Set in Paris immediately before and during the French Revolution, Andrea Chénier is Umberto Giordano’s passionate and most successful opera. Placido Domingo stars in the title role as the idealistic poet of the French Revolution, and Maddalena, the object of Chénier’s adoration, is portrayed by the Bulgarian soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow. A servant-turned-revolutionary, Gérard, also loves Maddalena, and when he is elevated to the revolutionary court he wreaks his revenge against Chénier who is condemned to death. Maddalena joins Chénier in his cell and they go to the guillotine together. Gérard, torn between political and amorous loyalties, is the Italian baritone Giorgio Zancanaro. “Triumphantly successful” THE SUNDAY TIMES
Andrea Chenier
Set in Paris immediately before and during the French Revolution, Andrea Chénier is Giordano’s passionate and most successful opera. José Carreras stars in the title role as the idealistic poet of the French Revolution, and Maddalena, the object of Chénier’s adoration, is portrayed by Hungarian soprano Eva Marton. A servant-turned-revolutionary, Gérard, also loves Maddalena, and when he is elevated to the revolutionary court, he wreaks his revenge against Chénier who is condemned to death – Maddalena joins him in his cell and they go to the guillotine together. Gérard, torn between political and amorous loyalties, is the Italian baritone Piero Cappuccilli.
David Mamet
Der Fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman)
For his production of “The Flying Dutchman”, premiered in 1978, Harry Kupfer chose the original Dresden version of 1843, which has a rougher, more muscular texture than the subsequent editions. When “The Flying Dutchman” was performed in Zurich and Munich, Wagner himself revised the work, softening the instrumentation and appending the “redemption” conclusions to the overture and the third act. What was the reason for the heated disputes which took place between the conservative Bayreuth Wagnerians and the more progressive lovers of the composer’s music? Harry Kupfer’s production presents the entire story of the Flying Dutchman as a hallucination, a figment of Senta’s disturbed imagination. She is seen by the director as a highly neurotic, even schizophrenic young girl, whose yearning for the eternally wandering Dutchman puts her into a trance-like state, in which her own internal drama is acted out in the form of a vision. By having the character leap through the window to her death at the end of the opera, Harry Kupfer has placed a highly personal interpretation on Wagner’s notion of “redemption”.
Masterworks in Japan
The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute programme focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved. Five films from each of the following galleries are available. Tate Gallery, London (R8201.1) National Gallery of Scotland (R8201.2) Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (R8201.3) Museum of Modern Art, New York (R8201.4) Washington National Gallery of Art (R8201.5) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (R8201.6) Kunsthaus, Zürich (R8201.7) Kunstmuseum, Basel (R8201.8) Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne (R8201.9) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (R8201.10) Museé National du Louvre, Paris (R8201.11) Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (R8201.12) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.13) Lenbachhaus, Munich (R8201.14) Hamburger Kunsthalle (R8201.15) Neue Pinakothek, Munich (R8201.16) Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, USA (R8201.17) Art Institute of Chicago (R8201.18) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (R8201.19) Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (R8201.20) Prado, Madrid (R8201.21) Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (R8201.22) Skagens Museum, Denmark (R8201.23) Gulbenkian Foundation Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon (R8201.24) Ateneum, Helsinki (R8201.25) National Museum, Stockholm (R8201.26) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (R8201.27) Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden (R8201.28) Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.29) The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (R8201.30) Collections in Tokyo, Kyoto and Atami (R8202) Collections in Budapest and Szentendre (R8203) Collections in Prague (R8204) National Gallery of
Norway, Oslo (R8205) Collections in Vienna (R8208)
Masterworks (Diverse)
The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute programme focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved. Five films from each of the following galleries are available. Tate Gallery, London (R8201.1) National Gallery of Scotland (R8201.2) Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (R8201.3) Museum of Modern Art, New York (R8201.4) Washington National Gallery of Art (R8201.5) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (R8201.6) Kunsthaus, Zürich (R8201.7) Kunstmuseum, Basel (R8201.8) Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne (R8201.9) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (R8201.10) Museé National du Louvre, Paris (R8201.11) Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (R8201.12) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.13) Lenbachhaus, Munich (R8201.14) Hamburger Kunsthalle (R8201.15) Neue Pinakothek, Munich (R8201.16) Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, USA (R8201.17) Art Institute of Chicago (R8201.18) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (R8201.19) Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (R8201.20) Prado, Madrid (R8201.21) Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (R8201.22) Skagens Museum, Denmar (R8201.23) Gulbenkian Foundation Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon (R8201.24) Ateneum, Helsinki (R8201.25) National Museum, Stockholm (R8201.26) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (R8201.27) Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden (R8201.28) Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.29) The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (R8201.30) Collections in Tokyo, Kyoto and Atami (R8202) Collections in Budapest and Szentendre (R8203) Collections in Prague (R8204) National Gallery of Norway, Oslo (R8205) Collections in Vienna (R8208)
