Fritz Wunderlich - Leben und Legende / Life and Legend

Fritz Wunderlich - Leben und Legende / Life and Legend

DVD9 - NTSC - 16:9 - All Regions - LPCM - German - 58 min. + 49 min. Bonus

Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish


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 – nearly an hour of previously unreleased footage along with extensive bonus material including notable performances (Die Zauberflöte, Eugene Onegin) and 15 never-before-seen interviews from the past two years

'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.

Includes interviews with Thomas Hampson, Christa Ludwig, Barbara Prey, Anneliese Rothenberger, Roland Villazón, Eva Wunderlich and others.

Bonus performances: Der Musikmeister. Die besten Sänger sind meine Schüler / Giovanni Battista Pergolesi [spurious] -- Die Zauberflöte. Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [piano acc.] -- Barcarole : op 17, no. 6 / Richard Strauss -- Die Verlobung in San Domingo : rehearsal / Werner Egk -- Eugene Onegin. Wohin seid ihr entschwunden / Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

Track Listing
Opening Credits
Pergolesi: Il Maestro di Musica - sung in german
Salzburg 1966
Die Zauberflöte, K.620 / Act 1
Kindheit in Kusel
Lieder, Op.17, No.1-6
Studienjahre in Freiburg
Die Verlobung in San Domingo
Erstes Engagement in Stuttgart
Eugene Onegin, Op.24 - sung in german
Bildnis-Arie; Heirat und Familie
Interview Barbara Prey
Erste Gastspiele im Ausland, Salzburg-Debüt
Interview Ruth Maria Pütz
Freundschaft mit Hermann Prey
Interview Peter Karger
Eugen Onegin
Interview Anneliese Rothenberger
Der Liedsänger
Interview Thomas Hampson
Wiener Staatsoper, "Der Musikmeister", "Palestrina"
Interview Rolando Villazón
Der "Pop-Sänger", Bauernhof-Idylle
Interview Joachim Kaiser
Einladung von der MET, The Last Recital
Interview Karl Löbl
Unfall und Tod
Interview Christa Ludwig
Interview Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
Interview Reinhold Kreile
Interview Rudolf Zimmermann
Interview Kurt Smula
Interview Achim Thorwald
Interview Hans Martin Hackbarth