Evelyn Herlitzius

The rigid morals of a village community put a young woman under pressure: Jenůfa is pregnant by her lover Števa, but he rejects her and retracts his offer of marriage. Once the child is born, Jenůfa’s stepmother, the village sextoness, is worried about the young woman’s reputation as well as her own future. When Laca, another marriage suitor, offers Jenůfa his hand in marriage, the sextoness thinks that life would be better for all of them without the child …

Using unpublished and newly digitalised archive footage and film material, Bettina Böhler has brilliantly assembled this film about the life and work of the exceptional artist Christoph Schlingensief, who died in 2010.

RICHARD WAGNER - Tristan und Isolde - Bayreuther Festspiele Stephen Gould, Evelyn Herlitzius, Georg Zeppenfeld, Iain Paterson, Christa Mayer Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Christian Thielemann Staged by Katharina Wagner

A dream came true at Dresden's Semperoper in May 2016 when opera superstars Piotr Beczala and Anna Netrebko made their Wagner debuts as Lohengrin and Elsa, inspired to take on their new roles by Christian Thielmann, the Dresden Staatskapelle's principal conductor and one of the leading Wagner conductors of our day. Die Welt described the performance captured here as "musically one of the finest Lohengrins of all time". Contributing to the triumph are Evelyn Herlitzius's Ortrud. Tomasz Konieczny's Telramund, Georg Zeppenfeld's King Henry and the Dresden State Opera Chorus.

Christian Thielemann dirige la Orquesta del Festival Bayreuth en esta producción de la ópera de Wagner grabada en 2015. Protagonizada por Stephen Gould como Tristán y Evelyn Herlitzius como Isolda, el elenco también incluye a Georg Zeppenfeld, Iain Paterson, Raimund Nolte y Christa Mayer.

Última producción protagonizada por Patrice Chéreau, esta Elektra seguirá siendo el principal y más llamativo evento lírico de estos últimos años en Aix-en-Provence. Esta producción está dirigida por tres cantantes increíbles: la soprano alemana Evelyn Herlitzius dio un relato tremendo e inolvidable del papel principal, Waltraud Meier interpreta a una Clitemnestra humana y escalofriante y Adrianne Pieczonka es una fantástica Crisotemis. La soledad y las luchas íntimas de todos son los temas teatrales favoritos de Patrice Chéreau. Con Esa-Pekka Salonen dirigiendo la Orchestre de Paris, esta producción de Elektra se convierte en una experiencia inolvidable.

The people of the Duchy of Brabant are divided by quarrels and political infighting; also, a devious hostile power left over from the region's pagan past is seeking to subvert the prevailing monotheistic government and to return the Duchy to pagan rule. A mysterious knight, sent by God and possessing superhuman charisma and fighting ability, arrives to unite and strengthen the people, and to defend the innocent noblewoman Elsa from a false accusation of murder, but he imposes a condition: the people must follow him without knowing his identity. Elsa in particular must never ask his name, or his heritage, or his origin. The conspirators attempt to undermine her faith in her rescuer, to create doubt among the people, and to force him to leave.

This performance of the Richard Strauss opera Frau ohne Schatten, recorded live and in high definition, features vocalists like Stephen Gould, Anne Schwanewilms, Michaela Schuster, and Wolfgang Koch in the leading roles.

Oberto - live performance from Ópera de Bilbao - January 2007.