Carl Nielsen - Saul and David (1986) with English subtitles

Wonderful! Thank you so much for posting this.

Thank you for sharing this. I long for the day that this opera might be performed at Lyric Opera Chicago...(probably unlikely, but one can always hope)... :-)

Thanks. I have been looking for this performance for years!

Saw a student performance in London about 40 years ago and have wanted to see it again ever since. nice to see young Stig Froh Andersen .

Thank for your efforts in up-loading this video. I did not know it existed; great music from a great composer. I am amiss to wonder why a Danish recording company hasn't released an up-to-date version of this opera on DVD. Thanks again.

Glorious piece, gloriously played and sung. It's the natural (even raw) and lyrical Nielsen of the first three symphonies who really lets rip here. The choruses are phenomenal and there is a grandeur which owes nothing to Wagner. Masterpiece. (Oh, and thanks for uploading this, of course!)

Thank you, Paul Greif, for uploading this, What an opera this is! Act II is overwhelming. I have loved Carl Nielsen my whole life, but I continue to be amazed by his range and depth.

thank you!!

I remember having listened to this opera by Carl Nielsen, when it was being broadcasted on Danish television back in 1986.
Such a delight to finally see this performance once again!

Libretto: Arne Einar Christiansen
Saul: Leif Roar
David: Kjell Magnus Sandve
Mikael: Eva Johansson
Jonathan: Christian Christiansen
Også medvirkende: Stig Fogh Andersen, Jørgen Klint og Minna Nyhus.

Thank you so much. This is just a wonderful opera, great libretto & music, such a good cast, such good singing. I had heard it on record before, but this was so much more striking and well-done. The love duet early on just gives me
shivers.The Saul, David, Jonathon, Mikal, Samuel were all great.

Beautiful performance. So glad to see this video.

Herlig opera !

Interesting opera. Very unique. Mr. Klint who sings Samuel has a phenomenal bass voice. Sounds like he trained in Russia as he has that Russian base voice on the tradition of Boris Christoff (and yes I know Christoff was Bulgarian). I noticed in the second act some music elements sounded very Mussorgsky.

No conocía a Nielsen pero me gusto sobremanera esta interpretación de la relación entre David y Saúl; éste en decadencia aquel en ascenso; muy bien musicalizado e interpretado