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2006 Certificate Ex
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The Salzburg Festival has hosted every great star of the opera and concert hall, from Toscanini to Anne-Sophie Mutter, from Fischer-Dieskau to Barenboim, from Pollini to Mitsuko Uchida. In this film, the first to tell the story of this remarkable Festival, set in the birthplace of Mozart, director Tony Palmer has been granted .. Read more

Director Tony Palmer
Genres Documentary, Music/Musical

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The Salzburg Festival

The Salzburg Festival has hosted every great star of the opera and concert hall, from Toscanini to Anne-Sophie Mutter, from Fischer-Dieskau to Barenboim, from Pollini to Mitsuko Uchida. In this film, the first to tell the story of this remarkable Festival, set in the birthplace of Mozart, director Tony Palmer has been granted unprecedented access to Austria's film archives. Highlights include performances of Jedermann from 1920 to the present day featuring actors such as Maximilian Schell and Klaus Maria Brandauer; Don Giovanni (with Furtwangler in 1954 and a controversial performance directed by Peter Sellars in the 90s); a wealth of footage of Herbert von Karajan, including performances and never-before-seen home movies; and a film of the Nazi hierarchy at the Festival during the Second World War.

Director Tony Palmer
Studio DIGITAL CLASSICS DVD
Run time DVD: 3 hrs 14 mins
Certificate Certificate Ex
Genres Documentary, Music/Musical
Language DVD: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish
Released DVD: 08 May 2006
Production year: 2006
Format DVD

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    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    An interesting insight into the Salzburg Festival

    This dvd tells the story of the Salzburg Festival from its the very start, through the Nazi regime years to the present day. It is a little over long at 3 hours plus,and it could have benefited from a reduction in the interviews and an increase in the actual opera excerpts. The latter giving bits of productions over the years make it well worth watching as some great names are featured. I agreed with some of the singers and disagreed strongly with Peter Sellars about bringing operas up to date. I believe the composers would turn in their graves to see some of their work being performed as Peter Sellars produces them.

      • Robert Smith from Ashby de la Zouch, Leics.
      • Posted 24 Feb 2008 20:09

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      The Salzburg Festival has hosted every great star of the opera and concert hall, from Toscanini to Anne-Sophie Mutter, from Fischer-Dieskau to Barenboim, from Pollini to Mitsuko Uchida. In this film, the first to tell the story of this remarkable Festival, set in the birthplace of Mozart, director ...