Weber: Der Freischütz 1968

Director Rolf Liebermann’s 1968 filmed-for-TV production of Carl Maria von Weber’s opera, with the Hamburg State Opera performing an adapted stage version. Soloists include Bernhard Minetti, Toni Blankenheim and Arlene Saunders. The conductor is Leopold Ludwig.

Von Reinhardt bis Karajan - 50 Jahre Salzburger Festspiele 1970

Letter to Peter, on Saint François d'Assise by Olivier Messiaen 1992

In 1992, Olivier Messiaen's epic opera "Saint François d'Assise" was brought to the Salzburg Festival in a staging by Peter Sellars. The distinct visual appearance that Sellars lent to the opera, where video monitors with powerful images are used as a sort of high-tech metaphor for a cathedral's stained glass, drew critical acclaim and is still talked about as a watershed moment in opera to this day. This film here is a 75-minute documentary on the 1992 staging. Jean-Pierre Gorin filmed Sellars, baritone José van Dam (St. Francis) soprano Dawn Upshaw (The Angel), and the LA Philharmonic and conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen as they rehearsed for the big day. There are interviews with these artists, though Sellars gets most of the screen time. The documentary is very much about Sellars' vision for Messiaen's theatrical drama. Very little is said about Messiaen's music.

Henners Traum 2009 ( 7)

Dubai, the Easter Island - and now Hofgeismar in Northern Hesse, Germany. This is an "absolute Lighthouse project", says architect Tom Krause. No, he roars it. "This will be a sensation for all of Europe." Around 420 million are to be invested. Five luxury hotels, 600 villas and apartments, several golf courses, an artificial lake landscape of 34 hectares, as well as a trotting course and an Polo field. And not to forget: 1000 jobs. Mayor Henner Sattler (CDU) is the engine of the whole. An extraordinary city head. He is emotional, gripping to, sympathetic and open. What can possibly go wrong?

Salzburg Marionette Theatre: Così fan tutti 1995

Così fan tutte, comic opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart that premiered in Vienna on January 26, 1790. It is the last of his three operas with librettist Lorenzo da Ponte, the first two being The Marriage of Figaro (1786) and Don Giovanni (1787). Presented by the Salzburg Marionette Theatre with narration by Sir Peter Ustinov.

Bad Coffee 2002

The shocking true story of young barista girls struggling to fend off deranged, unholy, fluid squirting, even monstrous creatures from the unknown.... CUSTOMERS. Watch in horror as the unwitting coffee slaves are hit on again, and again, with only their bad attitudes and an umbrella to protect them....