Masterworks in Hungary
The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute programme focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved. Five films from each of the following galleries are available. Tate Gallery, London (R8201.1) National Gallery of Scotland (R8201.2) Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (R8201.3) Museum of Modern Art, New York (R8201.4) Washington National Gallery of Art (R8201.5) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (R8201.6) Kunsthaus, Zürich (R8201.7) Kunstmuseum, Basel (R8201.8) Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne (R8201.9) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (R8201.10) Museé National du Louvre, Paris (R8201.11) Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (R8201.12) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.13) Lenbachhaus, Munich (R8201.14) Hamburger Kunsthalle (R8201.15) Neue Pinakothek, Munich (R8201.16) Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, USA (R8201.17) Art Institute of Chicago (R8201.18) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (R8201.19) Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (R8201.20) Prado, Madrid (R8201.21) Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (R8201.22) Skagens Museum, Denmark (R8201.23) Gulbenkian Foundation Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon (R8201.24) Ateneum, Helsinki (R8201.25) National Museum, Stockholm (R8201.26) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (R8201.27) Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden (R8201.28) Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.29) The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (R8201.30) Collections in Tokyo, Kyoto and Atami (R8202) Collections in Budapest and Szentendre (R8203) Collections in Prague (R8204) National Gallery of Norway, Oslo (R8205) Collections in Vienna (R8208)
Masterworks in Czech Republic
The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute programme focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved. Five films from each of the following galleries are available. Tate Gallery, London (R8201.1) National Gallery of Scotland (R8201.2) Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (R8201.3) Museum of Modern Art, New York (R8201.4) Washington National Gallery of Art (R8201.5) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (R8201.6) Kunsthaus, Zürich (R8201.7) Kunstmuseum, Basel (R8201.8) Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne (R8201.9) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (R8201.10) Museé National du Louvre, Paris (R8201.11) Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (R8201.12) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.13) Lenbachhaus, Munich (R8201.14) Hamburger Kunsthalle (R8201.15) Neue Pinakothek, Munich (R8201.16) Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, USA (R8201.17) Art Institute of Chicago (R8201.18) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (R8201.19) Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (R8201.20) Prado, Madrid (R8201.21) Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (R8201.22) Skagens Museum, Denmark (R8201.23) Gulbenkian Foundation Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon (R8201.24) Ateneum, Helsinki (R8201.25) National Museum, Stockholm (R8201.26) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (R8201.27) Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden (R8201.28) Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.29) The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (R8201.30) Collections in Tokyo, Kyoto and Atami (R8202) Collections in Budapest and Szentendre (R8203) Collections in Prague (R8204) National Gallery of Norway, Oslo (R8205) Collections in Vienna (R8208)
Masterworks in Norway
The Masterworks series is a treasure trove of art. Each ten-minute programme focuses on an individual painting, with a rich visual survey accompanied by an authoritative voice-over commentary. The selection of works, from galleries on both sides of the Atlantic, covers a broad spectrum of art from the earliest European masterpieces to contemporary works, introducing the unfamiliar and rediscovering the well-loved. Five films from each of the following galleries are available. Tate Gallery, London (R8201.1) National Gallery of Scotland (R8201.2) Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice (R8201.3) Museum of Modern Art, New York (R8201.4) Washington National Gallery of Art (R8201.5) Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (R8201.6) Kunsthaus, Zürich (R8201.7) Kunstmuseum, Basel (R8201.8) Wallraf-Richartz Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne (R8201.9) Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (R8201.10) Museé National du Louvre, Paris (R8201.11) Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf (R8201.12) Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.13) Lenbachhaus, Munich (R8201.14) Hamburger Kunsthalle (R8201.15) Neue Pinakothek, Munich (R8201.16) Harvard University Museums, Cambridge, USA (R8201.17) Art Institute of Chicago (R8201.18) Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (R8201.19) Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (R8201.20) Prado, Madrid (R8201.21) Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels (R8201.22) Skagens Museum, Denmark (R8201.23) Gulbenkian Foundation Centre for Modern Art, Lisbon (R8201.24) Ateneum, Helsinki (R8201.25) National Museum, Stockholm (R8201.26) State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (R8201.27) Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister, Dresden (R8201.28) Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (R8201.29) The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg (R8201.30) Collections in Tokyo, Kyoto and Atami (R8202) Collections in Budapest and Szentendre (R8203) Collections in Prague (R8204) National Gallery of Norway, Oslo (R8205) Collections in Vienna (R8208)
Mass No. 1 (Missa Sancta)
This performance of Weber’s Missa Sancta No. 1 in E flat was recorded live from the baroque monastery at Waldsassen in Bavaria.