Orff's Bavarian piece is about the love affair and eventual marriage - which is not befitting their social positions - of Duke Albrecht III and Agnes Bernauer, the beautiful daughter of a barber-surgeon from the city of Augsburg. Albrecht's father, Duke Ernst, feels that this marriage jeopardizes rightful succession and has Agnes declared a witch and drowned in the Danube River. Duke Albrecht III founded the Andechs Monastery in 1455 and is buried in the conventual church where Carl Orff is laid to rest as well. - This recent DVD edition 'Carl Orff' presents a new view of the significant 20th-century composer Carl Orff (1895-1982).Conductor: Mark Mast Stage Director: Hellmuth Matiasek Assistant director: Theo G. Kobler Stage and costumes: Thomas Pekny Lights: Georg Boeshenz Choreographer: Artemis Sacantanis Choir production: Gernot Schwickert, Mark Maststarring: Christoph Gehr (as Albrecht, Duke in Bavaria), Julia Urban (as Agnes Bernauer, Kaspar's daughter), Peter Rappenglück (as Kaspar, barber in Augsburg), Fred Maire (as Monk), Winfried Hübner and Reinhold Lampe (as Burghers of the city of Munich), Heinz Schmidtpeter (as Chancellor of Duke Ernst) ...Small World Theatre Choir Andechs Young Munich Philharmonic OrchestraPerformance: Florian-Stadl (Florian Barn), Kloster Andechs (Andechs Monastery), Orff in Andechs Festival A B.O.A. VIDEOFILMKUNST Munich production, Regie/Director: Peider A. DefillaGerman with English subtitlesDolby Digital 5.1DVD-9 / 132 min.regional code: 0 (PAL, colour)frame size: 16 : 9MV 8525 Carl Orff: Astutuli (DVD) [1]Links:------[1] http://www.wergo.de/shop/en_UK/3/show,266951.html