Zimmermann: Die Soldaten

Fantastic new "Die Soldaten" video from the 2012 Salzburg Festival
Die Soldaten (The Soldiers) 122 minutes
Recorded live at the Salzburger Festspiele, August 2012
Wiener Philharmoniker, Ingo Metzmacher conductor
Alvis Hermanis, stage director and set designer
Marie -- Laura Aikin
Stolzius -- Tomasz Konieczny
Desportes -- Daniel Brenna

This is a fantastic video of the recent live performance of Zimmerman's "Die Soldaten" in Salzburg. I've been listening to it for years, and now I have finally seen it as well! Incredibly, the music is performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker (Vienna Philharmonic), led by Ingo Metzmacher. The singing and acting are excellent. The principals are all compelling -- Laura Aikin is vulnerable and sympathetic as Marie, Tomacz Konieczny is convincing as the hapless Stolzius, and Daniel Brenna is thoroughly despicable as Baron Desportes, who ruins Marie. The huge cast of soldiers is appropriately and realistically menacing.

Alvis Hermanis's staging is quite dramatic and...

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After I have seen a DVD I write my reaction to the DVD and place it in the box with the DVD. Here's this one:
Jim's comments on 'Die Soldaten. I got notice about a newly written and performed opera. It was the rave of the 2010 Salzburg Music Festival – Zimmermann's 'Die Soldaten'. I bought it. If the literature had