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Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito - James Levine - Orfeo d'Or
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791-) Werner Hollweg, Carol Neblett, Tatiana Troyanos Catherine Malfitano, Ann Howells, Kurt Rydl Chor der Wiener Staatsoper Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine Orfeo d'Or (2017) C938172I 2 CDs ADD Stereo (excellent sound) Rec. live Salzburger Festpiele, August, 3 1977. [flac & cue; cover, inlays, booklet & disc scans] James Levine and the whole cast are very good in this live recording, but in my humble opinion is the extraordinary Tatiana Troyanos who steals the show here.Review"Thankfully, days are past when K 621 was dismissed as statuary and marmoreal at that. Its renaissance commenced in the mid-Seventies with the release of Mozart: La Clemenza Di Tito which is still one of the Top Ten recordings of Mozart ever made: it's stellar. Further impetus came from Festung Europa. Recorded at the Salzburg Festival on the 3rd of August 1977, here is the cast, headed by Big Jim and […]
2018-03-28 21:22:50
Strauss, R: Capriccio The singers are: Renée Fleming (Countess), Bo Skovhus (Count), Michael Schade (Flamand), Markus Eiche (Olivier), Angelika Kirchschlager (Clairon), Kurt Rydl (La Roche) With the orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach. Capriccio is the final opera by German composer Richard Strauss, subtitled “A Conversation Piece for Music”. The opera received its premiere performance in München on 28 October 1942. Clemens Krauss and Strauss wrote the German libretto. The idea of the libretto came from author Stefan Zweig in the 1930s, and Joseph Gregor further developed the idea several years later. Strauss then took on the
2017-08-02 03:11:00
[…] and she was: the voice warm, the line clean and empathic, the acting sincere and communicative. And the two Sophies were positive, for they are young and charming , with a brilliant and tasteful high range: Oriana Favaro and Marina Silva. But...we didn´t have a satisfactory Ochs, and without it the work is fatally maimed. Kurt Rydl is now too old: he was good 25 years ago, now the voice is terribly spread and unpleasant, and not even his experienced acting compensates. Julian Close (debut) was very different although equally unsatisfactory; the voice is grey , he has no lows and the acting isn´t funny; he replaced Lucas Debevec Mayer, certainly a poor choice. […]
2017-04-13 15:02:32
Mountain high, valley low
[…] adoring words any lonely lover would crave. The climax, then (slightly fudged at the Volksoper), is simply the end of her life, her last conscious instant, Schirrmacher’s voice ringing in her ears. He was very Italian (though singing in German). Not at all a bad way to go. A word on the plot for those unfamiliar with the story: Wally is the strong-willed heiress of an Alpine honcho. Her father, sung by grand old Kurt Rydl, sounding grand … and very old, has decided to secure the succession to his property by forcing his daughter to marry his steward, Gellner (baritone Morten Frank Larsen), who adores her and has excellent intentions. But he’s stout and unattractive (he wears glasses!) and he’s a meddler. The opera relates a series of misunderstandings that are taken too far by several passionate people unable to say they’re sorry. Wally refuses to marry Gellner and […]
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