RUED LANGGAARD
Antikrist
Sten Byriel, bass
Anne Margrethe Dahl, soprano
Poul Elming, tenor
Helene Gjerris, soprano
Johnny van Hal, tenor
Jon Ketilsson, tenor
John Lundgren, barytone
Camilla Nylund, soprano
Susanne Resmark, mezzo soprano
Morten Suurballe

Rued Langgaard, composer

Danish National Choir / DR
Danish National Symphony Orchestra / DR
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor

About
A religious mystery opera. A magnificent doomsday vision. A full length nightmare.
Dacapo' Records´ very first opera DVD features Rued Langgaard's powerful vision of the coming of Antikrist in the spectacular co-production with the Royal Danish Opera and the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR) from 2002. No punches are pulled as the composer's breathtaking revelation unfolds with its intriguing allegorical characters and its powerful statement about the moral decay of modern society

Bonus material
Langgaard and Antichrist - the rocky road from idea to world premiere (Film, 20 min)
Commentary track by conductor Thomas Dausgaard and stage director Staffan Valdemar Holm

Subtitles
English, French, German, Spanish, Danish

Format
NTSC
Dolby digital stereo and surround sound

Running time
App. 95 minutes

Reviews
DISCS OF THE YEAR 2006
Svenska Dagbladet

DVD OF THE YEAR
International Internet Award 2005

A splendid issue!
DVD OF THE MONTH
(The Gramophone - Read full review)

Langgard's Antikrist is fabulous - a genuine, undiscovered, eccentric masterpiece.
(10/10 Classics Today)

RECORDING OF THE MONTH
Music and vision

Antikrist receives an outstanding performance with fully committed singers ... This production reveals Antikrist as a formidable modern opera which deserves to be widely known.
(La Scena Musicale, Canada)

Interpreted with total commitment by the Danish National Symphony Orchestra under Thomas Dausgaard ... Antikrist is a powerful work, gripping equally to hear and watch.
(Music and Vision - Read full review and watch samples)

Höchstes Lob verdient das Dänische Nationalorchester unter dem Dirigenten Thomas Dausgaard, das die klangliche Apokalypse wie den endlichen Sieg des Lichts sehr intensiv vermittelt.
(Klassik Heute)

En opera om det største i livet ... Stor, uendelig, senromantisk musik. Og meget udansk
musik. Heldigvis.
(* * * * * Berlingske Tidende).

Glimrende og engagerede sangere og brillant og
dynamisk engageret orkesterspil.
(Politiken)

Det fås simpelthen ikke bedre
(Information)

Denne DVD er en begivenhed.
(Jyllands-Posten)

En bemærkelsesværdig indspilning ... Såvel sangere som DR Radiosymfoniorkesteret og Thomas Dausgaard og DR Radiokoret folder sig ud på linie med musikkens dramatiske holdning.
(Kristeligt Dagblad)

En märkligt fängslande upplevelse.
(Svenska Dagbladet)

Opsætningen er i al sin enkelthed fascinerende.
(* * * * * Flensborg Avis).

Best of all though is the orchestral contribution, suberply delivered under Thomas Dausgaard´s strong direction...
(Nordic Sounds).

Alt er på plads her, et mageløst flot orkesterarbejde, der eksponerer en rigdom af musikalsk energi og farveprægtig senromantisk instrumentation...
(***** Pladescenen).

Raum, Choreographie, Licht und Klang bilden bei dieser Produktion eine bewundernswerte Einheit...Faszinierend!
(***** Nondis, Das Nordeuropa - Magazin).

Inutile d'en rajouter: tout cela est fort réjouissant à découvrir!
(10/10 Classics Today France) - Read full review)

Fantastisk iscensättning i inspirerande miljö med ibland udda kameraföring. Langgaard är en riktigt stor tonsättare och Dausgaard vet att förvalta arvet. Finns även på cd/sacd, men bör ses. Glöm inte symfonierna.
(Svenska Dagbladet)
Credits
Stage director: Staffan Valdemar Holm
Set and costume designer: Bente Lykke Møller
Lighting designer: Linus Fellbom
Artistic directors: Kasper Bech Holten (The Royal Danish Opera) and Per Erik Veng (DNSO / DR)

Co-production by The Royal Danish Theatre and The Danish Broadcasting Corporation

Recorded at Ridehuset, Copenhagen, on 29, 31 August and 2 September 2002
Recording producer: Preben Iwan
Sound engineers: Jan Oldrup and Jørn Damgaard Jacobsen
Editing engineers: Morten Mogensen and Jørn Damgaard Jacobsen

Audio format: Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS Digital Surround

Production manager, DNSO/ DR: Gordon Alsing
Video production by Cubus Film & TV
Director: Uffe Borgwardt
Executive producer: Peter Borgwardt
Commentary track hosted by Esben Tange
Sound engineer: Jørn Bramming

Bonus material: Langgaard and Antichrist:
Director: Bendt Viinholt Nielsen
Voice over: Jørgen Hansen
Editing: Uffe Borgwardt
Graphic design: www.elevator-design.dk

Mastered by SDC Studios Denmark
Publisher: Edition Samfundet

Dacapo Records acknowledge, with gratitude, the financial support of Langgaard-Fonden, Beckett-Fonden, Gangstedfonden, Etatsraad Georg Bestle og Hustrus Mindelegat and Dronning Margrethe og Prins Henriks Fond

Bikubenfonden is exclusive sponsor for The Royal Danish Theatre in connection with the production of Antikrist

This DVD has been produced in cooperation with The Royal Danish Theatre, The Danish Broadcasting Corporation and Cubus Film and TV