After Work Hour Vol 8 - Smetana, Verdi, Mozart

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Album Summary

Performers

• Anton Ridder (Voice)
• Hilde Gueden
• Theo Adam (Bass)
• Elisabeth Breul (Soprano)
• Lisa Casa (Voice)
• Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
• Hermann Prey
• Harald Neukirch (Tenor)
• Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger (Soprano)

Conductors

• Fricke, Heinz
• Hanell, Robert
• Kleinert, Rolf
• Neuhaus, Rudolf
• Patane, Giuseppe
• Suitner, Otmar
• Winkler, Johannes

Ensembles

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• Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus
• Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra
• Dresden Staatskapelle

Composers

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
• Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924)
• Gaetano Donizetti (1797 - 1848)
• Bedrich Smetana (1824 - 1884)
• Otto Nicolai (1810 - 1849)
• Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949)
• Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901)
• Richard Wagner (Classical) (1813 - 1883)
• Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868)

Notes & Reviews:

This latest release in the series is aimed towards the opera fan, with arias and orchestral selections from the greatest masterpieces. There are a lot of famous names performing, so this will be of more than casual interest. In fact, this would make a good sampler for those taking an interest in opera for the first time.

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Works Details

Smetana, Bedrich : Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93 :: 100

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle
• Running Time: 6 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1863-1870

Verdi, Giuseppe : Rigoletto :: La donna e mobile

• Performer: Anton Ridder (Voice)
• Conductor: Robert Hanell
• Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1851

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Deh vieni, non tardar

• Performer: Hilde Gueden
• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Nicolai, Otto : Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor :: O süáer Mond

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus
• Notes: Composition written: 1849.
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1849

Wagner, Richard : Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg :: Wie duftet doch der Flieder

• Performer: Theo Adam (Bass)
• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra
• Running Time: 6 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1862-1867

Puccini, Giacomo : Turandot :: Signore ascolta

• Performer: Elisabeth Breul (Soprano)
• Conductor: Rolf Kleinert
• Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1926.
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1926

Strauss, Richard : Der Rosenkavalier :: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren

• Performers: Lisa Casa (Voice); Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano)
• Conductor: Rudolf Neuhaus
• Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle
• Running Time: 11 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1909-1910

Wagner, Richard : Lohengrin :: Treulich geführt

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra
• Running Time: 4 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1848

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 :: Non piu andrai

• Performer: Hermann Prey
• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Written: 1786

Rossini, Gioachino : Il barbiere di Siviglia :: Overture

• Conductor: Otmar Suitner
• Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra
• Running Time: 7 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1816

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384 :: Im Mohrenland gefang

• Performer: Harald Neukirch (Tenor)
• Conductor: Heinz Fricke
• Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
• Notes: Composition written: 1782.
• Running Time: 2 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Classical
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1782

Donizetti, Gaetano : Lucia di Lammermoor :: Il dolce suono

• Performer: Venceslava Hruba-Freiberger (Soprano)
• Conductor: Johannes Winkler
• Running Time: 16 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1835

Verdi, Giuseppe : Aida, opera :: Heil dir, Ägypten, Isis Heil

• Conductor: Giuseppe Patanè
• Notes: Composition written: 1871.
• Running Time: 7 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1871