Film

Moses and Aaron

1h 51m

IMDb

8.0

While a number of fine recordings of Moses und Aron exist, this unique DVD of the opera makes a staging of the work accessible, with a variety of camera angle, including a judicious mixture of close-ups and longer shots of the stage. The recording is all the more remarkable for its origins in a live performance, since audience sounds are almost negligible in the DVD. It is an exemplary presentation that merits attention for conveying the opera well. With the stage details intact, and the wide-angle shots planned to make the best use of the stagecraft, the Nickler production, prepared for television by Claus Viller, is a fine example of filmed opera. The sound is quite fine and brings across the nuanced direction of Daniele Gatti, whose efforts join the ranks of other fine interpreters of this work, including Pierre Boulez and Georg Solti.

Franz Grundheber

Thomas Moser

Ildikó Raimondi

Janina Baechle

Peter Jelosits

Morten Frank Larsen

Georg Tichy

Alexandru Moisiuc

• Reto NicklerDirector

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 51m