DIE ENTFUHRUNG AUS DEM SERAIL (Salzburg 1967) (DVD)

Zubin Mehta leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in this historic live 1967 Salzburg Festival performance of Giorgio Strehler’s legendary production. Cast features Ingeborg Hallstein, Reri Grist. Luigi Alva, Fernando Corena, Gerhard Unger, and actor Michael Heltau in the speaking role of Pasha Selim. Sung in German; subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish.
Black & white, 134 minutes, 4:3, All regions

"Opera lovers rejoice! Courtesy of VAI we have these three Mozart performances from the Salzburg Festival, memorable interpretations by some of the finest singers of the time, captured in their prime… Mozart opera lovers won't want to miss these important documents."
- Robert E. Benson, Classical CD Review (http://www.classicalcdreview.com/DVDVIDEO218.html)

Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
Opera in Three Acts
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Libretto by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, with adaptations by Gottlieb Stephanie

Stage Director: Giorgio Strehler
Production Design: Luciano Damiani

Cast:
Pasha Selim - Michael Heltau
Konstanze - Ingeborg Hallstein
Blonde - Reri Grist
Belmonte - Luigi Alva
Pedrillo - Gerhard Unger
Osmin - Fernando Corena

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
Zubin Mehta, conductor

Salzburg Festival 1967