Opéra et Troisième Reich (2007)

About the relations which connected the opera and the Third Reich from 1933 to 1944. If there was one thing that surpassed the theatre and the cinema in the eyes of the Nazis, it was opera. In Germany, it was considered to be the best way to reveal German qualities. Blending hearts and spirits was indispensable for the powers at the time. It is about this liaison which united the world of opera and criminal politics that we ask questions. How did a totalitarian régime, the Nazi régime, for over ten years, from 1933 to 1944, find at its disposal, so many musicians, composers, singers, orchestral conductors, decorators, directors, and manage to use them ? The 3rd Reich wanted to fascinate by setting itself up like an opera, bursting the limits of the stage and invading life with its fatal fascination.