Editorial Product Review:Description:Cast list: Felicity Lott: Marschallin Kurt Moll: Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Anne Sofie von Otter: Octavian Gottfried Hornik: Herr von Faninal Barbara Bonney: Sophie Olivera Miljakovic: Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Heinz Zednik: Valzacchi Anna Gonda: Annina Keith Ikaia-Purdy: Ein Sänger Lotte Leitner: Eine Modistin Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, conductor. Based on a stage production by Otto Schenk :After the tonality-stretching dissonance of Salome and especially Elektra, Richard Strauss moved onto a different musical path with his next opera. The epic grandeur of Der Rosenkavalier stems not ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:Cast list: Felicity Lott: Marschallin Kurt Moll: Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Anne Sofie von Otter: Octavian Gottfried Hornik: Herr von Faninal Barbara Bonney: Sophie Olivera Miljakovic: Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Heinz Zednik: Valzacchi Anna Gonda: Annina Keith Ikaia-Purdy: Ein Sänger Lotte Leitner: Eine Modistin Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, conductor. Based on a stage production by Otto Schenk :After the tonality-stretching dissonance of Salome and especially Elektra, Richard Strauss moved onto a different musical path with his next opera. The epic grandeur of Der Rosenkavalier stems not ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:Cast list: Felicity Lott: Marschallin Kurt Moll: Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Anne Sofie von Otter: Octavian Gottfried Hornik: Herr von Faninal Barbara Bonney: Sophie Olivera Miljakovic: Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Heinz Zednik: Valzacchi Anna Gonda: Annina Keith Ikaia-Purdy: Ein Sänger Lotte Leitner: Eine Modistin Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, conductor. Based on a stage production by Otto Schenk :After the tonality-stretching dissonance of Salome and especially Elektra, Richard Strauss moved onto a different musical path with his next opera. The epic grandeur of Der Rosenkavalier stems not ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:Cast list: Felicity Lott: Marschallin Kurt Moll: Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau Anne Sofie von Otter: Octavian Gottfried Hornik: Herr von Faninal Barbara Bonney: Sophie Olivera Miljakovic: Jungfer Marianne Leitmetzerin Heinz Zednik: Valzacchi Anna Gonda: Annina Keith Ikaia-Purdy: Ein Sänger Lotte Leitner: Eine Modistin Vienna State Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber, conductor. Based on a stage production by Otto Schenk :After the tonality-stretching dissonance of Salome and especially Elektra, Richard Strauss moved onto a different musical path with his next opera. The epic grandeur of Der Rosenkavalier stems not ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:Mozart's comic masterpiece is set in a Turkish palace and tells the story of the 'escape from the harem'. In Elijah Moshinsky's production, the Turkish atmosphere is created by Timothy O'Brien's set of garden and crumbling palace, strikingly complemented by Sir Sidney Nolan's colourful front and backcloths. The story tells of Belmonte, a Spanish nobleman (played by Deon van der Walt), who arrives at the palace of Pasha Selim (a speaking role taken by actor Oliver Tobias), seeking his beloved Konstanze (sung by Inga Nielsen). It is an exciting and ...
Editorial Product Review: :It's no surprise that the second opera in Wagner's epic Ring cycle, Die Walküre, is the one Deutsche Grammophon released first on DVD: it's by far the most popular of the four parts of The Ring, from the thrilling Act I love duet for its brother and sister lovers, Siegmund and Sieglinde, to the spectacular finale of the 'Magic Fire Music,' as the god Wotan puts his beloved but disobedient daughter Brünnhilde into a deep sleep (no jokes, please!), over four hours later. This 1990 Metropolitan Opera production, originally broadcast ...
Editorial Product Review:Description:Peter Konwitschny's 'Tristan und Isolde' proves to refreshingly controversial in its interpretation of the piece. In his hands, the towering Richard Wagner opera becomes an optimistic work about two people who succeed in finding love. It is an exciting approach to this endlessly fascinating opera. A production of the Bayerischen Staatsoper. 241 minutes. Tristan: Jon Fredric West King Marke: Kurt Moll Isolde: Waltraud Meier Kurwenal: Bernd Weikl Melot: Claes H. Ahnsjö Brangäne: Marjana Lipovsek Conductor: Zubin Mehta Director: Brian Large Stage and costume design: Johannes Leiacker Lighting design: Michael Bauer ...
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