Not a fairy kingdom, but rather an unheated postwar Vienna ballroom transformed into an improvised recording studio: that’s the setting for Christof Loy‘s new production of Die Frau Ohne Schatten at Salzburg. The production is also (if not more so) notable for Christian Thielemann‘s virtuouso conducting of the Vienna Philharmonic and the hair-raising performances of the three leading ladies, as you will witness in extended video clips after the jump.

Der Kaiser: Stephen Gould
Die Kaiserin: Anne Schwanewilms
Die Amme: Michaela Schuster
Barak, der Färber: Wolfgang Koch
Sein Weib: Evelyn Herlitzius

Bühnenbild: Johannes Leiacker
Kostüme: Ursula Renzenbrink
Musikalische Leitung: Christian Thielemann
Regie: Christof Loy

Photo: Monika Rittershaus