Whereas Karajan acted as conductor, stage director and producer at the time, in 2017 the opera was created by a team, the conductor
Christian Thielemann in collaboration with stage director
Vera Nemirova and stage designer . Writer and director
Hannes M. Schalle produced the documentary with his production company Moonlake Entertainment and joined with
ORF/
3sat to tell the story of both productions, set on one of the world's largest opera stages in the
Großes Festspielhaus of the
Salzburg Festival. The film, narrated by
Senta Berger, was shot on locations in
Salzburg,
Anif, the Großes Festspielhaus, the
Mozarteum and at the
Semperoper in Dresden. The making of the film was a collaboration of Hannes M. Schalle together with the
Eliette and Herbert von Karajan Institute, the
Salzburg Easter Festival, Unitel,
Deutsche Grammophon,
Sony Music and ORF/3sat. The documentary was released on DVD and digital on 21 July 2017 by
Sony Music Entertainment. ==Content==