Cult Opera of the 1970's (11 discs, Arthaus) ROLF LIEBERMANN Hamburg State Opera

Description: CULT OPERA OF THE 1970’SWhen Opera went technicolorArtistic Direction Rolf LiebermannHamburg State Opera This set contains TV productions of ten operas mounted by the Hamburg State Opera during the regime of the very creative artistic director Rolf Liebermann (1910-1999). During his tenure as General Manager from 1959 to 1973, he transformed the Hamburg State Opera into a centre of contemporary music theatre. Liebermann commissioned 24 new operas, including The Devils by Krzysztof Penderecki, Der Prinz von Homburg by Hans Werner Henze, and Help, Help, the Globolinks! by Gian Carlo Menotti. WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)Le nozze di Figaro, K 492[performed in German]Die Hochzeit des FigaroConte Almaviva - Tom Krause baritoneContessa Almaviva - Arlene Saunders sopranoFigaro - Heinz Blankenburg baritoneSusanna - Edith Mathis sopranoCherubino - Elisabeth Steiner mezzo-sopranoMarcellina - Maria von Ilosvay altoBartolo - Noel Mangin bassBarbarina - Natalie Usselmann sopranoBasilio - Kurt Marchner tenorCurzio - Jürgen FörsterAntonio - Karl (Carl) OttoHans Schmidt-Isserstedt, conductorHamburg State Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of the Hamburg State Opera ChorusHistorical Studio Production Recording : 1967 Die Zauberflöte, K 620Tamino - Nicolai Gedda tenorPapageno - William Workman baritoneKönigin der Nacht - Cristina Deutekom sopranoSprecher - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau baritonePamina - Edith Mathis sopranoSarastro - Hans Sotin bassPapagena - Carole Malone sopranoMonostatos – Franz Grundheber baritone1er Geharnischter - Helmut Melchert tenor2er Geharnischter - Kurt Moll bassHorst Stein, conductorHamburg State Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of the Hamburg State Opera Chorus Historical Studio Production Recording : 1971 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)Fidelio, Op. 72Leonore - Anja Silja sopranoFlorestan - Richard Cassilly tenorPizarro - Theo Adam bassRocco - Ernst Wiemann bassMarzelline - Lucia Popp sopranoJaquino - Erwin Wohlfahrt tenorFernando - Hans Sotin bassErster Gefangene - Kurt Marschner tenorZweiter Gefangene - William Workman baritoneLeopold Ludwig, conductorHamburg State Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of the Hamburg State Opera Chorus Historical Studio Production Recording : 1968 CARL MARIA VON WEBER (1786-1826)Der Freischütz, J 277Max - Ernst Kozub tenorAgathe - Arlene Saunders sopranoKaspar - Gottlob Frick bassOttokar - Tom Krause baritoneKuno - Toni Blankenheim baritoneKilian - Franz Grundheber baritoneHermit - Hans Sotin bassZamiel - Bernard Minetti Ännchen - Edith Mathis sopranoLeopold Ludwig, conductorHamburg State Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of the Hamburg State Opera ChorusHistorical Studio Production Recording : 1968 ALBERT LORTZING (1801-1851)Zar und ZimmermannPeter the Great, Tsar of Russia - Raymond Wolansky baritonePeter Ivanov, young Russian carpenter - Peter Haage tenorVan Bett, burgomaster of Saardam - Hans Sotin bassMarie, niece of van Bett - Lucia Popp sopranoAdmiral Lefort, Russian ambassador - Herbert Fliether bassLord Syndham, English ambassador - Noël Mangin bassMarquis de Chateauneuf, French ambassador - Horst Wilhelm tenorWidow Browe, master carpenter - Ursula Boese mezzo sopranoOfficer - Franz Grundheber baritoneSir Charles Mackerras, conductorHamburg State Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of the Hamburg State Opera ChorusHistorical Studio Production Recording : 1969 JACQUES OFFENBACH (1819–1880)Orphée aux enfers[performed in German]Orpheus in der UnterweltPluton-Aristée - William Workman baritoneEuridice - Elisabeth Steiner mezzo-sopranoJupiter - Toni Blankenheim baritoneL'Opinion Publique - Lieselotte Pulver voiceOrphée - Kurt Marschner tenorJunon - Inge Meysel voiceJohn Styx - Theo Lingen voiceMinerve - Cvetka AhlinMars - Franz Grundheber baritoneDiane - Regina MarheinekeVénus - Ursula KoszutMarek Janowski, conductorHamburg State Philharmonic OrchestraHistorical Studio Production Recording : 1971 RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)Die Meistersinger von NürnbergHans Sachs - Giorgio Tozzi bassVeit Pogner - Ernst Wiemann bassSixtus Beckmesser - Toni Blankenheim baritoneFritz Kothner - Hans Otto Kloose baritoneWalther von Stolzing - Richard Cassilly tenorDavid - Gerhard Unger tenorEva - Arlene Saunders sopranoMagdalena - Ursula Böse mezzo-sopranoNachtwächter - Vladimir RudzjakKunz Vogelgesang - Willy HartmannKonrad Nachtigall - William Workman baritoneUlrich Eisslinger - Wilfried PlateBalthasar Zorn - Kurt Marschner tenorAugustin Moser - Jürgen FörsterHermann Ortel - Franz Grundheber baritoneHans Schwarz - Carl SchultzHans Foltz - Karl (Carl) OttoLeopold Ludwigs, conductorHamburg State Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of the Hamburg State Opera ChorusHistorical Studio Production Recording : 1970 ALBAN BERG (1885-1935)Wozzeck, Op. 7 by Alban Berg Wozzeck - Toni Blankenheim baritoneTambourmajor - Richard Cassilly tenorAndres - Peter Haage tenorHauptmann - Gerhard Unger tenorDoktor - Hans Sotin bass1.Handwerkbursch - Kurt Moll bass2.Handwerkbursch - Franz Grundheber baritoneNarr - Kurt Marschner tenorMarie - Sena Jurinac sopranoMargaret - Elisabeth Steiner mezzo-sopranoBruno Maderna, conductorHamburg State Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of the Hamburg State Opera ChorusHistorical Studio Production Recording : 1970 GIAN CARLO MENOTTI (1911-2007)Help, Help, the Globolinks![performed in German]Hilfe, Hilfe, die Globolinks!Emily, 14 years old - Edith Mathis sopranoMadame Euterpova, the music teacher - Arlene Saunders sopranoDr. Stone, dean of St. Paul's School - Raymond Wolansky baritoneTony, the bus driver - William Workman baritoneTimothy, caretaker of the school - Kurt Marschner tenorMiss Penelope Newkirk, the mathematics teacher - Ursula Boese mezzo-sopranoMr. Lavander-Gas, the literature professor - Franz Grundheber baritoneDr. Turtlespit, the science professor - Noël Mangin bassMatthias Kuntzsch, conductorHamburg Philharmonic OrchestraNorth German Radio Children's Chorus Historical Studio Production Recording : 1969 KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (1933-2020)The Devils of Loudun[performed in German]Die Teufel von LoudonJeanne - Tatiana Troyanos mezzo-sopranoUrbain Grandier - Andrzej Hiolski baritoneFather Barré - Bernard Ladysz bassFather Rangier - Hans Sotin bassJean D'armagnac - Karl-Heinz Gerdesmann voiceGuilleaume De Cerisay - Rolf Mamero voiceAdam - Kurt Marschner tenorMannoury - Heinz Blankenburg baritoneMarek Janowsksi, conductorHamburg State Philharmonic OrchestraChorus of the Hamburg State Opera ChorusHistorical Studio Production Recording : 1969

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