For its 100th anniversary the Deutsche Oper Berlin is featured in a special edition of live recordings that were produced since the beginnings of television broadcasts from the opera house. Following the fi rst DVD collection with recordings from the 1960s, this special edition box contains operas from the 1970s and 1980s – treasures in colour featuring great opera singers, stage directors and contemporary composers.

Sound Format: PCM Mono (Preußisches Märchen, Montezuma)

PCM Stereo (Die tote Stadt, Die Gespenstersonate, Oedipus)

Picture Format: 4:3

DVD Format: 5 x DVD 9 / NTSC

Original Language: DE

Subtitle Languages: IT, GB, DE, FR, ES

Running Time: 558 mins + 8 mins (Bonus)

FSK: 6

Artists

Lisa Otto (Vater Fadenkreutz), Ivan Sardi (Mutter Fadenkreutz), Manfred Röhrl (Wilhelm), Gerti Zeumer (Auguste), Donald Grobe (Assessor Birkhahn) & Victor Von Halem (Bürgermeister), Alexandra Papadjiakou (Montezuma), Sophie Boulin (Eupaforice), Gudrun Sieber (Erissena), Catherine Gayer (Tezeuco), Barbara Vogel (Pilpatoè), Walton Grönroos (Ferdinand Cortes) & Karl-Ernst Mercker (Narvès), James King (Paul), Karan Armstrong (Marietta / Marie’s Apparition), William Murray (Frank), Margit Neubauer (Brigitta) & Donald Grobe (Victorin), Hans Günter Nöcker (Der Alte), Martha Mödl (Die Mumie), Horst Hiestermann (Der Oberst), David Knutson (Der Student Arkenholz), Gudrun Sieber (Das Fräulein), Donald Grobe (Johansson) & William Dooley (Bengtsson), Andreas Schmidt (Oedipus), William Pell (Kreon), William Dooley (Tiresias), Lenus Carlson (Bote, messenger), William Murray (Hirte, herdsman) & Emily Golden (Jokasta)

Deutsche Oper Berlin, Junge Deutsche Philharmonie & Ensemble Modern, Caspar Richter (conductor) & Winfried Bauernfeind (stage director), Hans Hilsdor (conductor) & Herbert Wernicke (stage director), Heinrich Hollreiser (conductor) & Götz Friedrich (stage director), Friedemann Layer (conductor) & Heinz Lukas-Kindermann (stage director), Christof Prick (conductor) & Götz Friedrich (stage director)