SCARLATTI Arts international

Productions

Documentaries, music films and concert and opera recordings for television – a selection. Screeners and press materials are available on request.

In production

Currently in production. Further details will be published in agreement with our partners.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold at the piano with a pencil and a score
    Photo: © Korngold Family Estate

    Documentary · approx. 52 min.

    KORNGOLD – The Sound of Hollywood Came from Vienna

    A documentary about the composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Directed by Barbara Weissenbeck

    Co-production: SCARLATTI Arts, ORF and ARTESupported by: Filmfonds Wien

  • Pamina before the Queen of the Night in her star-covered hooped gown
    Photo: © Werner Kmetitsch

    Music film · 90 min.

    The Magic Flute – Sound of Winter Salzburg

    The next film in the Sound of Winter series: a fictional music film set to Mozart’s “The Magic Flute”

    Co-production: SCARLATTI Arts, ORF/3sat and ORFSupported by: Fernsehfonds Austria and State of Salzburg

  • Two cows wearing bells face each other head to head, black-and-white photograph
    Photo: © Franz Beer

    Documentary series · 4 × 45 min.

    KLANG DER BERGE

    A four-part documentary series about sound and music in the Alps

    Co-production: SCARLATTI Arts and ORF IIISupported by: Fernsehfonds Austria, State of Salzburg, CFC and CineStyria

Selected productions

  1. 2026
    Concert and opera

    Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

    Handel’s oratorio opening the International Baroque Days 2026 – with Stefan Gottfried, Concentus Musicus Wien and Michael Schade in the abbey church of Melk.

    ORF III

  2. 2026
    Concert and opera

    Easter Sounds from Madrid

    From the Gregorian “Da pacem Domine” to Mozart’s Requiem: the ensemble BARUCCO conducted by Heinz Ferlesch at the Auditorio Nacional de Música in Madrid.

    RTVE / ORF III

  3. 2026
    Concert and opera

    The Magic Flute – Mozart Week 2026

    Rolando Villazón’s new production for the 70th anniversary of the Salzburg Mozart Week, with Roberto González-⁠Monjas conducting – recorded for television at the Haus für Mozart.

    ORF / Deutsche Grammophon

  4. 2025
    Documentary

    Memento mori – Of mourning and consolation in music

    What can music do when words fail? A film about farewell and consolation in Vienna, with baritone Rafael Fingerlos, members of the Vienna Philharmonic and the Divinerinnen ensemble.

    ORF / 3sat

  5. 2025
    Concert and opera

    Magnificat

    Father and son in dialogue: the Magnificat settings by Johann Sebastian and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach with Concentus Musicus Wien under Pablo Heras-⁠Casado, recorded in the abbey church of Melk.

    ORF III / Deutsche Grammophon

  6. 2024
    Documentary

    Baroque with Passion – Michael Schade at Melk Abbey

    Ten years as artistic director of the International Baroque Days Melk Abbey: a portrait of the tenor Michael Schade, with Abbot Georg Wilfinger, Stefan Gottfried, Christina Pluhar and other companions.

    ORF

  7. 2024
    Concert and opera

    Mass in B minor

    Bach’s Mass in B minor opening the International Baroque Days 2024 – with Stefan Gottfried, Concentus Musicus Wien, the Wiltener Sängerknaben and Michael Schade in the abbey church of Melk.

    ORF III

  8. 2023
    Music film

    Amadeus, Amadeus – Sound of Winter Salzburg

    During Advent a girl finds her way into a dream world that opens up through Mozart’s music: a Christmas film shot at the DomQuartier Salzburg, Prunkräume der Residenz, and in Salzburg’s old town.

    3sat / ORF III

  9. 2023
    Concert and opera

    The Day of Judgement

    Telemann’s oratorio opening the International Baroque Days 2023 – with Ivor Bolton, Concentus Musicus Wien, the Vienna Boys’ Choir and Michael Schade in the abbey church of Melk.

    ORF III

  10. 2022
    Concert and opera

    Dido and Aeneas

    Purcell’s opera opening the International Baroque Days 2022 – with Wallis Giunta, Michael Schade and Concentus Musicus Wien under Stefan Gottfried in the abbey church of Melk.

    ORF III / 3sat

  11. 2021
    Concert and opera

    Vespers of the Blessed Virgin

    Monteverdi’s Vespers with Pablo Heras-⁠Casado, Concentus Musicus Wien, Ensemble Aedes and Michael Schade – recorded before an audience on 21 May 2021 in the abbey church of Melk.

    ORF III

  12. 2021
    Concert and opera

    Exodus – The Men Who Shaped Hollywood

    Johannes Fleischmann, Magda Amara and Günter Haumer with music by Korngold and Zeisl – two Viennese composers in Hollywood exile, filmed in the casemates of Palais Coburg.

