Hildegard Rütgers 1963. Between 1963 and 1965 she performed at the Salzburg Festival, the part of "Die Vertraute" (Her confidante) in a production of "Elektra" by Richard Strauss, conducted by Herbert von Karajan, alongside Astrid Varnay in the title role, and Martha Mödl, Hildegard Hillebrecht, James King and Eberhard Waechter in leading parts. The production of Mozart's "Die Zauberflöte" at the Salzburg Festival, with Rütgers as the Third Boy, was filmed and released as a made-for-television-movie in 1964. She appeared alongside Walter Kreppel as Sarastro, Roberta Peters as the Queen of the Night, Pilar Lorengar and Waldemar Kmentt as Pamina and Tamino,
The Mozart Brothers The Mozart Brothers The Mozart Brothers () is a 1986 Swedish comedy film directed by Suzanne Osten. Osten won the award for Best Director at the 22nd Guldbagge Awards. The murder of Olof Palme, the Swedish Prime Minister, took place as Palme was walking home from the cinema after watching "The Mozart Brothers" in 1986. The film depicts an unconventional opera director, Walter (Etienne Glaser), who is directing a production of Mozart's "Don Giovanni" at the Stockholm Opera. He attempts to overthrow many of the conventions of opera; he gives certain solo numbers to the opera chorus, he involves the