Hans Hopf News
German operatic tenor (1916-1993)
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2018-06-09 15:01:18
The princess diaries
2016-08-02 14:42:30
Silver lies hidden in the core of dreams
Happy 79th birthday soprano Gundula Janowitz. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz3jBUmzqlQ Born on this day in 1916 tenor Hans Hopf. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8MgGZDO6I0 Born on this day in 1925 theatre and opera director John Dexter. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9jJap8t3I Born on this day in 1932 composer Marvin David Levy. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRCaPqzMYkI Happy 75th birthday soprano Hannelore Bode. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7BnFc22WBI
2016-06-06 15:51:20
Old school
A great deal of Parterre chat in recent months concerned the Met’s new Elektra in a production by Patrice Chéreau conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen. While opinions ranged from A to Z, it seems to have been a revisionist interpretation providing a cathartic experience for many. This week, I offer you a classic rendition of Richard Strauss’ tale of the House of Atreus starring Ursula Schröder-Feinen, Astrid Varnay, Leonie Rysanek, Theo Adam, and Hans Hopf under Karl Böhm’s direction. All five principal singers in this 1977 performance from the Bayerische Staatsoper were born during Strauss’ lifetime, with two (Hopf and Varnay) having launched their careers before his death in 1949. Böhm, a protégé and great friend of the composer (Strauss dedicated Daphne to him), championed his works throughout his long life and was largely responsible for rescuing his lesser-known operas from obscurity, especially Die Frau ohne Schatten. Elektra was a Böhm […]
2015-09-27 04:00:00
Man Explained - Wagner's Ring
[…] Norma Sharp Staatskapelle Dresden Marek Janowski RCA BMG 82876 55709-2 (1982) - Courtesy of MIMIC Member Cecco Richard Wagner Götterdämmerung René Kollo, Hans Günter Nöcker, Matti Salminen, Siegmund Nimsgern, Jeannine Altmeyer, Norma Sharp, Ortrun Wenkel, Anne Gjevang, Daphne Evangelatos, Ruth Falcon, Lucia Popp, Uta Priew, Hanna Schwarz Staatsopernchor & Staatskapelle Dresden Marek Janowski RCA BMG 82876 55709-2 (1982) - Courtesy of MIMIC Member Cecco Richard Wagner Das Rheingold Robert Hale, Florian Cerny, Josef Hopferwieser, Robert Tear, Ekkehard Wlaschiha, Helmut Pampuch, Jan-Hendrik Rootering, Kurt Moll, Marjana Lipovšek, Nancy Gustafson, Hanna Schwarz, Julie Kaufmann, Angela Maria Blasi, Birgit Calm Bayerische Staatsorchester Wolfgang Sawallisch EMI 72731 2 (1989) Richard Wagner Die Walküre Robert Schunk, Kurt Moll, Robert Hale, Julia Varady, Hildegard Behrens, Marjana Lipovšek, Andrea Trauboth, Marianne Seibel, Cornelia Wulkopf, Anne Pellekoorne, Nancy Gustafson, Christel Borchers, Birgit Calm, Gudrun Wewezow Bayerische Staatsorchester Wolfgang Sawallisch EMI 72731 2 (1989) Richard Wagner Siegfried […]
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