Hindemith : Cardillac, Paris Opera 2005 ( DVD trailer)

An overwhelming masterpiece, Cardillac was added to the repertoire of the National Opera of Paris eighty years after its composition by Paul : André Engel Die Tochter Angela Denoke Die Dame Hannah Esther Minutillo Cardillac Alan Held Der Offizier Christopher Ventris Der Kavalier Charles Workman Orchestra Choir of the Opera de Paris Conductor : Kent Nagano Cardillac is a master jeweler who cannot live without his creations, killing his clients to recuperate them and assert his authorship, and conferring the status of art upon the act of murder. Director André Engel sets his production in the 1920s, the period during which Cardillac was composed, a time of incredible creativity, and the glorious epoch of silent movies and popular novels. Engel underlines the sordid family story, in which Cardillac pays for his irrepressable pride and criminal insanity. His finely cinematic directing is supported by extremely beautiful costumes and sets. Hindemiths score is sung by an excellent