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Strauss, R: Capriccio

Lisa Della Casa (Countess), Robert Kerns (Count), Waldemar Kmentt (Flamand), Walter Berry (Olivier), Otto Wiener (La Roche), Christa Ludwig (Clairon), Peter Klein (Monsieur Taupe), Lucia Popp (Italian singer), Fritz Wunderlich (Italian tenor) & Alois Pernerstorfer

Orchestra of the Vienna...

The sound on the Capriccio release is…lacking in air, although not enough to disturb the memory of Lisa della Casa's assumption of the Countess. To the adjectives attached to her Strauss singing... — Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008 More…

Release Date: 28th Jul 2008
Catalogue No: C734082i
Label: Orfeo
Series: Orfeo d'Or, Wiener Staatsoper Live
Length: 2 hours 10 minutes

Work length2:10:05

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Otto Wiener, Harald Pröglhöf, Alois Pernerstorfer, Lisa Della Casa, Hans Christian, August Jaresch, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christa Ludwig, Robert Kerns, Herbert Lackner, Erich Majkut, Peter Klein, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Georges Prêtre, Waldemar Km, Otto Wiener, August Jaresch, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Robert Kerns, Herbert Lackner, Erich Majkut, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Georges Prêtre, Waldemar Kmentt, Christa Ludwig, Peter Klein, Walter Berry, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Fritz Sperlbauer, Lucia Pop, Otto Wiener, Waldemar Kmentt, Alois Pernerstorfer, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Walter Berry, Harald Pröglhöf, August Jaresch, Christa Ludwig, Peter Klein, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Lisa Della Casa, Lucia Popp, Georges Prêtre, Rober, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christa Ludwig, Lisa Della Casa, Fritz Sperlbauer, Peter Klein, Georges Prêtre, Robert Kerns, Hans Christian, Lucia Popp, Waldemar Kmentt, Herbert Lackner, Erich Majkut, Walter Berry, Fritz Wunderlich, Otto Wiener, Alois P, Peter Klein, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Waldemar Kmentt, Alois Pernerstorfer, Hans Christian, Lucia Popp, Walter Berry, August Jaresch, Georges Prêtre, Herbert Lackner, Erich Majkut, Otto Wiener, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Fritz Wunderlich, Lisa Della Cas, August Jaresch, Fritz Wunderlich, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Hans Christian, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Georges Prêtre, Alois Pernerstorfer, Herbert Lackner, Erich Majkut, Lisa Della Casa, Fritz Sperlbauer, Robert Kerns, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Harald Prö, Walter Berry, Fritz Wunderlich, Georges Prêtre, Hans Christian, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Otto Wiener, Harald Pröglhöf, Alois Pernerstorfer, Herbert Lackner, Erich Majkut, August Jaresch, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Christa Ludwig, Lisa Della Casa, Pet, Otto Wiener, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Christa Ludwig, Lisa Della Casa, Fritz Sperlbauer, Peter Klein, Robert Kerns, Hans Christian, Lucia Popp, Waldemar Kmentt, Herbert Lackner, Erich Majkut, Walter Berry, Fritz Wunderlich, Alois Pernerstorfer, Siegfried Rudo, Erich Majkut, Peter Klein, Waldemar Kmentt, Alois Pernerstorfer, Lisa Della Casa, Lucia Popp, Walter Berry, August Jaresch, Robert Kerns, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Otto Wiener, Harald Pröglhöf, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Fritz Wunderlich, Orchester der Wiener Sta, Otto Wiener, Alois Pernerstorfer, Hans Christian, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Harald Pröglhöf, August Jaresch, Christa Ludwig, Lisa Della Casa, Herbert Lackner, Erich Majkut, Peter Klein, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Robert Kerns, Luc, Erich Majkut, Walter Berry, Fritz Sperlbauer, Waldemar Kmentt, Lucia Popp, Robert Kerns, Ljubomir Pantscheff, Peter Klein, Herbert Lackner, Lisa della Casa, Christa Ludwig, August Jaresch, Harald Pröglhöf, Siegfried Rudolf Frese, Hans Christian, Alois Pernerstorfer, Otto Wiener, Fritz Wunderlich
Wiener Staatsoper
Georges Prêtre

Introduction

Track length6:42

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Scene 1: Bezaubernd ist sie heute wieder! (Flamand, Olivier)

Track length2:43

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Scene 1: Bei sanfter Musik schlaft sich's am besten (Director, Olivier, Flamand)

Track length5:48

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Scene 2: Der Strom der Tone trug mich fort (Countess, Count)

