In the winter of 1965–66 Herbert von Karajan made a series of documentary films with the distinguished French director Henri-Georges Clouzot (1907–1977). Using a combination of rehearsal sequences, interviews and specially filmed complete performances, Karajan hoped to reveal for the first time the inner workings of the very different worlds of rehearsal and performance. Shot in black-and-white, Clouzot’s preferred medium, the series was entitled Die Kunst des Dirigierens (The Art of the Conductor).
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