Notes: | Opera in 4 acts; libretto based on Tieck's Leben und Tod der heiligen Genoveva and Hebbel's Genoveva. Program notes and synopsis in English, German and French in container. Stage director, Martin Kus̆ej ; set design, Rolf Glittenberg; costume design, Heidi Hackl; lighting, Jürgen Hoffmann; directed for TV and video by Felix Breisach. Juliane Banse (Genoveva) ; Shawn Mathey (Golo) ; Martin Gantner (Siegfried) ; Conelia Kallisch (Margaretha) ; Alfred Muff (Drago) ; supporting soloists ; Orchestra and Chorus of the Zürich Opera House ; Nikolaus Harnoncourt, conductor. Recorded in performance 2008. DVD-9; soundtracks in Dolby digital 5.1, PCM stereo; aspect ratio 16:9. Sung in German, with subtitles in English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian.
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