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Austrian opera singer (1887-1980)
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2024-03-29
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2024-03-27 08:09:00
Revisiting Staatsoper Berlin’s Ring cycle proved a thrilling experience: Dmitri Tcherniakov's production returns to Unter den Linden with conductor Philippe Jordan
[…] the Occult section. And, of course, to trick Alberich out of his 'stolen treasure', Wotan goads the poisonous dwarf to morph into a dragon and then a toad by utilising the magical properties of the Tarnhelm. But in Tcherniakov infinite wisdom there's no dragon or toad whatsoever, just the idea of these so-called creatures swimming about in Alberich's confused and mindless head. The scene, in fact, was not too dissimilar to that portrayed in Valentin Schwarz' production now in its third year at Bayreuth. However, I think it fared better here. It ended calamitously, of course, with Alberich quietly removed to the research centre by a couple of white-coated male lab staff while cursing the ground he stood on and cursing his own stupidity. The cast of this production just grew and grew upon one with Wotan's long-suffering but loyal wife, Fricka, gracefully portrayed by Claudia Manke, delivering a […]
2024-03-25 04:00:00
Eine Liederreise: Von Gellert zu Beethoven (Gotthold Schwarz, Michael Schönheit)
Gellert Songs & Odes by:Carl Phiipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788)Knut Lambo (1714-1783)Johann Friedrich Doles (1715-1797)Johann Adam Hiller (1728-1804)Johannes Schmidlein (1722-1772)Justin Heinrich Knecht (1752-1817)Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)Gotthold Schwarz, Baritone; Michael Schönheit, Fortepiano(Period Instruments) Carus[Flac & Scans]
2024-02-19 16:02:25
Alban Berg, Part III, 2024
[…] Pandora's Box. He was much taken by the plays, and some quarter century later, following the success of his first opera, Wozzeck, decided to write another one, based on Wedekind’s plays. The storyline of the plays is convoluted: Lulu, an impoverished girl, is saved by a rich publisher, Dr. Schön, from life on the streets. Schön brings her up and makes her his lover. Later, he marries Lulu off to one Dr. Goll. The painter Schwarz gets involved; Lulu seduces him, and poor Dr. Goll dies of a heart attack upon learning of Lulu’s betrayal. Lulu marries painter Schwarz while remaining Dr. Schön’s mistress. Dr. Schön tells Schwarz about Lulu’s past; overwhelmed, Schwarz kills himself. Eventually, Lulu marries Dr. Schön but is unfaithful to him, sleeping with Schön’s son Alwa and other men and women. Once Schön discovers her affairs, he gives Lulu a gun to kill herself - but […]
2024-01-25 14:00:55
Just call me ‘Engel’
Chris’s Cache previews Lise Davidsen‘s concert with six sopranos singing the five Wesendonck Lieder , plus a tenor interloper (Jonas Kaufmann, of course), and a mezzo (Hanna Schwarz )
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