FESTSPIELE IN OSTIREICH, ca. 1945 - ca. 1955
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Date: 28/12/2009

ARC Identifier 46941 / Local Identifier 306.61. Documentary: Surveys the various musical and theatrical productions offered during the Salzburg summer festival. R.1 and 2. An orchestra plays Beethoven's 9th Symphony; dancers perform a ballet atop the Festspiele Theater. Max Reinhardt produces Jedeman in a public square. Leopold Stokowski plays the harpsichord in Mozart's home. Scenes from the Magic Flute and Shakespeare's As You Like and A Midsummer Night's Dream R. 3. Scenes from Strauss' Rosenkavelier and Beethoven's opera Fidelio. The Philharmonic and the State Opera Choir concludes with excerpts from Beethoven's 9th Symphony and selections by Wagner. U.S. Information Agency. (1982 - 10/01/1999) Made possible by a donation from Daniel Cornwall