Waltraud Meier: I follow a voice within me

as Self

Waltraud Meier is “La Wagnerissima”, the queen of Wagner’s repertoire. In her very personal...

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Mahler Symphonies 1 & 8 (Symphony of a Thousand)

as Bass

These recordings are with two different orchestras (Mahler 1st with the Chicago Symphony and the...

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The Transformation of the World Into Music

as Self

This film was prepared as a introduction to a series of opera broadcasts on German television....

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Tannhäuser and the Singers' Contest at Wartburg Castle

as Landgraf

TANNHÄUSER UND DER SÄNGERKRIEG AUF WARTBURG is a grand opera by Richard Wagner in three acts....

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The Devils of Loudun

as Father Rangier

This opera revolves around the demonic collective possession suffered by the Ursuline nuns in...

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Beethoven Fidelio

as Don Pizarro

This production is a gala affair; the sets are traditional (evocative of 18th-19th century...

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Wagner: Parsifal

as Gurnemanz

Wolfgang Wagner's Bayreuth production of his grandfather's 'farewell to the world'has 'an...

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Fidelio

as Don Fernando

In the late 1960s Rolf Liebermann, the legendary intendant of the Hamburg State Opera, had the...

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Wozzeck

as Doctor

Alban Berg's disturbing opera masterfully translated into film.

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Zar und Zimmermann

as van Bett

A tsar and a carpenter switch places amid great laughs and endearing love .

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Weber: Der Freischütz

as A Hermit

Director Rolf Liebermann’s 1968 filmed-for-TV production of Carl Maria von Weber’s opera, with...

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