Oper Auf Deutsch - Historic Opera Recordings sung in German - Box Set 15CDs

 

Label : DG

Format : Flac track

Cover : No

This collection is a real treasure trove for opera lovers and tells the astonishing story of an era when all the many municipal opera houses in the German-speaking world performed the standard repertoire from Bizet to Verdi in the local language only. Artists like Fritz Wunderlich had to relearn their roles when they performed on the international stage. Later, it was Karajan who broke with tradition and insisted that operas should be performed in their original language in his productions in Vienna, Salzburg and Milan These operatic highlights, sung in German, were all created via major studio productions of the 1960s. The casts are exceptional, not to say immodest from today’s perspective:

featuring the greatest voices of the period even in minor roles, they capture an impressive standard of vocal artistry: Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Brigitte Fassbaender, Ernst Haefliger, Irmgard Seefried, Rita Streich, Sándor Kónya, Ingeborg Hallstein, Hans Hotter, Inge Borkh, Franz Crass, Gisela Vivarelli, Martti Talvela and many, many more

Includes the first CD release of Carmen with Gisela Litz, Ernst Kozub, Franz Crass, Badische Staatskapelle and Marcel Couraud

The collection is presented with an insightful essay by Jürgen Kesting providing a wealth of contextualinformation and artistic background

CD 1

Bizet: Carmen

Rosl Schwaiger, Angela Kotthoff, Gisela Litz, Maria Graf, Ernst Kozub, Franz Crass

Badischer Staatsopernchor, Badische Staatskapelle, Marcel Couraud (1962)

CD 2

d’Albert: Tiefland

Inge Borkh, Catarina Alda, Hans Hopf, Johannes Elteste, Thomas Stewart, Hans Bruno Ernst

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, Hans Löwlein (1964)

CD 3

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana

Sandor Konya, Walter Berry, Gloria Davy, Yonako Nagano

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Orchestra der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Janos Kulka (1962)

Leoncavallo: Der Bajazzo

Walter Berry, Anny Schlemm, Sandor Konya, Donald Grobe, Helmut Winkenstern

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Radio-Symhonie-Orchestra Berlin, Janos Kulka (1962)

CD 4

Lortzing: Zar and Zimmermann

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Friedrich Lenz, Ingeborg Hallstein, Karl Christian Kohn

Bamberger Symphoniker, Hans Gierster (1966)

CD 5

Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro KV 492

Rita Streich, Walter Berry, Hanny Steffek, Maria Stader, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferdinand Leitner (1961)

CD 6

Offenbach: Hoffmanns Erzählungen

Mattiwilda Dobbs, Heidi Klug, Ruth Siewert, Ulfried Guenther, Sandor Konya, Thomas Stewart

RIAS Kammerchor, Orchestra der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Richard Kraus (1962)

CD 7

Puccini: La Boheme

Rita Streich, Pilar Lorengar, Sándor Kónya, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Horst Gunter, Klaus Bertram, Fritz Hoppe

Staatskapelle Berlin, Alberto Erede (1961)

CD 8

Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla

Rita Streich, Ernst Haefliger, Raimund Grumbach, Ivan Sardi, Kim Borg

RIAS Kammerchor, Orchestra der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Reinhard Peters (1964)

CD 9

Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin op. 24

Evelyn Lear, Brigitte Fassbaender, Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Orchestra der Bayerischen Staatsoper, Otto Gerdes (1966)

CD 10

Thomas: Mignon

Irmgard Seefried, Catherine Gayer, Ernst Haefliger

Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Keith Engen (1963)

CD 11

Verdi: Aida

Gloria Davy, Cvetka Ahlin, Hans Hotter, Sandor Konya, Paul Schöffler

Orchestra der Wiener Volksoper, Argeo Quadri (1961)

CD 12

Verdi: Die Macht des Schickals

Stefania Woytowicz, Cvetka Ahlin, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jess Thomas, Radio-Symphonie-Orchestra Berlin, Hans Löwlein / 1962

CD 13

Verdi: La Traviata

Hilde Gueden, Claudia Hellmann, Friedrich Lenz, Fritz Wunderlich, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Günter Missenhardt, Hans Bruno Ernst, Karl Christian Kohn

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bruno Bartoletti (1966)

CD 14

Verdi: Nabucco

Thomas Stewart, Sandor Konya, Martti Talvela, Liane Synek, Evelyn Lear

Orchestra der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Horst Stein (1965)

CD 15

Verdi: Rigoletto

Gisela Vivarelli, Marina Türke, Hildegard Rutgers, Walter Rausch, Ernst Kozub, Robert Lauhofer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Walter Stoll, Hanns Pick

Berliner Philharmoniker, Horst Stein (1962)

Complete tracklist: Oper Auf Deutsch