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Director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle (1932-1988) has been called "a weaver of magic, a curator of the sublime, a master choreographer, a footloose farceur" (The Wall Street Journal). One of the most imaginative director-designers of our times, Ponnelle was also the first significant opera director to have a large portion of his work preserved on film. In his chilling and poignant account of "Madama Butterfly", he tried to use all the typical resources of film such as flashbacks, slow motion and "inner monologues", where the singers do not move their lips to sing. Under the direction of Herbert von Karajan, the stellar cast includes Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo and Christa Ludwig.

Details

  • Production Year:

    1974

  • Category:
    Opera
  • Genres:
    progressive
  • Age rating:

    6+

  • Audio Language:

    Italian

  • Subtitle Language:

    English

  • Country:

    Germany

Besetzung

Gallery

Recommendations

1983, Bayreuther Festspiele

Wagner, Tristan und Isolde

  • Daniel Barenboim

  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

  • Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

  • René Kollo, Johanna Meier, Matti Salminen, Hanna Schwarz

1978, Opernhaus Zürich

Monteverdi, L'Orfeo

  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt

  • Philippe Huttenlocher, Dietlinde Turban, Roland Hermann

1979, Opernhaus Zürich

Monteverdi, The Return of Ulisses

  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt

  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

  • Monteverdi-Ensemble der Oper Zürich

  • Werner Hollweg, Trudeliese Schmidt, Francisco Araiza

1973

Verdi, Otello

  • Herbert von Karajan

  • Herbert von Karajan

  • Berliner Philharmoniker

  • Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Peter Glossop, José van Dam

1980

Mozart, La clemenza di Tito

  • James Levine

  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

  • Wiener Philharmoniker

  • Eric Tappy, Tatiana Troyanos, Carol Neblett, Kurt Rydl

2007

Portrait Herbert von Karajan - "Beauty As I See It"

  • Herbert von Karajan, Sir Georg Solti

  • René Kollo, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig

  • Anne-Sophie Mutter, Werner Resel

  • Ioan Holender

1981

Rossini, La Cenerentola

  • Claudio Abbado

  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

  • Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano

  • Frederica von Stade, Francisco Araiza, Margherita Guglielmi

1967, Salzburger Festspiele

Bizet, Carmen

  • Herbert von Karajan

  • Herbert von Karajan

  • Wiener Philharmoniker

  • Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Olivera Miljakovic

1982, opera film

Verdi, Rigoletto

  • Riccardo Chailly

  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

  • Wiener Philharmoniker

  • Ingvar Wixell, Edita Gruberová, Luciano Pavarotti

1976, opera film

Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro

  • Karl Böhm

  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

  • Wiener Philharmoniker

  • Hermann Prey, Mirella Freni, Kiri Te Kanawa

1972

Rossini, The Barber of Seville

  • Claudio Abbado

  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

  • Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano

  • Hermann Prey, Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Enzo Dara

1979

Monteverdi, The Coronation of Poppea

  • Nikolaus Harnoncourt

  • Jean-Pierre Ponnelle

  • Monteverdi-Ensemble der Oper Zürich

  • Rachel Yakar, Eric Tappy, Trudeliese Schmidt, Matti Salminen

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