Fall, Leo

Leo Fall: The Rose of Stambul / Kimberly McCord, Alison Kelly, Erich Buchholz, Geral Frantzen, Robert Morrissey

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Leo Fall: Die Rose von Stambul, operetta in 3 acts
Performers: Benham, Aaron; Bockel, Sarah; Buchholz, Erich; Buck, Michelle; Casady, Eric; Frantzen, Gerald; Guerra, Chris; Hill, Nicole; Kelly, Alison [Violin]; McCord, Kimberly; Morrissey, Robert; Pixely, Khaki;...
Conductors: Frantzen, John
Ensemble: Chicago Folks Opertta

Leo Fall's early career mirrored that of his famous contemporary Franz Lehár. Both were born in provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and soon moved to...continue...
Recording information: Percy Julian Auditorium, Oak Park, Illinois, USA (08/08/2011)....continue...

The Heartfelt Voice - Heinz Hoppe, tenor [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-09-25

Works: Werner Bochmann: Heimat, deine Sterne, song for voice & piano; Abends in der Taverne, song; Robert Stolz: Vor meinem Vaterhaus steht eine Linde; Karl Blume: Grün ist die Heide, song (from the fi...
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Bartos, Rita; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hansen, Max; Hofmann, Willi; Hoppe, Heinz; Langel, Willy [Vocals]; Litz, Gisela; Owen, Chloe; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schlemm, Anny;...
Conductors: Becht, Erich; Stolz, Robert; Marszalek, Franz; Stephan, Wilhelm; Schandert, Manfred; Muller-Lampertz, Richard; Cremer, Curt; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Burkhardt, Paul; Erede, Alberto; Martin, Wolfgang...

Heinz Hoppe was been the incarnation of the "olk singer": that rare species of singer possessing the necessary vocal qualities to pursue a career in...continue...

The Song of the Nightingale - Coloratura operetta arias / Ingeborg Hallstein, coloratura soprano [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Franz Grothe: Lied der Nachtigall ("Zauberlied der Nacht"), for voice & piano; Napoleon ist an allem Schuld; Carl Zeller: Ich bin die Christel von der Post, song (from Der Vogelhändler); Eduard ...
Performers: Bader, Hans-Dieter; Clarin, Hans; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hoppe, Heinz; Kieling, Wolfgang; Rubin, Peter
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Bernet, Dietfried; Ebert, Wolfgang; Geese, Heinz; Hoffman, Ernest

Ingeborg Hallstein was one of the outstanding coloratura sopranos in the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Munich on May 23, 1936, Ingeborg...continue...

Leo Fall: The Dollar Princess / Iwanow, Niendorf, Jacoby, Lippert [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-03-27

Works: Leo Fall: Die Dollarprinzessin, operetta
Performers: Behrens, Stefan; Iwanow, Tatjana; Jacoby, Gabriele; Lemnitz, Regina; Lippert, Gerhart; Niendorf, Horst; van Bergen, Ingrid
Conductors: Grund, Bert
Ensemble: Graunke Symphony Orchestra

Leo Fall's works are among the best of the second generation of the Vienna operetta. "Dollar Princess", written in 1908, is one of his most...continue...
Run Time: 87 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Favourite Melodies / René Kollo, tenor [4 CDs]

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Hans May: Heut' ist der schönste Tag in meinem Leben; Peter Paul Kreuder: Immer und Ewig; Alois Melichar: In mir klingt ein Lied, song (after Chopin's Etude in E major, Op. 10/3); Franz Grothe: ...
Performers: Fine, Wendy; Holliday, Melanie; Juten, Grit van; Kollo, Rene [Tenor Vocal]; Liljeberg, Ingrit; Putz, Ruth-Margaret; Schachtner, Heinz
Conductors: Geese, Heinz; Ventura, Antony; Klinkhammer, Stefan; Wallat, Hans; Piesker, Rüdiger; Cremer, Curt; Ebert, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Members of the Berlin Symphony Orchestra (Members)

