Siegmund Nimsgern
Actor
Movies5
MovieDramaMusicA troubled marksman, desperate to secure love and status, turns to forbidden magic in a rural community ruled by superstition and ritual. This stark television adaptation strips Weber’s Romantic opera of spectacle, recasting it as a bleak folk-horror parable about fear, failure, and the cost of choosing certainty over conscience.
Der Freischütz
1988
Movie6.9DramaMusicSeeking to exorcise the failure of his current love affair, the poet Hoffmann tells the tales of his three past loves - the doll-like Olympia, the high-class courtesan Giulietta, and the ambitious but delicate Antonia - and recalls how each was thwarted by the evil influence of his rival. In this production by the distinguished film director, John Schlesinger, with spectacular designs by Maria Bjornson and William Dudley, Offenbach's nightmare world is brought to life. The all-star cast is headed by Placido Domingo as Hoffmann: his three loves are Ileana Cotrubas, Anges Baltsa and Luciana Serra and the manifestations of his rival are sung by Geraint Evans, Robert Lloyd, Siegmund Nimsgern and Nicola Ghiuselev. The score, which includes such favourites as the "Barcarolle" and the "Doll's Song", is conducted by Georges Pretre.
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
1981 · 5 votes
MovieDocumentaryReveals the life and current (1978) muses of Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan.
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Opera written by inmates of a Nazi concentration camp in 1943 before their murder in Auschwitz.
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A groundbreaking production of Verdi's masterpiece and its first video recording. Recorded live in Florence in 1977.
Nabucco
1977