Distributor: C Major Entertainment / Unitel
Lenght: 109 min. 52 sec.
16:9 shot in Digital Video 25P / stereo & 5.1 surround sound
© 2006, a production of Unitel, and BFMI in co-production with
Classica, in cooperation with the Salzburg Festival
Bastien und Bastienne
Singspiel in one act K. 50 resp. 46b (1768)
Libretto: Friedrich Wilhelm Weiskern, Johann H. F. Müller and Johann Andreas Schachtner
Der Schauspieldirektor
Comedy with music in one act K. 486 (1786)
Libretto: Johann Gottlieb Stephanie d.J.
Entrusting the two operas to the world-famous Salzburg Marionette Theatre for the Mozart 22 cycle was perfectly natural, especially since "Bastien und Bastienne" was the very first work staged by this theatre at its inaugural performance in 1913. Nevertheless, Thomas Reichert, responsible for the stage direction, sets and costumes, hit upon a truly brilliant idea: instead of performing one piece after the other, he combined "Bastien und Bastienne" and "Der Schauspieldirektor" in a way that captures the world of the Singspiel in Mozart’s day.
Here the impressario is still holding auditions, but now he’s casting the Singspiel "Bastien und Bastienne". Finding a Bastien is easy, but two potential Bastiennes sing their arias so well that the impresario can’t decide. He makes a run-through of "Bastien und Bastienne", after which the women continue to argue about who should get the role. The clever impressario hopes to squirm his way out by hiring both, one as the A-cast and one as the B-cast. But this only provokes a new quarrel about who will sing at the premiere...
| Conductor Stage director Video director |
Michael Hofstetter Joachim Schlömer Stefan Aglassinger |
Frank Buff / Colas Monsieur Vogelsang / Bastien Mlle Silberklang / Bastienne 1 Mme Herz / Bastienne 2 |
Alfred Kleinherz Radu Cojocariu Bernhard Berchtold Evmorfia Metaxaki Aleksandra Zamojska |
Junge Philharmonie Salzburg
Recording dates: 30.07.| 04.08.| 06.08.2006
Venue: Salzburg Marionette Theatre
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