Strauss, R: Feuersnot

Ferro's conducting is perfectly decent, while there's lively work from the children's chorus especially, giving the lie to the idea that their part is too difficult to be practicable. It's difficult... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2015 More…

Release Date: 5th May 2015
Catalogue No: 109066
Label: Arthaus Musik

Live from the Teatro Massimo Palermo, 2014
Nicola Beller Carbone (Diemut), Dietrich Henschel (Kunrad), Alex Wawiloff (Schweiker von Gundelfingen) & Ruben Amoretti (Ortolf Sentlinger)
Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus of the Teatro Massimo
Gabriele Ferro (conductor) & Emma Dante (stage director)

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Set Designer: Carmine Maringola

Costume Designer: Vanessa Sannin

Feuersnot is Richard Strauss’s second opera and made up for the failure of his first when its 1902 Dresden premiere was a resounding success. It is a lively one-act drama about the ancient Bavarian tradition of celebrating midsummer night with bonfires, songs and dances at the summer solstice – a work full of allusions.

The score has quotations from Wagner and echoes of contemporary composers such as Mahler and Bruckner. Nonetheless, it is genuine Strauss – from racy waltzes to enchanting love duets.

Conductor Gabriele Ferro acquits himself well in handling the complex score and keeping the balance between the pit and the crowded stage – the orchestra sounds marvellous.

“Nicola Beller Carbone triumphs magnificently in the role of Diemut” (Forum Opéra) and Dietrich Henschel, in the role of her suitor Kunrad, sings a “full-voiced baritone” (Tagesspiegel).

Special Feature: 'Making of Feuersnot', including interviews with the artistic team.

Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, dts-HD Master Audio 5.1

Picture Format: 16:9

Subtitles: DE (Original Language), GB, KOR

Blu-ray Disc 25 GB (Single Layer)

Resolution: 1080i High Definition

Running Time: 113 mins & 13 mins (Bonus)

FSK: 0

Region: worldwide

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August 2015

Ferro's conducting is perfectly decent, while there's lively work from the children's chorus especially, giving the lie to the idea that their part is too difficult to be practicable. It's difficult to warm to Henschel's dry-voiced and charmless Kunrad, however...The extended cast does a decent job, but with varying levels of German

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