Orff’s Carmina Burana: the 1975 Jean-Pierre Ponelle TV production (with English subtitles)

Carl Orff. Carmina burana. Lucia Popp, soprano; John von Kersteren, tenor; Hermann Prey, baritone; Chor des Bayerischen Rundkunks; Münchner Rundfunkorchester; Tölzner Knabenchor; Kurt Eichhorn, conductor. William Milié, choreographer. Jean-Pierre Ponelle, director. BMG Entertainment / Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen, 1975. I’m not sure this was ever released for sale commercially, nor have I ever seen it repeated on TV. There are a few small skips in the opening chorus. If anyone notices any other problems, or mistakes on my part, please tell me in the comments. (I’ll try to fix the problems, or re-upload the video, in June 2023.) Opening titles (0:00) FORTUNA IMPERATRIX MUNDI = FORTUNE, EMPRESS OF THE WORLD 1. O Fortuna = O Fortune (chorus) [SEVERAL SMALL SKIPS] (0:15) 2. Fortune plango vulnera = I lament the wounds that Fortune deals (chorus) (2:36) I. PRIMO VERE = IN SPRING 3. Veris leta facies = The joyous face of spring (chorus) (5:25) 4. Omnia S
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