Program notes in English by Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Sabine Gruber, and English libretto (23 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Recorded live, Dec. 17-21, 2004, Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria.
Hybrid disc containing both a high definition Direct Stream Digital (DSD) format, which can only be played on a Super Audio CD (SACD) player, and a standard CD version that is compatible with all CD players. The multi-channel surround program requires a multi-channel SACD player.