The Unforgotten Voice / Hermann Prey, baritone

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Oscar Straus: Die Musik kommt; Ein Walzertraum; Victor Hollaender: Die Kirschen in Nachbars Garten, for voice & orchestra; Hoffmann: Pinocchios Lied, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Conradin Kreutz...
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Behrend, Siegfried; Engel, Karl; Heinemann, Herbert; Holm, Richard; Koth, Erika; Malzer, Martin; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Raucheisen, Michael; Rothenberger, ...
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth; Geese, Heinz; Fricke, Heinz; Walter, Fried; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gruber, Arthur; Mälzer, Martin; Schick, Tristan
Ensemble: ; Members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (Memb

Leo Fall: Der Fidele Bauer, operetta in 2 acts / Bergmann, Maszl, Suhrada

2 CD / CPO / 2011-08-30

Works: Leo Fall: Der fidele Bauer, operetta
Conductors: Praxmarer, Vinzenz
Ensemble: Lehar Festival Choir; Lehar Festival Orchestra

Successful operettas from the past, practically never included in the performance programs of normal theaters today, but today, one is being rescued from oblivion in...continue...
Recording information: Festspielsaal Bad Ischl (08/23/2010-08/25/2010)....continue...

The Great Premiere

2 CD / Red/membran / 2010-10-25

Works: Franz Lehár: Giuditta; Das Land des Lächcelns; Schön ist die Welt; Friederike; Paganini; Der Zarewitsch; The Merry Widow; Ralph Benatzky: Im weissen Rössl; Die Drei Musketiere; ...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Arno, Siegfried; Barsony, Rosy; Bohnen, Michael; Denes, Oskar; Eggerth, Marta; Girardi, Alexander; Grundgens, Gustaf; Hansen, Max; Hildebrand, Hilde; Jaray, Hans; Lemnitz, Tiana; Lenya,...
Conductors: Lehár, Franz; Schönbaumsfeld, Franz; Weber, Marek; ; Schmalstich, Clemens; Hauke, Ernst; Kunneke, Eduard; Schindler, Hans; Abraham, Paul; Mackeben, Theo; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Nick, Dr....
Ensemble: ; Paul Jazz Symphoniker Godwin

Icon: Fritz Wunderlich - A Poet among Tenors

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Heinrich Finck: O schönes Weib; Heinrich Isaac: Mein Freud allein, song for 4 voices; Adam Krieger: Amanda, darf man dich wohl küssen?, song for voice & ensemble; Johann Sebastian Bach: Was...
Performers: Baumgartner, Georg; Cordes, Marcel; Engen, Keith; Frick, Gottlob; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hildebrand, Helga; Kastner, Gerhard; Kupper, Annelies; Lorengar, Pilar; Mathis, Edith; Muszely, Melitta; Naumann,...
Conductors: Forster, Karl; Müller-Kray, Hans; Klobucar, Berislav; Rothe, Ernst; Heger, Robert; Walter, Fried; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Michalski, Carl; Moltkau, Hans; Zanotelli, Hans; Stein, Horst; Kempe, Ru...

Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich was born into a musical family - his father was a choir director, his mother a violinist. As a young...continue...

Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Georg; Bickenbach, Christfried; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Slatkin, Leonard; Krips, Josef; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Tennstedt, Klaus; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philha...

Icon - Richard Tauber

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: Joseph; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Georges B...
Performers: Besl, Karl; Brown, Nancy; Kahn, Percy; Lane, Evelyn; Lehmann, Lotte; Lynne, Carole; Merrem-Nikisch, Grete; Novotná, Jarmila; Rethberg, Elisabeth; Schwarz, Vera; Spoliansky, Mischa; Stägem...
Conductors: Goehr, Walter; Geehl, Henry Ernest; Hauke, Ernst; Besl, Karl; Weigert, Hermann; Gurlitt, Manfred; Szell, George; Walter, Gustav; Weissmann, Frieder; Korngold, Erich Wolfgang; Lehár, Franz; Sch&#...

Festival of the Primadonnas

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2009-06-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach: ...
Performers: Anders, Peter; Barabas, Sari; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; Gedda, Nicolai; Groh, Herbert Ernst; Grummer, Elisabeth; Koth, Erika; Kupper, Annelies; Losch, Liselotte; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rudolf, Max; Böhm, Karl; Prohaska, Felix; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Santini, Gabriele; Erede, Alberto; Weigert, Herman; Karajan, Herbert von; Krips, Josef; Lehmann, Fritz; Reiner, Fri...

