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The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2015-07-31 18:57:17
Midsummer Martha Delights
[…] light concerts, and this wonderful, uplifting production is perfect for a warm summer evening. Tickets, $40-$60 for all performances, are available online here Further Background The original German-language version, stretching to four acts, premiered in Vienna’s Hof-Operntheater (next to the Kärntnerthor) in 1847. It was adapted from a popular French ballet-pantomime by J. H. Vernoy de Saint-Georges entitled Lady Henriette, or the Servant Girl of Greenwich (1844) with a new text by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese. Composer Friedrich von Flotow had written the music for one act of Saint-Georges’ ballet, and created both the full score and the orchestration for the 1847 opera. Stephanie Kacoyanis as Julia, Jason Budd as Plunkett, Eric Barry as Lyonel, Joanna Mongiardo as Martha The premiere was lauded by dignitaries including the Austrian Emperor Ferdinand (1793-1875), and Johann Strauss, Sr. adapted many of the most famous tunes into his Martha-Quadrille, op. 215. Strauss’s […]
The Boston Musical Intelligencer
2015-07-17 23:26:53
Flotow’s Finest Inked for BMO’s 10th Season
Satisfying the needs of the opera-starved public over the summer doldrums, Boston Midsummer Opera (BMO) is staging Martha, a charming and musically gorgeous romcom of surprising depth, at BU’s Tsai Performance Center, July 29, 31, and August 2. The opera contains two of the more famous arias in the repertoire, sparkling ensembles, not to mention the luminously tender “Goodnight” Quartet. The Wikipedia entry informs us that Friedrich von Flotow’s Martha or The Market at Richmond is in four acts and set to a German libretto by Riese, based on a story by Vernoy de Saint-Georges. Flotow had composed the first act of a ballet, performed by the Paris Opera Ballet in 1844; the time available for further composition was short, so the second and third acts were assigned to Burgmüller and Deldevez. The opera Martha is an adaptation of this ballet; despite its German and Austrian origins, it is “French in […]
2012-10-02 18:02:28
[…] Macbeth of Mtsensk with sensational success. After three years he was appointed general music director by the joint opera company of the cities of Krefeld and Mönchengladbach, conducting opera and symphony concerts. He was also fully engaged in an innovative programme of music for young people.In his opening seasons, his conducting of new productions of La Traviata, Tannhäuser, Werther, La Bohème, Der Freischütz, Death in Venice and the German premiere of Friedrich Cerha's opera Der Riese vom Steinfeld met with acclaim, while on the concert platform his readings in particular of Beethoven, Mahler, Strauss and Stravinsky earned rave reviews.As a guest conductor, he appeared in Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Rome and throughout Germany and England. Graham felt that his greatest moment was commissioning and bringing to fruition an opera by Stefan Heucke called The Women's Orchestra at Auschwitz, about an orchestra that was formed for the Nazis' entertainment and was conducted […]
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