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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0032031800298
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Kultur Video
Manufacturer: Kultur Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Kultur Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 27, 2006
Running Time: 195 minutes
Sales Rank: 52511
Studio: Kultur Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Editorial Review:
Description:
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 Furtwängler in ’54 and a controversial performance directed by Peter Sellars in the 1990s); a wealth of footage of Herbert von Karajan, including performances and never-before-seen home movies; and footage of the Nazi hierarchy at the Festival during the Second World War.
Alongside this historical footage the film interviews current stars including Plácido Domingo, Valery Gergiev, Lang Lang, Anna Netrebko, Riccardo Muti and Simon Rattle, who tell their stories and open their hearts about this unique Festival.
'For me, Salzburg was where I felt I belonged, where every musician wants to perform, where every musician should aspire to. I was lucky to have that chance.' Plácido Domingo
'It was, quite simply, the most important place in my life. It gave me such happiness, and I hope I managed to give something back in return.' Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Grab this DVD!
This DVD is an excellent retrospective documentary on the Salzburg Festival with comment on and, moving to current times, from and about the major personalities who had originally shaped the festival and down through the present day and those so involved today.
As is known, there has been controversy regarding Tony Palmer's documentary and it's hardly any secret of the festival and various personalities of that era continuing their service to same during the Hitler era. In effect, ... Read More
Rating: - EXCELLENT INTRODUCTION TO THE POLITICS AND ARTISTIC DIVERSITY OF THE FESTIVAL
It is not easy to find even handed commentary on subjects such as Furtwangler and von Karajan. This DVD presents both men in a new light that is much more understanding and less judgmental. The viewer is allowed to draw his or her own conclusions. This is not to say that the NAZI legacy in Salzburg has been understated, quite the contrary.
Directors and retired singers are allowed to state their views on regietheater productions in a constructive way.
A very thoughtful ... Read More
Rating: - Tony Palmer's gold
Another superb film by this master, and first rate in every way. Palmer spends ample time on the war years, with valuable contributions from artists, patrons, and bundles of magnificent footage, among which is auspicious footage of the building of the Grosse Festspielhaus, after Karajan forced the Salzburg government to cut loose with the funds to achieve a hall large enough for the big works. The film naturally converges on Karajan's incontestable influence on the Festival, and presents a wonderful, ... Read More
Rating: - Palmer's movie stirs controversy in Salzburg......
Having visited the Salzburg Festival for the past 20 years, I'm pleased to recommend this DVD.
Although, the festival management have openly denounced the movie as inaccurate and misguided, etc., it is an excellent account of the political and artistic history of the most famous music festival in the world.
Rating: - An Extensive History Of The Salzburg Festival.
This very long(193 minutes) movie covers the entire history and politics of the Salzburg Festival(and to a lessor extent, the history of Austria, itself). It covers in great detail the war years involving the Nazi occupation and the influence of anti-Semitism and the Holocaust on the conduct of the festival then and since, and the efforts to reverse the mistakes that had been made as a result. There are many interviews and clips of the performances that have taken place throughout its history. A great ... Read More
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