Fritz Wunderlich - Leben und Legende / Life and Legend

Fritz Wunderlich - Leben und Legende / Life and Legend
DVD9 | NTSC | 16:9 | All Regions | LPCM 2 ch. | German | 58 min. + 49 min. Bonus | ~ 6GB
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish
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The first full-length DVD documentary on the illustrious tenor Fritz Wunderlich.

In close cooperation with the Wunderlich family, Deutsche Grammophon has produced the first-ever full-length documentary on Fritz Wunderlich. This DVD is an unprecedented tribute featuring previously unreleased interviews, performance excerpts, and private films from the Wunderlich family archives.

Forty years after his tragic death on September 17, 1966, Wunderlich's family, friends and colleagues speak openly about the legendary tenor's life and legacy. The programme includes nearly an hour of previously unreleased footage along with extensive bonus material including notable performances (Die Zauberflote, Eugene Onegin) and 15 never-before-seen interviews from the last two years.

This documentary spans the entirety of Wunderlich's life, from his childhood in Kusel to his accidental death just weeks before his scheduled Met debut. It shows the performer during his student years in Freiburg, his early engagements at the Stuttgart Opera, and his private stays on the farm of Wimmerhof during the Salzburg Festival.

This is Wunderlich as he has not been seen before. It is a moving story told through his eyes with footage from his own camera and through the voices of those who knew him best.

'Fritz Wunderlich is one of those singers whom I've never felt were historical. In his recordings he sounds so much of the present, so much of today that it's as though he were still among us.' Rolando Villazon.

Track Listing
1. Opening Credits
1. Pergolesi: Il Maestro di Musica - sung in german
1. Wunderlich Discography (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
2. Salzburg 1966 (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
2. Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1
2. La Traviata Trailer
3. Kindheit in Kusel (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
3. Lieder, Op.17, No.1-6
3. Catalogue Slideshow
4. Studienjahre in Freiburg (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
4. Die Verlobung in San Domingo
5. Erstes Engagement in Stuttgart (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
5. Eugene Onegin, Op.24 - sung in german
6. Bildnis-Arie; Heirat und Familie (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
6. Interview Barbara Prey (about Fritz Wunderlich)
7. Erste Gastspiele im Ausland, Salzburg-Debüt (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
7. Interview Ruth Maria Pütz (about Fritz Wunderlich)
8. Freundschaft mit Hermann Prey (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
8. Interview Peter Karger (about Fritz Wunderlich)
9. Eugen Onegin (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
9. Interview Anneliese Rothenberger (about Fritz Wunderlich)
10. Der Liedsänger (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
10. Interview Thomas Hampson (about Fritz Wunderlich)
11. Wiener Staatsoper, "Der Musikmeister", "Palestrina" (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
11. Interview Rolando Villazón (about Fritz Wunderlich)
12. Der "Pop-Sänger", Bauernhof-Idylle (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
12. Interview Joachim Kaiser (about Fritz Wunderlich)
13. Einladung von der MET, The Last Recital (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
13. Interview Karl Löbl (about Fritz Wunderlich)
14. Unfall und Tod (Wunderlich - Leben und Legende)
14. Interview Christa Ludwig (about Fritz Wunderlich)
15. Interview Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (about Fritz Wunderlich)
16. Interview Reinhold Kreile (about Fritz Wunderlich)
17. Interview Rudolf Zimmermann (about Fritz Wunderlich)
18. Interview Kurt Smula (about Fritz Wunderlich)
19. Interview Achim Thorwald (about Fritz Wunderlich)
20. Interview Hans Martin Hackbarth (about Fritz Wunderlich)

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