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The flying Dutchman

GER 2007, 429 min

The legendary opera performance at the Amazon in Manaus.

Synopsis

In April 2007 Schlingensief staged Wagner’s opera in Manaus. He leaves the theatre and goes into the jungle as on the Rio Negro before going back into the Teatro Amazonas. 18 short films, he’s shooting meanwhile, will be part oft he installation TREM FANSTASMA (an opera ghost train) in São Paulo end of 2007.

Content / 2 DVDs:
- “The Flying Dutchman” (Premiere in Teatro Amazonas, Manaus, 22.04.2007, 143 min)
- Boris Groys in conversation with Christoph Schlingensief (AdK, Berlin, 05.07.2007, 64 min)
- Kathrin Krottenthaler/Video & Carl Hegemann/Dramaturgy - Interview (2010, 21 min)
- Orchestra film: "Dark Phase Parikatuba” (Manaus, 2007, 35 mm, 9 min)
- Theater films (Manaus, 2007, 3 Films: 7 min)
- Making-of the theater films in the Amazon (Manaus, 2007, 32 min)
- Christoph Schlingensief at 16 mm cutting table (Manaus, 2007, 17 min)
- "The Second Dream” (Documentary by Lennart Laberenz, 2009, 59 min)
- No comment: Raw footage by Lennart Laberenz (Manaus, 2007, 39 min)
- Director script - Excerpts
- TREM FANTASMA - Prototype of an Opera Ghost Train (2007, São Paulo, 3 Films: 12 min)
- 28-page booklet with texts and photos

Credits

Direction
Christoph Schlingensief
Conductor
Luiz Fernando Malheiro
Soloists
Gary Simpson, Stephen Bronk, Eiko Senda, Ricardo Tuttmann, Elaine Martorano, Martin Muehle
Actors
Karin Witt, Klaus Beyer, Koia Refkalefsky, Edenelza Sahdo, Bolinha Gonzaga, Michael Laages
Amazonas Filarmônica
Coral do Amazonas
Choreography
Maria Antonia Jiménez
Stage Design
Christoph Schlingensief, Tobias Buser
Costume Design
Aino Laberenz
Video
Kathrin Krottenthaler
Assistant Video
Marilia Halla
Lighting Design
Caetano Vilela
Assistant Lighting Design
Moises Vasconcellos
Dramaturgy
Matthias Pees, Carl Hegemann, Ricardo Muniz Fernandes
Conceptual Employees
Jörg van der Horst
Choreography
Adriana Almeida
Assistant Choreography
Iramaia Gongora
Stage Manager
Flávia Furtado
Korrepetitor
Franco Bueno
Documentation
Lennart Laberenz, Michael Truckenbrodt
Technical Direction
Julio Cesarini
Technical Production
Central tecnica de producao (Marcos Apolo Muniz)
Assistant Director
Anna-Sophie Mahler, Leonard Schattschneider
Produced by
Interior Produções Artísticas Internacional, Vlaanderen Produções Culturais
Production Manager
Matthias Pees, Ricardo Muniz Fernandes
Production Manager Germany
Nicole Konstantinou
Co-produced by
Goethe-Institut São Paulo
Trainee
Julian Pörksen; the students of HBK Braunschweig: Dorothea von Stilfried, Malte Struck, Tobias Dostal
Funding
Kulturstiftung des Bundes
Supported by
Haus der Kunst München, Hamburg Süd
Realization
Governo do Estado de Amazonas, Secretaria de Estado de Cultura, Associação de Amigos da Cultura, Goethe-Institut São Paulo

DVD-Details

Content
“The Flying Dutchman” (Premiere in Teatro Amazonas, Manaus, 22.04.2007, 143 min), Boris Groys in conversation with Christoph Schlingensief (AdK, Berlin, 05.07.2007, 64 min – English subtitles), Kathrin Krottenthaler/Video & Carl Hegemann/Dramaturgy - Interview (2010, 21 min), Orchestra film: "Dark Phase Parikatuba” (Manaus, 2007, 35 mm, 9 min – English subtitles), Theater films (Manaus, 2007, 3 Films: 7 min – no dialogue), Making-of the theater films in the Amazon (Manaus, 2007, 32 min – English subtitles), Christoph Schlingensief at 16 mm cutting table (Manaus, 2007, 17 min), "The Second Dream” (Documentary by Lennart Laberenz, 2009, 59 min – English subtitles), No comment: Raw footage by Lennart Laberenz (Manaus, 2007, 39 min), Director script - Excerpts, TREM FANTASMA - Prototype of an Opera Ghost Train (2007, São Paulo, 3 Films: 12 min)
Language
German
Subtitles
English
Country Code
Code-free
System
PAL / Color
Length
429 min
Aspect Ratio
16:9
Sound Format
DD 2.0
Set-Content 
Digipack (Set Content: 2), 28-page booklet with texts and photos
Release date
28.10.2016
Rating
Info-Programm gemäß §14 JuSchG