- Actors: Aga Winska, Emmerich Schaffer, Elisabeth Hellstrom, Richard Croft
- Format: Classical, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Import
- Language: English
- Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Kultur
- Release Date: Jun 16 2009
- Run Time: 133 minutes
- ASIN: B001URA64M
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Libretto by JOHANN GOTTLIEB STEPHANIE D.J.
Based on the text by CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BRETZNER
Belmont und Constanze Oder die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
Based on the text by CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BRETZNER
Belmont und Constanze Oder die Entführung Aus Dem Serail
Bassa Selim: EMMERICH SCHÄFFER
Konstanze: AGA WINSKA
Blonde: ELISABETH HELLSTRÖM
Belmonte: RICHARD CROFT
Pedrillo: BENGT-OLA MORGNY
Osmin: TAMÁS SZÜLE
After an act of piracy onboard the ship of the Spanish nobleman Belmonte, Lostados, son of the Commandant of Oran, Constanze, who is betrothed to Belmonte, and her maid Blondchen, along with Belmonte's manservant Pedrillo, who is engaged to Blondchen, fell into the hands of pirates. All three have been bought from the slave market by the wealthy Pasha Selim, a Spanish renegade (a convert to Islam from Christianity) and brought to his palace. Pedrillo has succeeded in sending word of their whereabouts to Belmonte.
Kultur is proud to present Mozart from the intimate setting of Sweden's Drottningholm Court Theatre, dating back to 1766, providing a perfect stage for these operas and featuring excellent casts and superb directors, accompanied by period instruments for a truly authentic experience. 'For true Mozart stick with Drottningholm.' Gramophone
'Excellent standard... notable for the clarity of the period-instrument sound and for a production wholly appropriate to the tiny Drottningholm space.' Gramophone
Chorus and Orchestra of the Drottningholm Court Theatre
Conducted by ARNOLD ÖSTMAN
Stage Direction by HARALD CLEMEN
Costumes by BÖRJE EDH
Directed and Produced for TV by THOMAS OLOFSSON
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4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews)
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Almost perfect, Aug 15 2008
By Robert Baksa "composer" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Mozart - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Aga Winska, Elisabet Hellstrom, Richard Croft, Bengt-Ola Morgny, Tamas Szule, Arnold Ostman, Drottningholm Opera (DVD)
The Drottningholm series of Mozart operas are a sure bet in almost every case and this is no exception. It is such a pleasure to see staging that is imaginative yet does not create a space which is contrary to the time and characters that the composer and librettist intended. One sees the same basic stage structures in almost every setting of these operas which adds enormously to the charm. The word "pretentious" never comes to mind. Needless to say the orchestral playing on original instruments under Ostman is superb. The singing is a bit less assured to my ear compared to other versions but not so much as to make the product unenjoyable. For me, Valerie Masterson is the most appealing Constanze and Willard White the best Osmin but that version, from Glyndbourne,may not be "hi-fi" enough for some audiophiles. Richard Croft is the best known singer on this set. His passage work is astounding but I find his voice too tightly produced for my personal taste. Still, you cannot go wrong with this version for a basic, no nonsense performance.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great staging, acting, and superb Aga Winska, May 24 2008
By Michel Merlin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Mozart - Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail / Aga Winska, Elisabet Hellstrom, Richard Croft, Bengt-Ola Morgny, Tamas Szule, Arnold Ostman, Drottningholm Opera (DVD)
Full disclosure: I don't have this DVD. But I happened to watch "Martern aller Arten" on Youtube where it lived a few days or hours before being removed. Aga Winska in singing was second only to a very few (Arleen Auger young, Edda Moser), and by little; her acting was outstanding, the whole staging too, with everything very intelligently and carefully done, from colors to moves and songs, full of life, sensible, a feast for ears *and eyes*, making that "Martern" one of the best I ever watched. I can't understand why that video was not left on Youtube, it would have brought customers - and warm reviewers on this page.Versailles, Sun 25 May 2008 01:13 +0200
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beatifull performance, May 24 2012
By Douglas Gordillo - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Die Entführung Aus Dem Serail - Mozart / Drottningholm Court Theatre (DVD)
I saw this on a public TV brodcast in my home country of Guatemala when I was 16 or 17 years old, and I just fell in love with it. After a lot of searching around I was able to find this beatifull preformance here, after16 years I get to experience it again.Thanks.
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