Wolfgang Brendel

Samson et Dalila (1981)

While the rest of the Hebrews bewail their fate, Samson alone trusts in God's promise of liberty. Abimelech, the Philistine satrap of Gaza, enters to mock the Hebrews' God, proclaiming the superiority of Dagon, and the Hebrews are afraid of him. But calls them to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning  •  Nicolas Joël
CAST:  Plácido Domingo  •  Shirley Verrett  •  Wolfgang Brendel  •  Kevin Langan

While the rest of the Hebrews bewail their fate, Samson alone trusts in God's promise of liberty. Abimelech, the Philistine satrap of Gaza, enters to mock the Hebrews' God, proclaiming the superiority of Dagon, and the Hebrews are afraid of him. But calls them to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kirk Browning  •  Nicolas Joël
CAST:  Plácido Domingo  •  Shirley Verrett  •  Wolfgang Brendel  •  Kevin Langan

The Magic Flute (1983)

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina. Aided by the lovelorn bird hunter Papageno and a magical flute that holds the power to change the hearts of men, young Tamino embarks on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  August Everding
CAST:  Kurt Moll  •  Edita Gruberova  •  Lucia Popp  •  Francisco Araiza

The Queen of the Night enlists a handsome prince named Tamino to rescue her beautiful kidnapped daughter, Princess Pamina. Aided by the lovelorn bird hunter Papageno and a magical flute that holds the power to change the hearts of men, young Tamino embarks on a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  August Everding
CAST:  Kurt Moll  •  Edita Gruberova  •  Lucia Popp  •  Francisco Araiza

Die Fledermaus (1986)

Performances from Pamela Coburn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Janet Perry, Eberhard Wachter, the Choir und Ballet der Bayerischen Staatsoper, and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Rosalinde, wife of Eisenstein, is having an affair with Alfred. Eisenstein is due to begin a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Schenk  •  Brian Large
CAST:  Eberhard Wächter  •  Pamela Coburn  •  Benno Kusche  •  Brigitte Fassbaender

Performances from Pamela Coburn, Brigitte Fassbaender, Janet Perry, Eberhard Wachter, the Choir und Ballet der Bayerischen Staatsoper, and the Bayerisches Staatsorchester. Rosalinde, wife of Eisenstein, is having an affair with Alfred. Eisenstein is due to begin a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Otto Schenk  •  Brian Large
CAST:  Eberhard Wächter  •  Pamela Coburn  •  Benno Kusche  •  Brigitte Fassbaender

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DIRECTION:  Brian Large  •  Götz Friedrich
CAST:  Wolfgang Brendel  •  Victor von Halem  •  David Griffith  •  Barry McDaniel

Arabella (1994)

Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last operatic collaboration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Large
CAST:  Kiri Te Kanawa  •  Wolfgang Brendel  •  Natalie Dessay  •  MET Orchestra

Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, their sixth and last operatic collaboration.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brian Large
CAST:  Kiri Te Kanawa  •  Wolfgang Brendel  •  Natalie Dessay  •  MET Orchestra

The Gypsy Baron (1975)

In the Temesvar Province, a landowner returned from exile marries a gypsy girl who is revealed to be the daughter of a Turkish Pasha and the rightful owner of a hidden treasure. Next to "Die Fledermaus", DER ZIGEUNERBARON is Johann Strauss’s most popular operetta. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Maria Rabenalt
CAST:  Siegfried Jerusalem  •  Wolfgang Brendel  •  Hans Kraemmer  •  Ivan Rebroff

In the Temesvar Province, a landowner returned from exile marries a gypsy girl who is revealed to be the daughter of a Turkish Pasha and the rightful owner of a hidden treasure. Next to "Die Fledermaus", DER ZIGEUNERBARON is Johann Strauss’s most popular operetta. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arthur Maria Rabenalt
CAST:  Siegfried Jerusalem  •  Wolfgang Brendel  •  Hans Kraemmer  •  Ivan Rebroff