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Thu Mar 13, 2008 8:02 pm Post subject:
"Durch die Walder, durch die Auen"
(Max's Aria)
"Der Freischütz"
Carl Maria von Weber
Rudolf Schock
1967
Rudolf Schock (4.9.1915 to 13.10.1986): Schock was not only a fine tenor, he was something of a superstar of his day. He was also an actor who appeared in a number of films and also on TV and Radio. He had a wide repertoire which varied from operetta to Wagner. He first came to the fore after WWII with a beautiful and unique tenor voice almost italianate in sound. He sang widely throughout Germany and aborad and he was immensely popular.
Unfortunately, as Haino mentions a few posts down, this has been removed and I can not find a replacement with Rudolf Schock. _________________ Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.
-- Felix Mendelssohn
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bpewien
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Sat Mar 15, 2008 9:06 pm Post subject:
Usually I'd put this to the choral thread, but since it's an overture for an opera... _________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
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madman
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Sun Mar 23, 2008 1:29 am Post subject:
some unorthodox stuff, not exactly opera but still...
Pavarotti with James Brown. I think the contrast between both voices really puts Pavarotti's power in perspective.
weaponlordzero
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Sun Mar 23, 2008 10:27 pm Post subject:
That's awesome madman!!! James had the soul and Pavarotti added a whole different flavor to the song. I really enjoyed that. _________________ Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.
-- Felix Mendelssohn
bpewien
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Thu May 22, 2008 7:56 pm Post subject:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Salome - Dance of the 7 Veils
Theresa Stratas as Salome performs the Dance of the 7 Veils for King Herod.
This film version of the great Strauss-opera was produced in the 70ies with Karl Böhm conducting the Vienna Philarmonic Orchestra.
This is a purely orchestral piece within the opera, nevertheless it's a very challenging task for the singer to dance. It happens very rarely that a good singer is a good dancer as well.
Stratas does it wonderful in this film. There are many other quite convincing versions of it on youtube, but I'm not sure if they are "family-site-proof"...
_________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
bpewien
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 6:57 am Post subject:
Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957)
Die tote Stadt - Mariettas Song "Glück, das mir verblieb"
Renee Fleming in a wonderful concert performance of the beautiful Song from Korngold's opera "Die tote Stadt", recorded 2006 live in Moscow.
_________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
bpewien
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Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject:
I'm glad you like it, Haino. It's not as easy as it may look to find the really good vids on youtube. _________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
weaponlordzero
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Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:00 am Post subject:
She really makes that look effortless... Truly an amazing singer. Good find! _________________ Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.
-- Felix Mendelssohn
bpewien
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Sat Nov 29, 2008 8:17 am Post subject:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
"Dalla sua pace" from Don Giovanni
Francisco Araiza sings Don Ottavios Aria,
recorded in LA SCALA DA MILANO, conducted by Riccardo Muti.
Alternate Version, sung by Gosta Winbergh, conducted by Herbert von Karajan.
_________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
weaponlordzero
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Sat Nov 29, 2008 11:44 pm Post subject:
Very nice bp!! Can't get enough of Don Giovanni here lol
<------ 200 By the way _________________ Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God.
-- Felix Mendelssohn
bpewien
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Wed Dec 17, 2008 9:35 pm Post subject:
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
TOSCA
"Va, Tosca" - end of the 1st act, also known as "Scarpia's Te Deum".
This is from a 1992 production in which Tosca was performed in the exact places of the libretto, in something close to real time. The orchestra was a few miles away.
Conductor: Zubin Metha
Ruggero Raimondi as Scarpia
_________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
bpewien
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Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:18 am Post subject:
Here's another version of the "Te Deum" from Tosca, also sung by Ruggero Raimondi, recorded in La Scalla in 1997.
_________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
bpewien
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Sat Mar 14, 2009 8:10 pm Post subject:
Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
Der Rosenkavalier
Overture,
Carlos Kleiber, conducting the Bavarian Statesochestra in Munich, 1979
And another version conducted by Carlos Kleiber, this time a recording from 1994 in the Vienna States Opera, performed by the Vienna States Opera Orchestra (whose members all are also musicians of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra)
_________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
bpewien
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Thu May 28, 2009 1:37 am Post subject:
Alban Berg (1885-1935)
LULU
Alban Berg's "LULU" -extremely progressive for the 1930's- an opera with endless murders, sex and the first lesbian depicted on stage not to mention the first video installation in an opera (Interlude Act II)!!!!
This Zurich Opera House production presents only the two acts of the opera completed by Berg at the time of his death (1935). Although nowdays Certha's authoritative completion of the 3rd act is usually performed.
As per convention, the incomplete version uses film in the last act, remarkably well done too. Something unbelievably haunting hangs in the air with the music and film as presented here. It becomes almost nightmarish.
Zurich Opera House
conducted by Franz Welser-Möst
Staged by Sven Eric Bechtolf
Because the staging performance might not be completely suitable for minors, I'll just post the links!
SYNOPSIS
Prologue
A circus ringmaster introduces the various animals in his menagerie. The last is Lulu herself, who is carried on stage and introduced as a snake.
