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The subject of Gottfried von Einem's opera Der Besuch der alten Dame [The Visit], after Dürrenmatt's work of the same name, is no less sinister and cynical. A small, economically and socially ruined town which has been forgotten by the world receives a visit from the titular Dame, a millionaire who had grown up there, and who was left poor and pregnant. She wants to restore the town to its former glory, but she has one rather tricky condition: that a local agrees to kill her former lover, who had produced two false witnesses – who, now blinded and castrated, have become servants to the Dame. At first, the town proudly refuses, and then hesitates, vacillates, prevaricates, doesn't know what to do... Finally, the former lover dies "on his own", from a heart attack. The Vienna Opera didn't hold back for this fantastic and enjoyable 1971 opera (the recording is of the world première). Christa Ludwig played the Dame – although she was still young, barely 40! –, Eberhard Waechter played the accused former lover, and Hans Hotter, Kurt Equiluz and many more feature in the cast, under the direction of the old(then young) pro, Horst Stein. Gottfried von Einem's music, following in the footsteps of Strauss but with a certain mischievous modernist je-ne-sais-quoi, offers a first-class frame for this lyrical pearl, which ought to be played more often in France, where directors seem set on drowning us in an incessant cocktail of Puccini, Verdi, Mozart, Donizetti and Bizet… © SM/Qobuz
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Der Besuch der alten Dame, Op. 35, Act I (Gottfried von Einem)
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir, MainArtist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist, MainArtist - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Hans Hotter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Manfred Jungwirth, Artist - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Hans Braun, Artist - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Hans Hotter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Manfred Jungwirth, Artist - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Alois Pernerstorfer, Artist - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Hans Hotter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Manfred Jungwirth, Artist - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Karl Terkal, Artist - Alois Pernerstorfer, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Fritz Sperlbauer, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Karl Terkal, Artist - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Fritz Sperlbauer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Karl Terkal, Artist - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Fritz Sperlbauer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Hans Beirer, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Karl Terkal, Artist - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Heinz Zednik, Artist - Hans Hotter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Hans Beirer, Artist - Fritz Sperlbauer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Heinz Zednik, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Der Besuch der alten Dame, Op. 35, Act II (Gottfried von Einem)
Kurt Equiluz, Artist - Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist, MainArtist - Ewald Aichberger, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Ana Higueras-Aragón, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Kurt Equiluz, Artist - Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist, MainArtist - Laurence Dutoit, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Harald Pröglhöf, Artist - Margarete Sjöstedt, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist, MainArtist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Manfred Jungwirth, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist, MainArtist - Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Artist - Alois Pernerstorfer, Artist - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Hans Hotter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Hans Christian, Artist - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
DISC 2
Der Besuch der alten Dame, Op. 35, Act III (Gottfried von Einem)
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Artist - Heinz Zednik, Artist - Hans Hotter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Artist - Hans Hotter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Artist - Hans Hotter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist, MainArtist - Emmy Loose, Artist - Ewald Aichberger, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Ana Higueras-Aragón, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist, MainArtist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist, MainArtist - Emmy Loose, Artist - Ewald Aichberger, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Hans Beirer, Artist - Ana Higueras-Aragón, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Elmar Breneis, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra, MainArtist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Kurt Equiluz, Artist - Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Hans Hotter, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Harald Pröglhöf, Artist - Hans Beirer, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist, MainArtist - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Hans Braun, Artist - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Hans Beirer, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Kurt Equiluz, Artist - Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Eberhard Wächter, Artist, MainArtist - Alois Pernerstorfer, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Harald Pröglhöf, Artist - Manfred Jungwirth, Artist - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Christa Ludwig, Artist, MainArtist - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Artist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer - Wilhelm Lenninger, Artist - Hans Beirer, Artist
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Horst Stein, Conductor - Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Orchestra - Wiener Staatsopernchor, Choir, MainArtist - Gottfried von Einem, Composer
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
Albumbeschreibung
The subject of Gottfried von Einem's opera Der Besuch der alten Dame [The Visit], after Dürrenmatt's work of the same name, is no less sinister and cynical. A small, economically and socially ruined town which has been forgotten by the world receives a visit from the titular Dame, a millionaire who had grown up there, and who was left poor and pregnant. She wants to restore the town to its former glory, but she has one rather tricky condition: that a local agrees to kill her former lover, who had produced two false witnesses – who, now blinded and castrated, have become servants to the Dame. At first, the town proudly refuses, and then hesitates, vacillates, prevaricates, doesn't know what to do... Finally, the former lover dies "on his own", from a heart attack. The Vienna Opera didn't hold back for this fantastic and enjoyable 1971 opera (the recording is of the world première). Christa Ludwig played the Dame – although she was still young, barely 40! –, Eberhard Waechter played the accused former lover, and Hans Hotter, Kurt Equiluz and many more feature in the cast, under the direction of the old(then young) pro, Horst Stein. Gottfried von Einem's music, following in the footsteps of Strauss but with a certain mischievous modernist je-ne-sais-quoi, offers a first-class frame for this lyrical pearl, which ought to be played more often in France, where directors seem set on drowning us in an incessant cocktail of Puccini, Verdi, Mozart, Donizetti and Bizet… © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 36 track(s)
- Total length: 02:15:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Eberhard Wächter
- Composer: Gottfried von Einem
- Label: Orfeo
- Genre: Klassiek Opera
(C) 2018 Orfeo (P) 2018 Orfeo
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