Die Liebe der Danae
By: Richard Strauss ; staged by Alvis Hermanis ; directed by Agnes Méth ; a co-production of ORF, UNITEL, NHK in cooperation with Wiener Philharmoniker and Salzburg Festival
Contributors: Meth, Agnes, film director; Stoyanova, Krassimira, singer; Konieczny, Tomasz, 1972- singer; Welser-Möst, Franz, conductor; Unitel Classica (Firm); Österreichischer Rundfunk; Nihon Hōsō Kyōkai; Wiener Philharmoniker; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor; Salzburger Festspiele; Salzburger Festspiele (2016 : Salzburg, Austria)
Published: 2017
Language: ger
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Operas
Description: Narrowly linked to the Festival₂s rich history. Due to conditions during World WarII, the Salzburg Festival, which had commissioned the opera for summer 1944, couldn₂t give the public premiere. Instead only a single dress rehearsal, attended by Strauss himself, was performed for an invited audience.
Notes: Title from disc label.

Wide screen (16:9).

Choreographer, Alla Sigalova.

Krassimira Stoyanova (Danae) ; Tomasz Konieczny (Jupiter) ; Norbert Ernst (Merkur) ; Wolfgang Ablinger-Sperrhacke (Pollux) ; Regine Hangler (Xanthe) ; Gerhard Siegel (Midas alias Chrysopher) ; Pavel Kolgatin, Andi Früh, Ryan Speedo Green, Jongmin Park (Four Kings) ; Mária Celeng (Semele) ; Olga Bezsmertna (Europa) ; Michaela Selinger (Alkmene) ; Jennifer Johnston (Leda) ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor.

Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival 2016 August.

DVD, NTSC, region 0; wide screen (16:9); PCM stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1.

Sung in German; French, English, Dutch, Italian, Japanese or Korean subtitles.