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Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten / Thielemann, Gould, Schwanewilms, Koch, Schuster

Strauss / Schwanewilms / Schuster / Thielemann
Release Date: 05/29/2012 
Label:  Opus Arte   Catalog #: 1072  
Composer:  Richard Strauss
Performer:  Andreas Conrad,  Steven Humes,  Anne Schwanewilms,  Stephen Gould,   ... 
Conductor:  Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Chorus,  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Number of Discs: 2 
Length: 4 Hours 6 Mins. 

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Richard Strauss
DIE FRAU OHNE SCHATTEN

The Emperor – Stephen Gould
The Empress – Anne Schwanewilms
The Nurse – Michaela Schuster
Barak – Wolfgang Koch
Barak's Wife – Evelyn Herlitzius
The One-eyed Man – Markus Brück
The One-armed Man – Steven Humes
The Hunchback – Andreas Conrad
The Spirit Messenger – Thomas Johannes Mayer

Vienna State Opera Chorus
(chorus master: Thomas Lang)
Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Christian Thielemann, conductor

Christof Loy, stage director
Johannes Leiacker, stage Read more designer
Ursula Renzenbrink, costume designer
Stefan Bolliger, lighting designer
Thomas Wilhelm, choreographer

Recorded live from the Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg Festival, 29 July 2011

Bonus:
- Christian Thielemann rehearses Die Frau ohne Schatten
- Cast Gallery

Picture format: NTSC 16:9 anamorphic
Sound format: LPCM Stereo 2.0 / DTS 5.1
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
Running time: 220 mins (opera) + 26 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 2 (DVD 9)
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Works on This Recording

1. Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65 by Richard Strauss
Performer:  Andreas Conrad (Tenor), Steven Humes (Bass), Anne Schwanewilms (Soprano),
Stephen Gould (Tenor), Wolfgang Koch (Baritone), Michaela Schuster (Mezzo Soprano),
Evelyn Herlitzius (Soprano), Markus Brück (Voice), Thomas J. Mayer (Baritone)
Conductor:  Christian Thielemann
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna State Opera Chorus,  Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1914-1918; Germany 

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