Opera in 3 acts. Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal. Originally released in 1992. Compact discs (DDD). Recorded Mar.-Sept., 1989, and Oct. 1991, Grosser Saal, Konzerthaus, Vienna. Plácido Domingo (Der Kaiser) ; Julia Varady (Die Kaiserin) ; Reinhild Runkel (Die Amme) ; Albert Dohmen (Der Geisterbote) ; José van Dam (Barak) ; Hildegard Behrens (seine Frau) ; Sumi Jo (Die Stimme des Falken) ; Robert Gambill, Elzbieta Ardam, Eva Lind, Gottfried Hornik, Hans Franzen, Wilfried Gahmlich, supporting soloists ; additional assisting singers ; Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor ; Wiener Sängerknaben ; Wiener Philharmoniker ; Sir Georg Solti, conductor. Sung in German; and program notes by the conductor and Barry Millington in English with French, German and Italian translations, synopsis by the librettist in German with English, French and Italian translation, and libretto in German with English translation (170 p. : ill., ports. ; 13 cm.) in accompanying booklet; and additional program notes by Michael Kennedy and James Lock in English with French and German translations (25 p. : ports. ; 13 cm.) inserted in container.