Verstummte Stimmen

4 CD / Membran / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Ab...
Performers: Alpar, Gitta; Anday, Rosette; Berg, Johannes; Hussa, Maria; Jager, Robert [Piano]; Janssen, Herbert; Jokl, Fritzi; Kalter, Sabine; Kipnis, Alexander; Lehmann, Lotte; Massary, Fritzi; Metzger, Ottilie...
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Moralt, Rudolf; Paumgartner, Bernhard; Prüwer, Julius; Goehr, Walter; Hauke, Ernst; Weissmann, Frieder; Günther, Felix; Dobrindt, Otto; Meyrowitz, ...

2008 four CD set. Verstummte Stimmen (Voices Falling Silent) is an exposition in Germany in honor of the artists from the opera and concert houses...continue...

Operetta & Lieder / Max Lichtegg

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2007-03-20

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène; Vert-Vert, comic opera in 3 acts; Franz von Suppé: Boccaccio, operetta; Johann Strauss II: Das Spitzentuch der Königin; Eine Nacht in Vened...
Performers: Lichtegg, Max; Solti, Sir Georg
Conductors: Reinshagen, Victor

An Operetta Potpourri / Uwe Theimer

1 CD / Camerata / 2003-12-01

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; The Merry Widow; Leo Fall: Madame Pompadour; Imre Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza; Die Csárdásfü...
Conductors: Theimer, Uwe
Ensemble: Vienna Ball Orchestra

The Very Best of Fritz Wunderlich

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620;...
Performers: Lorengar, Pilar; Mathis, Edith; Schmidt, Liselotte; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Zanotelli, Hans; Stein, Horst; Klobucar, Berislav; Müller-Kray, Hans; Konwitschny, Franz; Heger, Robert; Kempe, Rudolf; Walter, Fried; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Moltkau, Hans; Michalski, Carl; Eis...
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; FFB Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra

Opera Encores / Butterfield, Polegato, Bradshaw, et al

1 CD / CBC Records / 2000-08-15

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Mignon; Benjamin Godard: Jocelyn, Op 100; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Wilhelm Kienzl: Der Ev...
Performers: Butterfield, Benjamin; Polegato, Brett
Conductors: Bradshaw, Richard

CBC Records has always been a great supporter of Canada's brightest young singers. That tradition continues in this new release of the first solo operatic...continue...

Fritz Wunderlich - Historical Recordings 1954-1965 / Smola

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2000-05-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Franz Lehár: Allein, wieder allein, song (from Der Zarewitsch) (a.k.a. "Wolgalied"); Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert, for voice & piano (or o...
Performers: Wunderlich, Fritz

There can be little doubt that the recorded legacy of the late Fritz Wunderlich ranks among the treasures of the human voice on record. Departing...continue...

Hilde Güden Sings - Lehar, Strauss, Korngold, etc

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-07-01

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Gräfin Maritza; Robert Stolz: Mein Liebeslied muá ein Walzer sein (My Love-Song Must Be a Waltz) (insertion aria for the operetta; Der Favorit, operetta; Franz ...
Performers: Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Stolz, Robert; Krips, Josef; Stein, Horst

Helge Rosvaenge und die leichte Muse 1927-1937

2 CD / Preiser / 1996-09-24

Works: Johann Strauss II: Der Zigeunerbaron; Franz Lehár: Da geh' ich zu Maxim, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from "Die lustige Witwe"); The Merry Widow; Lippen schweigen (Lips Stay Silent) (from "...
Performers: Claus, Lillie; Rosvaenge, Helge
Conductors: Melichar, Alois; Schweiger, Hans
Ensemble: Orchestra

Pure Domingo

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1996-01-01

Works: Harold Arlen: The Wizard of Oz, film score; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Federico Moreno Torroba: La maravilla; Maurice Jarre: Doctor Zhivago, film score; Fra...
Performers: Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene; Rudel, Julius; Moreno-Buendia, Manuel; Bartoletti, Bruno; Levine, James; Muti, Riccardo

Fritzi Massary - Operatic Arias

1 CD / Preiser /

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Anonymous: Die Königin; Frau von Format; Leo Fall: Madame Pompadour
Performers: Massary, Fritzi