhagen (1964)

So liebt und küsst man in Tirol (1961)

A music comedy by Franz Marischka. ...

Solang' noch Unter'n Linden (1958)

The time from 1895 to 1945, the Berlin of Zille and Otto Reutter, Claire Waldoff, the imperial parades and marches under the Brandenburg Gate; the two world wars, the lavish premieres in the Apollo Theatre and small, intimate rounds in the country. ...