    Unitel

  13. 2021
    Documentary

    Moments – A Tribute to Nikolaus Harnoncourt

    Five years after the conductor’s death, friends and fellow artists meet at the Gasthaus Grünauer in Vienna to remember him – with Barbara Rett, Michael Schade, Bernarda Fink and Tobias Moretti.

    ORF III

  14. 2020
    Music film

    Sound of Winter – Hohe Tauern National Park with Michael Schade

    Schubert’s “Winterreise” with Michael Schade and Christoph Hammer, recorded at Mittersill Castle – a winter journey through the Hohe Tauern National Park, with chamber and choral music by Schubert.

    3sat / ORF III

  15. 2020
    Music film

    Michael Schade & Friends: Love can do it all

    Spring 2020, after weeks of lockdown: Michael Schade and four musical friends walk the Wachau World Heritage Trail and make music in the abbey church of Melk – English songs of the Renaissance and Baroque.

    ORF III / 3sat

  16. 2018
    Music film

    Sound of Winter Werfenweng

    Bach’s Christmas Oratorio with the Bach Consort Wien and the Bachchor Salzburg under Rubén Dubrovsky – recorded in the parish church of Werfen, filmed between Hohenwerfen Castle, the Eisriesenwelt and Werfenweng.

    ORF III

Further productions

Earlier productions in brief. Information and screeners on request. Contact

  1. 2020

    Epiphany Concert 2020 – Strauss: Scherzi musicali

    Works by Johann, Josef and Richard Strauss and Friedrich Gulda, performed by the Bläserphilharmonie Mozarteum Salzburg under Albert Schwarzmann with violinist Benjamin Schmid, recorded at the Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg.

    Concert · Commissioned production by SCARLATTI Arts for Mozarteum University Salzburg · ORF III, 6 January 2020

  2. 2018

    Joseph Haydn: The Creation

    Opening concert of the International Baroque Days Melk Abbey with Anna Lucia Richter, Michael Schade, Florian Boesch, the Bachchor Salzburg and Concentus Musicus Wien under Stefan Gottfried

    Concert · ORF, ORF III · World sales: Unitel

  3. 2018

    Sounds of the Universe

    Documentary on 40 years of Pentecost concerts at Melk Abbey – the International Baroque Days and their bond with the Benedictine abbey; script by Martin Pichl and Veronika Zimmermann

    Documentary · 40 min. · World sales: Unitel

  4. 2017

    Johann Sebastian Bach: Sound of Heaven

    Cantatas for Pentecost at the close of the International Baroque Days Melk Abbey with Michael Schade, Günther Groissböck, the Tölzer Knabenchor and Concentus Musicus Wien under Stefan Gottfried

    Concert · ORF, ORF III · World sales: Unitel

  5. 2015

    Bach to the Roots

    How dances from Latin America shaped the Baroque music of Europe – with the Bach Consort Wien under Rubén Dubrovsky, filmed at the Konzerthaus, the Hofburgkapelle and the Zacherlfabrik in Vienna

    Documentary · 90 min. · World sales: ORF-Enterprise

  6. 2014–2018

    Baroque Treasures – Musica Sacra

    Five Easter concerts by the Bach Consort Wien under Rubén Dubrovsky at St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna and Klosterneuburg Abbey: Monteverdi (2014), Hommage à Vivaldi (2015), Handel’s “Messiah” (2016), Vivaldi’s “Stabat Mater” and “Gloria” (2017) and Bach’s Mass in B minor (2018)

    Concert series · World sales: ORF-Enterprise

CD productions

Recordings with the Bach Consort Wien conducted by Rubén Dubrovsky, released on Sony Classical, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Gramola.

  • Cover of the CD “Hommage à Vivaldi” with Vivica Genaux
    Sony Classical2018

    Hommage à Vivaldi

    Vivica GenauxWiener KammerchorBach Consort WienConductor: Rubén Dubrovsky

    Released 20 July 2018

  • Cover of the CD “Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Gloria”
    Gramola2018

    Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, Gloria

    Hanna Herfurtner, Joowon Chung, Andreas SchollBachchor SalzburgBach Consort WienConductor: Rubén Dubrovsky

    Released March 2018 · Live recording

  • Cover of the CD “Handel: Messiah”
    Gramola2017

    Handel: Messiah

    Hanna Herfurtner, Gaia Petrone, Michael Schade, Christian ImmlerBachchor SalzburgBach Consort WienConductor: Rubén Dubrovsky

    Released 21 March 2017 · Live recording

  • Cover of the CD “Pace e Guerra” with Terry Wey
    Deutsche Harmonia Mundi2017

    Pace e Guerra

    Terry Wey sings Torri, Sarro, Handel, Pollarolo and Gasparini

    Terry WeyGuests: Vivica Genaux, Valer SabadusBach Consort WienConductor: Rubén Dubrovsky

    Released February 2017

  • Cover of the CD “Vidala”
    Gramola2015

    Vidala

    Argentina and Roots of European Baroque

    Francisco Brito, tenorBach Consort WienConductor: Rubén Dubrovsky

    Released October 2015