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Lehár: Giuditta

Ralf Simon (Pierrino), Laura Scherwitzl (Anita), Rupert Bergmann (Manuele Biffi), Christian Eberl (Street singer), Nikolai Schukoff (Octavio), Mauro Peter (Sebastiano), Christiane Libor (Giuditta)

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer

Schukoff is a suitably heroic Antonio…Schwerwitzl [is] a sparkling Anita and Ralf Simon a sweet-toned Pierinno. In the pit Ulf Schirmer relishes Léhar’s lush orchestration — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, More…

Release Date: 1st Jul 2016
Catalogue No: 7777492
Label: CPO
Series: Lehár Operettas
Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

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Lehár: Giuditta

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Frank Manhold (vocals), