Goldschmidt: Beatrice Cenci (Blu-Ray) – Gal James

Composer: Berthold Goldschmidt
Artists: Gal James, Christoph Pohl, Dshmilja Kaiser, Christina Bock, Per Bach Nissen, Michael Laurenz, Wolfgang Stefan Schwaiger, Sébastien Soulès, Peter Marsh, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Wiener Symphoniker
Conductor: Johannes Debus
Director: Johannes Erath
Format: NTSC
Language: German
Subtitles: German, English, Korean, Japanese
Region: All Regions
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: C Major
Blu-Ray Release Date: July 26, 2019
Run Time: 107 minutes

World Premiere recording on video. Church corruption, human violence and a daughter who plots revenge on her abusive father: Goldschmidt’s Beatrice Cenci has every ingredient for a gripping opera. At Bregenz, Johannes Erath brought Beatrice Cenci on stage for the first time. Although written 70 years ago, “one musically quickly associates Puccini or other Romantics” (Neue Zurcher Zeitung), underlined by Goldschmidt’s own words, saying it became a real bel canto opera. Johannes Debus conducts the Wiener Symphoniker with true feeling for the score. In the title role, “Gal James is moving and the baritone Christoph Pohl has all the vocal charisma” (The Telegraph).

“A brilliantly focused staging of a neglected work.” (The Telegraph)

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