Martina Serafin

Motivated by the love that bound him to Mathilda Wesendonck, Richard Wagner’s composition of Tristan und Isolde goes far beyond any simple operatic gesture. Peter Sellars’ production pours oil onto this troubled sea of emotions in an almost dematerialised setting bared of all earthly contingencies whilst Bill Viola presents the lovers’ initiatory quest for nirvana in videos detached from the stage, suspended like altarpieces.

Snegurochka was born in times of old in Tsar Berendey’s mythical kingdom, the fruit of the union between Spring the Beauty and Grandfather Frost. Protected by her parents from the jealousy of the Sun god Yarilo who has vowed to warm her heart when she gets older and falls in love, Snegurochka the snow maiden is entrusted to the wood sprite…Aida Garifullina sings the role of Snegurochka whilst the production and musical direction have been left in the capable hands of two other Russian artists: the young conductor Mikhail Tatarnikov and director Dmitri Tcherniakov.

In a mythical yet real Rome, from the shadows of the church of Sant’ Andrea della Valle to the terrace of Castello Sant’ Angelo, passions collide and tear all apart, mingling the erotic with the sacred, love with possession, theatre with life. Nothing is what it seems in Tosca. Live from the Opéra Bastille in Paris.

This Seefestspiele Moerbisch production of Johann Strauss Jr Gypsy Baron - Bibl, Edelmann movie. 's "Der Zigeunerbaron" (The Gypsy Baron), which, since its premiere in 1885, has only been superseded in popularity by Die Fledermaus, features a cast including Martina Serafin, Harrie Van Der Plas, Peter Edelmann and Heinz Zednik. Rudolf Bibl leads the Festival Orchestra. Gypsy Baron - Bibl, Edelmann movie was released Sep 25, 2007 by the Videoland Opera studio.

Ambientada na Romênia do século 18, a história apresenta dois amantes, Adam, um vendedor de pássaros tirolês e Christel, a agente do correio do vilarejo. Eles, com propósitos contrários, se envolvem em complicações românticas na Corte do Príncipe reinante. Depois de uma série de intrigas e mal-entendidos, tudo termina bem. A história também é um conto de pessoas de diferentes culturas e origens aprendendo a viver juntas. O vendedor de pássaros vem de uma cultura bem diferente da do escrivão. O final, em que a Corte se junta aos tiroleses na dança do Laendler e o vendedor de pássaros cumprimenta seus novos vizinhos no dialeto tirolês, representa um triunfo da integração cultural e da amizade.

Conductor Johannes Wildner leads the Philharmonic Orchestra Bratislava in a command performance of Johann Strauss's final operetta, "Wiener Blut" (Viennese Blood), at Austria's internationally recognized Mörbisch operetta festival in 1994. The production -- featuring a libretto by Victor Leon and Leo Stein -- showcases the choir of the Concert Union of the Wiener Volksoper and the Ballet of the Slovak National Theatre.