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ACT 1
Scene 1
Lulu, the wife of Dr. Goll, an elderly doctor, is having her portrait painted. Dr. Schön, a newspaper editor who rescued Lulu from the gutter and with whom she is now having an affair, is also present. Presently, his son Alwa arrives, excuses himself, and he and Dr. Schön leave. The Painter makes heavy passes at Lulu. Dr. Goll unexpectly walks in, and finding Lulu alone with the Painter, promptly collapses and dies of a heart attack.
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Scene 2
Lulu has now married the Painter. She receives a telegram announcing Dr. Schön's engagement, which seems to trouble her. She is visited by Schigolch, a tramp who seems to have featured in her past in some unspecified way. Dr. Schön arrives, referring to Schigolch as Lulu's father. He has come to ask Lulu to stay out of his life from now on. She is unmoved by his request and leaves after her husband, the Painter, arrives. Dr. Schön tells the Painter about their affair, and insists he confront his wife about it. The Painter leaves, ostensibly to confront Lulu, but instead, he slits his own throat. Lulu appears to be unmoved by this suicide, and simply tells Dr. Schön "You'll marry me all the same."
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Scene 3
Lulu, working as a dancer, is sitting in her dressing room with Alwa. The two discuss various things, including a Prince who is in love with Lulu and wants to marry her. Lulu leaves to take the stage, but refuses to go on because Dr. Schön and his fiancée are in the audience. Dr. Schön, comes in to try to convince her to perform. When the two are left alone, she tells Schön that she is thinking of leaving with the Prince for Africa. Dr. Schön realises that he cannot live without her, and is convinced by Lulu to write a letter to his fiancée breaking off his engagement, which Lulu herself dictates. Lulu then calmly continues with the show. They appear to be married.
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ACT II
Scene 1
Lulu has now married Dr. Schön, who is full of jealousy over her many admirers. One of them, the lesbian Countess Geschwitz, visits her to invite her to a ball, but leaves in the face of Dr. Schön's disapproval. When the two go out, the Countess returns and hides. Two other admirers, the Acrobat and the Schoolboy, also enter, and all begin to talk to Lulu when she returns. Presently, Alwa arrives, and the admirers hide as Alwa declares his love for Lulu. Dr. Schön returns, spots the Acrobat, and begins a long argument with Lulu, during the course of which he discovers the other admirers. He gives Lulu a revolver, and orders her to kill herself, but she shoots Schön instead. The police arrive to arrest Lulu for the murder.
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Interlude
The interlude consists of a silent film (accompanied by Berg's palindromic score). In it, we see Lulu's arrest, trial, conviction and imprisonment. Then we see her deliberately contract cholera and be transferred to hospital. The Countess Geschwitz visits her, and gives her her clothes, so that Lulu can escape disguised as her, which she does.
Scene 2
The Countess Geschwitz, Alwa and the Acrobat are gathered in the same room as Act II, Scene 1. They are awaiting Schigolch, who is to take the Countess to the hospital. She is going to sacrifice her own freedom by taking Lulu's place so that nobody will discover she has escaped until it is too late. The Acrobat says he is going to marry Lulu and move with her to Paris where the two will work in an act together. Schigolch leaves with the countess, then returns with Lulu, who is so ill from her disease that the Acrobat abandons his plan, and goes off to summon the police instead. Schigolch is sent off to buy train tickets, and, left alone, Alwa and Lulu declare their love for each other and agree to go away together.
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Schigolch is sent off to buy train tickets, and, left alone, Alwa and Lulu declare their love for each other and agree to go away together.
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ACT III (Incomplete)
Lulu and Alwa are now living with Schigolch in poverty and are on the run in London. Lulu is working as a prostitute. She arrives with a client, a professor (played by the same actor as Dr. Goll, Lulu's first husband). The Countess Geschwitz then arrives with a portrait of Lulu which she has brought from Paris. Eventually, Lulu goes out and returns with a third client (played by the same actor as Dr. Schön, Lulu's third husband). He haggles over the price, and is about to leave when Lulu decides she will sleep with him for less than her usual fee. This client, who is actually Jack the Ripper, murders Lulu, and then on his way out kills the Countess as well, who swears her love to Lulu as the curtain falls.
Click _________________ "If our music survives, which I have no doubt it will, then it will because it is good!"
Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), composer
N. Porpora (1686-1768). Polifemo. "Alto Giove".
Digital blend of two separately recorded voices - soprano & countertenor,
made specially for the film Farinelli to recreate the sound of castrato voice.
See the comments.
J.A. Hasse (1699-1783). Artaserse. "Pallido el Solo" by A. Escorza (tenor haute-contre)
G.F. Handel (1685-1759). Rodelinda. "Vivi, Tiranno" by R. Oberlin (ultra high tenor)
G.F. Handel. Rodelinda. "Dove Sei" by A. Scholl (countertenor)
G.F. Handel. Saul (oratorio). "Oh Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" by A. Scholl
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