Andre Tchaikowsky: The Merchant of Venice (Blu-ray)

Composer Andre Tchaikowsky first made his mark in Great Britain as a concert pianist. Despite his immense success, Tchaikowsky's real passion was for composition. 'The Merchant of Venice', after William Shakespeare's play of that name, was to remain his only opera.

The score is intricate and dark, with moments of both brutality and lyricism, not to mention flashes of acerbic wit. It defies attribution to any one definite style of 20th-century compostion, intelligently drawing on Benjamin Britten, Igor Stravinsky and Claude Debussy.

The tried and trusted team behind Keith Warner and an elite cast make the posthumous premiere at this year's Bregenz Festival 'a restitution to remember' (London Telegraph).

Picture Format: 1080i Full HD 16:9
Sound Format: PCM Stereo DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Region Code: 0
Recorded: live from the Bregenz Festival 2013
Subtitles: Polish English German French
Booklet notes: English German

1. The Merchant of Venice (Oper in 3 Akten) (Gesamtaufnahme)
2. In sooth, I know not why I am so sad (1. Akt)
3. Antonio! Bassanio!
4. Well, tell me what lady is this
5. Three thousand ducats, well
6. Rest you fair, good Signor Antonio
7. Why, look you, how you storm!
8. Our house is Hell
9. I will be true, I will be bold!
10. Call you?
11. Come, friends, we must make haste
12. Signor Antonio! Fie, gratiano
13. Jessica? Jessica?
14. I cannot choose, I cannot choose (2. Akt)
15. What, more sport already?
16. Behold the caskets, noble prince
17. Hark, oh Nerissa
18. With mirth and laughter
19. I pray you, tarry
20. Tell me where is fancy bred?
21. You, who choose not by the view
22. My Lord and Lady, it is now our time
23. But look!
24. Sweet Bassanio
25. It will go hard with poor Antonio
26. Thou calld'st me dog (3. Akt)
27. Let him alone!
28. The Duke! Here comes the Duke
29. What! Woudst thou have a serpent sting thee twice?
30. My Lord, here stands without a young doctor of law
31. Give me your hand
32. Is he not able to discharge the money?
33. You, merchant, have you anything to say?
34. We trifle time
35. Tarry a little
36. Here is the money
37. Antonio, thou art free
38. Interlude
39. The moon shines bright (Epilogue)
40. How shweet the moonlight
41. That light we see is burning in my hall
42. You are welcome home my Lord
43. Nay, by yond moon I swear
44. I once did lend my body for his wealth
45. I am dumb
46. Applaus
47. Abspann