1987 · horror
Opera (1987)
Directed by Claus Viller, Michael Hampe, Uli Märkle3h 11m1987
Live performance from Salzburger Festspiele in 1987. Herbert von Karajan conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker and Wiener Staatsopernchor. Stage director Michael Hampe. Starring Samuel Ramey and Anna Tomowa-Sintow.
Our read: Opera (1987) (1987) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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How Opera feels to watch.
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What watching it is actually like.
“You want a grand live opera performance captured with Karajan conducting.”
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