Cardillac

Cardillac

89 mins | Music | Dec. 1, 1985

Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts this acclaimed staging of Paul Hindemith's ambitious opera of the goldsmith Cardillac, whom fortune seems to favor and then abandon, featuring Donald McIntyre and Maria de Francesca-Cavazza in the starring roles. Filmed in 1985 at the Bavarian State Opera and directed by the legendary Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, the production captures every nuance of Hindemith's powerful tale of love, suspicion and betrayal. Opera Performance, recorded at 16-25 September 1985 at the National Theater in Munich.

Cardillac

89 mins | Music | Dec. 1, 1985

Cardillac
Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts this acclaimed staging of Paul Hindemith's ambitious opera of the goldsmith Cardillac, whom fortune seems to favor and then abandon, featuring Donald McIntyre and Maria de Francesca-Cavazza in the starring roles. Filmed in 1985 at the Bavarian State Opera and directed by the legendary Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, the production captures every nuance of Hindemith's powerful tale of love, suspicion and betrayal. Opera Performance, recorded at 16-25 September 1985 at the National Theater in Munich.
Producers
Original title Wolfgang Sawallisch: Hindemith: Cardillac
Directors Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, Brian Large
Writers Ferdinand Lion, E. T. A. Hoffmann

Cast

Donald McIntyre

as Der Goldschmied Cardillac

Robert Schunk

as Der Offizier

Hans Günter Nöcker

as Der Goldhändler

Josef Hopferwieser

as Der Kavalier

Doris Soffel

as Die Dame

Karl Helm

as Der Führer der Prévôté