This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.

Der Golem is one of the twenty-one operas penned by Eugène d’Albert. He used big sound and an eruptive musical idiom with a touch of the poetic here and there to set this action-packed tale from his late period. The score offers a rich color spectrum ranging from tender, bright, supernaturally sensuous tones to dark, deep, mystical shadings. He does without a full ensemble, and the solo setting is reduced to a minimum, in the manner of a chamber drama, while the chorus and a richly endowed orchestra form the overall musical framework. - Dabringhaus & Grimm