Track length4:16

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Scene 3: Die Buhne ist furtig, wir konnen beginnen (Director, Count, Countess, Flamand, Olivier, Clarion)

Track length4:03

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Scene 4: Ihr geht (Clairon, Count)

Track length2:00

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Scene 4: Bravo! Bravo! Sie sind wirklich kein Laie (Clairon, La Roche, Countess, Flamand, Olivier)

Track length8:12

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Scene 5: Kein Andres, das mir so im Herzen loht (Count, Flamand, Olivier)

Track length4:19

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Scene 6: Wie schon die Worte, kaum kenn' ich sie wieder! (Countess, Olivier, Flamand, Director)

Track length2:14

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Scene 7: Verraten hab' ich meine Gefuhle! (Flamand, Countess)

Track length6:43

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Scene 7: Wir werden die Schokolade hier (Countess)

Track length2:59

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Scene 8: Welch' kostliche Begegnung! (Count, Countess, Director, Olivier Clairon)

Track length5:24

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Scene 9: Dance I: Passepied: Was sagt Ihr! Die personafizierte Grazie - Dance II: Gigue: Wie soll ich dir danken (Director, Olivier, Clairon)

Track length4:19

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Scene 9: Dance III: Gavotte: Eure Kunst entzuckt und begeistert mich - Fugue: Discussion on the Theme: Words or Music: Tanz und Musik (Olivier, Flamand, Director, Count, Countess, Clairon)

Track length8:07

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Scene 9: Duet of the Italian Singers: Addio, mia vita, addio (Tenor, Soprano)

Track length4:11

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Scene 9: Darf ich Sie nach Paris zuruckbringen (Count, Clairon, Countess, Director, Olivier, Flamand)

Track length4:55

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Scene 9: Octet, Part 2: Dispute: Ensemble - Aber so hort doch! (Director, Olivier, Flamand, Count, Countess, Tenor, Soprano, Clairon)

Track length3:29

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Scene 9: Hola! ihr Streiter in Apoll! (Director)

Track length8:36

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Scene 10: La Roche, du bist gross, du bist monumental! (Clairon, Olivier, Flamand, Countess, Count, Director)

Track length7:17

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Scene 11: Adieu La Roche! (Clairon, Olivier, Flamand, Countess, Count, Director, Major-Domo)

Track length6:59

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Scene 12: Herr Director! (Monsieur Taupe, Major-Domo)

Track length3:29

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Mondscheinmusik

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Scene 13: Wo ist mein Bruder? (Countess, Major-Domo)

Track length1:39

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Scene 13: Morgen mittag um elf! (Countess)

Track length5:55

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Scene 13: Ihre Liebe schlagt mir entgegen (Countess, Major-Domo)

Track length11:27

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With its new production on 7th June 2008, the Vienna State Opera revived a long-standing tradition of having the finest representatives of the profession

singing Capriccio. The work was first staged in Salzburg in 1950 in a production subsequently seen in Vienna. Both there and in Salzburg, the Countess was for many years sung by Lisa Della Casa in one of the Strauss roles with which she was most closely associated.

The present live recording is the first official record of this ideal interpretation, with Georges Prêtre in the pit, vividly demonstrating his Strauss credentials.

It virtually goes without saying that the singers who were engaged to appear with Lisa Della Casa were in every way her equals.The difficulty in choosing between poetry and music becomes all the more understandable when the representatives of these two art forms are artists of the stature of Waldemar Kmentt and Walter Berry. Both men were among the company's leading singing actors, bringing to their parts both striking vocalism and an impassioned wooing of the woman on whom they have set their hearts. No less impressive is the American baritone Robert Kerns, whom Herbert von Karajan had invited to join the Vienna State Opera ensemble two years previously and who remained with the company until his premature death at the age of 55 in 1989.As the Count he displays natural charm in his attempts to win the hand of Christa Ludwig's imposing Clairon. Otto Wiener was more of a heroic baritone than either Berry or Kerns, allowing him to bring all the necessary authority to the role of the theatre manager La Roche and to his great address. Last, but not least, are the two 'Italian' singers, whom it would be difficult to imagine better cast today: the young Lucia Popp and Fritz Wunderlich turn Strauss’s witty parody of Italian bel canto singing into a serious highlight.

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Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Georges Prêtre

Reviews

Awards Issue 2008

The sound on the Capriccio release is…lacking in air, although not enough to disturb the memory of Lisa della Casa's assumption of the Countess. To the adjectives attached to her Strauss singing ("creamy", "sumptuous") add the comment that she creates a really broad and passionate character.

Strauss, R: Capriccio

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