High Performance Sports – Singing Opera

High Performance Sports – Singing Opera

What do Jonas Kaufmann, Anja Harteros, Piotr Beczala and Daniel Behle have in common? Besides being internationally acclaimed singers, they're all "vocal athletes" who keep their voices in shape. In this "rewarding documentary" (Opernglas), filmmakers Barbara and Wolfgang Wunderlich team up with Thomas Voigt to examine the physical and psychological hurdles that constantly face professional singers. Next to theoretical matters, the program offers a generous selection of musical excerpts that illustrate the topic at hand and shed light into the complex interplay of every singer's body and mind.

  • No: A055130320000
  • Genre: Special
  • Artists: Anja Harteros, Piotr Beczala, Christa Ludwig, Edda Moser, Daniel Behle, Jonas Kaufmann
  • Director: Thomas Voigt, Wolfgang Wunderlich
  • Production year: 2011
  • Run time: 00:43:00
  • Short version: 00:29:00
  • Producers: ORF, UNITEL and CLASSICA, Wunderlich Medien GbR in coproduction with SWR
  • Format: HDTV