Probst, Wolfgang

Overview

Works:	38 works in 132 publications in 4 languages and 2,163 library holdings
Genres:	Operas Live sound recordings Drama Nonfiction television programs Television adaptations Film adaptations Opera television programs Televised performances Librettos Educational films
Roles:	Performer, Singer, Other, Vocalist, b=b
Classifications:	M1500, 782.1

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works by Wolfgang Probst

Intolleranza 1960 by Luigi Nono( )

21 editions published between 1995 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 535 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Intolleranza 1960: Azione scenica in due parti. Libretto: Angelo Maria Ripellino

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner( )

15 editions published between 2002 and 2007 in German and Undetermined and held by 360 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Under James Levine's thrilling direction the famous Met Orchestra is at its best in this first installment of Wagner's Ring cycle. From the dark, mysterious beginning in the depths of the Rhine River to the blazing end as the gods cross the rainbow bridge into their new home of Valhalla, this is a searing performance. James Morris is the commanding Wotan, the god who thinks he has everything under control, even as he unwittingly sows the seeds of his own destruction

Kleider machen Leute by Joseph Suder( )

15 editions published between 1986 and 1991 in German and Undetermined and held by 320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Salome by Richard Strauss( Visual )

3 editions published between 1988 and 2007 in German and held by 259 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Film version of Strauss' opera

Satyagraha by Philip Glass( Visual )

12 editions published between 1983 and 2001 in 3 languages and held by 185 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This visionary opera tells the story of how Mahatma Gandhi developed the philosophy of satyagraha, nonviolent active resistance, as a political revolutionary tool to fight oppression, connecting his lifework to three historical figures who advanced his philosophy: the celebrated Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, the great Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore and the American civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr

Der Freischütz by Carl Maria von Weber( Visual )

7 editions published between 1981 and 2006 in German and Undetermined and held by 184 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This much-loved opera is a blend of rustic humor and a dash of the supernatural

Der Ring des Nibelungen : ein Bühnenfestspiel für drei Tage und einen Vorabend by Richard Wagner( Visual )

2 editions published in 2003 in German and held by 74 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

With a contemporary feel, this unique production casts Wotan as a coolly calculating businessman, with his wife a director on the board. Recorded live at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, December 2002, directed by Joachim Schlomer

Das Rheingold : opera by Richard Wagner( Visual )

1 edition published in 2003 in German and held by 67 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Performed at the Opera of Stuttgart, The Rhinegold abandons Wagnerian mythology to the benefit of an unsettling tale in camera. "Four operas, four directors." It was as a response to this original artistic idea that Wagner's Tetralogy was produced in 1999-2000 on the stage of the Stuttgart Opera under the direction of the Austrian conductor Lothar Zagrosek and later filmed in 2002-2003. The Rhinegold (the Prologue) was entrusted to Joachim Schlömer, The Valkyries to Christof Nel, Siegfried to Jossi Wieler and Sergio Morabito, and lastly the last day of the Ring, the Twilight of the Gods to Perter Konwitschny. Joachim Schlömer, to whom the responsibility fell of opening the cycle, was trained as a dancer and choreographer in Germany where he was born. He has premiered a hundred ballets while also dedicating himself to directing performances since the nineties. Nonconformist and original this Tetralogy was a sensation. From its prologue, The Rhinegold, the audience in Stuttgart must have been captivated by this intimist and modern approach which totally abandons mythological imagery. Everyone, from Wotan to Fafner, the maids of the Rhine to Alberich and Loge, is dressed in thirties-style costumes and the scenery, a spa in the art deco style (the Rhine is the basin &, is the same during the entire work. Thus presented The Rhinegold is treated like a story in camera where the psychologically ravaged characters expend themselves in deadly rivalries. The singers, whose artistry is perfectly matched, blend perfectly into the dramaturgy, while at the rostrum Lothar Zagrosek delivers a contrasted and explosive version while retaining splendid fluidity

Alceste : Pariser Fassung von 1776 : tragische Opera in drei Akten by Christoph Willibald Gluck( Visual )

2 editions published in 2006 in French and held by 57 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Robert Wilson's production of Gluck's 1776 French opera with striking theatrical symbols, a period-instrument ensemble, and dancers

Intolleranza 1960 : Handlung in zwei Teilen nach einer Idee von Angelo Maria Ripellino by Luigi Nono( Recording )

2 editions published in 1995 in German and held by 42 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Der Ring des Nibelungen : ein Bühnenfestspiel für drei Tage und einen Vorabend( Visual )

2 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in German and held by 19 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cycle of four operas based on Germanic and Scandinavian mythology

Das Rheingold by Richard Wagner( Visual )

15 editions published between 2003 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 13 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sung in German; English subtitles available

Der Freÿschütze : Romantische Oper in drei Aufzugen by Carl Maria von Weber( Visual )

1 edition published in 2004 in German and held by 6 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story tells of Max's struggle to win Agathe in marriage. His desperation which leads him to trade with the devil in order to regain his lost marksman's skills, finds resolution when fate intervenes to prevent the fatal "free-bullet" from striking Agathe, saved by the sacred roses in her bridal coronet

Der Freischütz ; opera in three acts by Carl Maria von WEBER( Recording )

2 editions published between 1981 and 2005 in German and held by 5 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

(1) WEIKL, Bernd (baritone). (1) VOGEL, Siegfried (bass). (1) JANOWITZ, Gundula (soprano). (1) MATHIS, Edith (soprano). (1) ADAM, Theo (bass). (1) SCHREIER, Peter (tenor). (1) CRASS, Franz (bass). (1) LIEB, Gunther (baritone). (1) LEIPZIG RADIO CHORUS. (1) DRESDEN STAATSKAPELLE. (1) KLEIBER, Carlos (conductor)

Der Ring des Nibelungen : ein Bühnenfestspiel für drei Tage und einen Vorabend( Visual )

1 edition published in 2008 in German and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Der Ring des Nibelungen : ein Bühnenfestspiel für drei Tage und einen Vorabend( Visual )

2 editions published in 2014 in German and held by 4 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Cycle of four operas based on Germanic and Scandinavian mythology

Der Freischütz : opera in three acts by Carl Maria von Weber( Visual )

1 edition published in 2004 in Undetermined and held by 3 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The story of Max's struggle to win Agatha in marriage. He trades with the Devil to regain his lost marksman's skills but fate intervens to prevent Agathe from the fatal "free bullet."

Alceste tragic opera in three acts ; Paris version from 1776 by Christoph Willibald Gluck( Visual )

2 editions published in 2006 in French and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Robert Wilson's production of Gluck's 1776 French opera with striking theatrical symbols, a period-instrument ensemble, and dancers

Alceste : tragic opera in three acts by Christoph Willibald Gluck( Visual )

1 edition published in 2006 in French and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Robert Wilson's production of Gluck's 1776 French opera with striking theatrical symbols, a period-instrument ensemble, and dancers

Salome Musikdrama in einem Aufzug by Richard Strauss( )

1 edition published in 2007 in German and held by 2 WorldCat member libraries worldwide