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Offer,Smetana: The Bartered Bride

Hans Braun (Krušina), Hilde Konetzni (Ludmila), Irmgard Seefried (Marie), Ludwig Welter (Micha), Rosette Anday (Háta), Murray Dickie (Wenzel), Waldemar Kmentt (Hans), Oskar Czerwenka (Kecal), László Szemere (Zirkusdirektor), Liselotte Maikl (Esmeralda) & Hans Schweiger (Muff)

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[Klobucar] knows how to weight Smetana's sometimes Germanic scoring more towards Liszt than Brahms...Irmgard Seefried would be the greatest interpretative Marenka on disc if she was singing the... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 More…

Release Date: 11th Jan 2010
Catalogue No: C785092
Label: Orfeo
Series: Orfeo d'Or, Wiener Staatsoper Live
Length: 2 hours 9 minutes

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Smetana: The Bartered Bride

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Irmgard Seefried, Hans Braun, László Szemere, Murray Dickie, Waldemar Kmentt, Hilde Konetzni, Oscar Czerwenka, Liselotte Maikl, Hans Schweiger, Ludwig Welter, Rosette Anday
Wiener Staatsoper, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper
Berislav Klobučar

Overture

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Act I: Warum soltten wir nicht froh sein? (Chorus)

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Act I: Sage mir, mein lieber Schatz (Hans, Marie, Chorus)

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Act I: Wenn ich das einmal erfahre (Marie)

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Act I: Weiss nicht mal, woher du kommst! … Muttersegen schafft dir Heimat (Marie, Hans)

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Act I: Wie ich sagte, Herr Gevatter (Kecal, Krusina, Ludmilla)

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Act I: Ei, da kommt sie! (Kecal, Krusina, Ludmilla, Marie)

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Act I: Hab' schon entschieden (Marie, Kecal, Krusina, Ludmilla)

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Act I: Finale: Polka - Heissa, Mudel, tanz die Polka! (Chorus)

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Act II: Welch' Gottesgabe ist das Bier (Hans, Kecal, Chorus)

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Act II: Furiant

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Act II: Ma-mein Mutterlein ha-hat zu mir gesagt (Wenzel)

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Act II: Seid Ihr nicht der Brautigam von Kruschinas Mariechen? (Marie, Wenzel)

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Act II: Ene ist mir gut bekannt (Marie, Wenzel)

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Act II: Wie gesagt, sie ist jung, hubsch und arbeitsam (Kecal, Hans)

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Act II: Nun, mein Freundchen, hor doch zu (Kecal, Hans)

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Act II: Ich weiss ein Mudel, das hat Dukaten (Kecal, Hans)

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Act II: Wenn du mir die Marie sein lasst (Kecal, Hans)

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Act II: Wart nur, wart, bis die Augen dir aufgehn (Hans)

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Act II: Finale: Kommt nur Herrschaften! (Kecal, Hans, Krusina, Chorus)

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Act III: Wa-was soll ich nur ma-machen? (Wenzel)

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Act III: Komodlanten-Marsch - Fanfare! - Hiermit tun wir dem hochedlen Publikum kund (Direktor)

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Act III: Springtanz - Ballett und Vorfuhrungen der Wandertruppe

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Act III: Ei-ei-ei-ei, da-das ist herrlich (Wenzel, Esmeralda, Indianer, Direktor)

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Act III: Na, mein Lieber, sagt, euch gefallt wohl Esmeralda (Direktor, Wenzel, Esmeralda)

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Act III: Ein gar husbsches Tierchen (Esmeralda, Direktor)

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Act III: Oh, ich U-u-ungluckswurm (Wenzel, Hata, Kecal, Micha)

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Act III: Nein, nein, das glaub' ich niemals (Marie, Krusina, Kecal, Ludmila, Wenzel, Hata)

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Act III: O, tut das wehl … Mein Liebestraum, wie war er so schon! (Marie)

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Act III: Marie, mein Schatz! (Hans, Marie, Kecal)

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Act III: Finale: Sag uns, wie hast du entschieden, Marie? (All)

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Smetana's The Bartered Bride, performed in German, it has long been a regular part of Vienna's mainstream operatic repertory. In 1960 this production was captured by Austrian Radio in a performance that immortalised the interpretations of the original principals from 1959.The cast was headed by Irmgard Seefried, a great favourite with Viennese audiences.At the time of this recording she could already look back on a stage career lasting 20 years, and yet she had retained the youthful freshness necessary for Marie/Marenka.The other half of this dream couple was Waldemar Kmentt as Jeník, or Hans, one of the roles with which the Austrian tenor was rightly most closely associated.The tragicomedy of his stuttering stepbrother is well caught by Murray Dickie avoiding buffo excess.The self-infatuated and vainglorious marriage broker Kecal is entirely plausible when the role is played by another Viennese operatic institution, the distinguished Upper Austrian bass Oskar Czerwenka.The smaller roles are also cast from strength by singers of the calibre of Hilde Konetzni, Rosette Anday and László Szemere, all of whom milk their brief scenes for all that they are worth. A lively and yet always well-disciplined performance is further guaranteed by the Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera under the direction of Berislav Klobucar, who, often criminally undervalued, presided genially over countless repertory performances in Vienna.

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Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Berislav Klobucar

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June 2010

[Klobucar] knows how to weight Smetana's sometimes Germanic scoring more towards Liszt than Brahms...Irmgard Seefried would be the greatest interpretative Marenka on disc if she was singing the role in Martian - she even finds a special voice for the Act Two duet when she tries putting Vašek off marriage.

Offer,Smetana: The Bartered Bride

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