Joachim Hess
1925 - 1992Weber: Der Freischutz
Joachim Hess
Ernst Kozub, Gottlob Frick
Director Rolf Liebermann’s 1968 filmed-for-TV production of Carl Maria von Weber’s opera, with the Hamburg State Opera performing an adapted stage version. Soloists include Bernhard Minetti, Toni Blankenheim and Arlene Saunders. The conductor is Leopold Ludwig.
Weber: Der Freischütz
The Devils of Loudun
Rolf Liebermann
Cvetka Ahlin, Heinz Blankenburg
This opera revolves around the demonic collective possession suffered by the Ursuline nuns in the convent of Loudun in 1634. The story concentrates on the handsome but doomed Urbain Grandier who fights against fanaticism and evil.
The Devils of Loudun
Fidelio
Joachim Hess
Anja Silja, Richard Cassilly
In the late 1960s Rolf Liebermann, the legendary intendant of the Hamburg State Opera, had the visionary idea of presenting a number of operas in filmed versions, among the first ever done in color, to be shown on German television. This is the historic recording of a 1968 production by the Hamburg State Opera.
Fidelio
