The film documents an impressive performance from the Schauspielhaus on the Gendarmenmarket in Berlin under the direction of Sir Colin Davis.

Stravinsky found the inspiration for his work in sources ranging from Greek Orthodox liturgy to his beloved Verdi.

Recorded during the "Schwetzinger Festspiele" 1989 in the cathedral of Speyer.

Schwetzingen is a tiny town near Heidelberg which has a famous palace with magnificent gardens, not unlike those at Versailles. The Schwetzingen Festival is held every Spring in the palace and commissions a small-scale opera for the palace's…

Schwetzingen is a tiny town near Heidelberg which has a famous palace with magnificent gardens, not unlike those at Versailles. The Schwetzingen Festival is held every Spring in the palace and commissions a small-scale opera for the palace's…

Based on Henry James' novel of the same name, this gripping drama explores an encounter with the super-natural.

An austere but atmospheric stage and tasteful costumes draw the attention of the viewer to the story and the beautiful voices of the singers. Recorded live at the Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele in 1990. Costumes by Dagmar Niefind, stage direction and…

This recital by the distinguished lieder singer Hermann Prey, who died in 1998, features some of the songs in which Schubert set to music poems by the great romantic writer Friedrich Schiller.

In Michael Hampe's much-praised staging, Don Giovanni appears "as the embodiment of absolute, irresistible tempestuous life force.." and "as rebel against human order, against law and morality".