DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN - 100 Years (1912-2012) (6-DVD Box Set) (NTSC)

DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN
(6-DVD Box Set)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
DON GIOVANNI

Don Giovanni – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Komtur – Josef Greindl
Donna Anna – Elisabeth Grümmer
Don Ottavio – Donald Grobe
Donna Elvira – Pilar Lorengar
Masetto – Ivan Sardi
Zerlina – Erika Köth
Leporello – Walter Berry

Deutsche Oper Berlin Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Walter Hagen-Groll)
Ferenc Fricsay, conductor

Carl Ebert, stage director
Georges Wakhevitch, stage and costume designer

Opening performance of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 24 September 1961

Giuseppe Verdi
OTELLO
Sung in Italian with German Chorus parts

Otello – Hans Beirer
Desdemona – Renata Tebaldi
Jago – William Dooley
Cassio – Mario Ferrara
Rodrigo – Karl-Ernst Mercker
Emilia – Sieglinde Wagner
Lodovico – Ivan Sardi
Montano – Pekka Salomaa
Ein Herold – Hans-Dietrich Pohl

Deutsche Opera Berlin Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Walter Hagen-Groll)
Giuseppe Patané, conductor

Hans-Peter Lehmann, stage director
Wilhelm Reinking, set designer

Recorded live from Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1962

Ludwig van Beethoven
FIDELIO

Don Fernando – William Dooley
Don Pizarro – Walter Berry
Florestan – James King
Leonore – Christa Ludwig
Rocco – Josef Greindl
Marzelline – Lisa Otto
Jaquino – Martin Vantin
First Prisoner – Barry McDaniel
Second Prisoner – Manfred Röhrl

Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Walter Hagen-Groll)
Arthur Rother, conductor

Gustav Rudolf Sellner, stage director
Wilhelm Reinking, stage and costume designer

Recorded from the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1963

Giuseppe Verdi
DON CARLOS
Sung in German

Don Carlos – James King
Elisabeth von Valois – Pilar Lorengar
Philipp II – Josef Greindl
Marchese von Posa – Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Prinzessin Eboli – Patricia Johnson
Der Großinquisitor – Martti Talvela
Eine Engelsstimme – Lisa Otto
Page Elisabeths – Barbara Vogel
Der Graf von Lerma – Günther Treptow

Berlin Deutsche Opera Chorus and Orchestra
(chorus master: Walter Hagen-Groll)
Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor

Gustav Rudolf Sellner, stage director
Wilhelm Reinking, stage and costume designer

Recorded live from the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1965

Domenico Cimarosa
DIE HEIMLICHE EHE (Il Matrimonio Segreto)
Sung in German

Geronimo – Josef Greindl
Carolina – Erika Köth
Elisetta – Lisa Otto
Fidalma – Patricia Johnson
Graf Robinsone – Barry McDaniel
Paolino – Donald Grobe

Berlin Deutsche Opera Orchestra
Lorin Maazel, conductor

Gustav Rudolf Sellner, stage director
Filippo Sanjust, stage and costume designer

Recorded live from the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 1967

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Picture format: NTSC 4:3  
Sound format: PCM Mono
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles:
German, English, French, Spanish, Italian (all operas) / Korean (Don Giovanni, Fidelio only)
Running time: 12 hours 8 mins
No. of DVDs: 6 (DVD 9)