Diana Damrau and Angelika Kirchschlager star in theacclaimed 2008 production of Humperdinck's famous fairytaleopera, in the company of two of Britain's most reveredmusical figures: Thomas Allen, playing the role of the Father,and the legendary conductor Colin Davis. Directors PatriceCaurier and Moshe Leiser combine their characteristic witand a dash of deliciously dark comedy with the opera'sfairytale charm. Humperdinck s music mixes catchy folk-likesongs with sumptuous instrumental colour, making the resultas tunefully approachable, musically memorable and visuallydelightful as opera gets. Filmed in High Definition andrecorded in full Surround Sound.
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