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Weinberg: The Passenger / Currentzis, Breedt, Doneva, Kelessidi, Or, Field

Release Date: 10/30/2015
Label: Arthaus Musik Catalog #: 109079
Composer:  Mieczyslaw Weinberg Performer:  Agnieszka Rehlis ,  David Danholt ,  Roberto Saccà ,  Svetlana Doneva  ...  Conductor:  Teodor Currentzis Orchestra/Ensemble:  Vienna Symphony Orchestra ,  Prague Philharmonic Chorus Number of Discs: 2

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Continuing its tradition of unearthing little-known 20th-century operas, the Bregenz Festival presented the first staged production of Polish- Russian composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg's "The Passenger" in 2010. Written in 1967/68, the opera relates the chance meeting of a former concentration camp guard and one of her former inmates on an ocean liner years after the war. Bringing the work to vibrant life are the Wiener Symphoniker under Teodor Currentzis; topping the cast are Michelle Breedt and Elena Kelessidi. The work is well served by David Pountney's stage direction and Johan Engels' two-level set, with the ocean liner above and Read more the concentration camp below. "Grandiose, gripping: Mieczyslaw Weinberg's opera 'The Passenger' about an Auschwitz survivor is triumphantly rediscovered at the Bregenz Festival". (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung)

Mieczyslaw Weinberg
THE PASSENGER

Lisa - Michelle Breedt
Walter - Roberto Saccà
Martha - Elena Kelessidi
Tadeusz - Artur Rucinski
Katja - Svetlana Doneva
Bronka - Liuba Sokolova
Krzystina - Angelica Voje

Prague Philharmonic Chorus
(chorus master: Lukáš Vasilek)
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Teodor Currentzis, conductor

David Pountney, stage director
Johan Engels, set designer
Marie-Jeanne Lecca, costume designer
Fabrice Kebour, lighting designer

Recorded live from the Bregenz Festival, 2010

Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: PCM Stereo / Dolby Digital 5.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Audio Languages: German, Russian
Subtitles: Polish, English, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Japanese
Running time: 161 mins (opera) + 21 mins (bonus)
No. of DVDs: 2 (DVD 9)
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