Mozart Great Mass in C Minor; Ave Verum Corpus; Exsultate Jubilate

Synopsis

This performance of Mozart's Great Mass in C minor, which remained an unfinished torso, is reverent and highly dramatic. It was filmed 4-6 April 1990 in the beautiful Baroque Basilica of Waldsassen in Bavaria: a few kilometers from the Czech border. It was filmed just a few months after the Iron Curtain had fallen, a mere 6 months before Bernstein's death on 14 October 1990. His painful, labored breathing is evident during this performance. It is a sad reminder of what is to come and it makes this performance, so other-worldly in many ways, particularly poignant. Bernstein conducts the splendid Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

Main Cast

Leonard Bernstein

Conductor

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Arleen Augér

Herself

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Frank Lopardo

Himself

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Frederica von Stade

Herself

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Cornelius Hauptmann

Himself

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Humphrey Burton
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