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2020-01-23 16:32:00
[…] scamming.Schwanda der Dudelsackpfeifer is still in the repertoire and gets done fairly frequently. There was a good production at the Semperoper, Dresden in 2016 (Please read more about that HERE). Weinberg was a close associate of Max Reger, which is why he's an adopted Dresden favourite. There are also several good reecordings. I like the 1948 conducted by Winfried Zillig in Frankfurt in 1948. Performance wise it's more rough and ready than the later Hans Wallberg, though Wallberg has a glamour cast of big name stars - Lucia Popp, Siegfried Jerusalem, Hermann Prey etc. But the livelier approach of Zillig seems to suit the work better. This isn't necessarily a vehicle for elegant operatic display, it's too earthy and too pointedly pungent. I love this opera so much. A few years back I had one of those endless nightmares where you go round in circles but can't escape. Suddenly, Schwanda […]
2017-03-16 14:39:01
L’or pur de mes cheveux
On this day in 1894 Massenet’s Thaïs premiered in Paris. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTDeuWc8Iww Born on this day in 1923 conductor Heinz Wallberg. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuiCQvdMXzI Born on this day in 1925 bass Paolo Montarsolo. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkClE8M6E8E Happy 89th birthday mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QI8Kj1t40 Happy 83rd birthday conductor Roger Norrington. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKjf9jNySGQ Happy 82nd birthday mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV5Vl9IAV4M
2016-03-16 15:56:43
Coming up roses
On this day in 1894 Massenet’s Thaïs premiered in Paris. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9HqXbCGfjE Born on this day in 1923 conductor Heinz Wallberg. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuiCQvdMXzI Born on this day in 1925 bass Paolo Montarsolo. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkClE8M6E8E Happy 88th birthday mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QI8Kj1t40 Happy 82nd birthday conductor Roger Norrington. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=KKjf9jNySGQ Happy 81st birthday mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV5Vl9IAV4M
2015-03-16 18:21:48
Una vendetta in domino
On this day in 1792 King Gustav III of Sweden was shot by Count Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNvnIf6bK4s Born on this day in 1923 conductor Heinz Wallberg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuiCQvdMXzI Born on this day in 1925 bass Paolo Montarsolo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkClE8M6E8E Happy 87th birthday mezzo-soprano Christa Ludwig http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7QI8Kj1t40 Happy 81st birthday conductor Roger Norrington http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIHIBNyQIVw Happy 80th birthday mezzo-soprano Teresa Berganza http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV5Vl9IAV4M
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