W.A. Mozart - Die Entföhrung aus Dem Serail DVD 1997 / From the Salzburg Festival / Christine Schäfer, Paul Groves, Akram Tillawi, Franz Hawlata, Andreas Conrad / Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg / Choir of the Vienna State Opera / Cond. Marc Minkowski

UPC 014381931228

REGION 1 NTSC DVD

Audio:  German 2.0, German 5.1

Subtitles: English

Runtime: 159 minutes

English Summary:

The celebrated three-act opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart comes to life in this dynamic performance at the world-famous Salzburg Festival. Director Francois Abou Salem brings a modern Middle Eastern sensibility to this journey into Arabian and Muslim culture, filtering the comic tale of abduction for today's audiences. Soprano Christine Schafer portrays Constanze, a woman whose heart is torn between her fiance, Belmonte (Paul Groves), and her new master, Pasha Selim (Akram Tillawi). A sensual and resoundingly modern experience, this new interpretation casts new light on a classic musical work and infuses it with aching human emotion.

Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
Opera in Three Acts
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

• Actors: Christine Schäfer, Malin Hartelius, Paul Groves, Andreas Conrad, Franz Hawlata
• Directors: Alexandre Tarta
• Writers: Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, Dietland Antretter, Gottlieb Stephanie Jr.
• Format: Anamorphic, Classical, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, NTSC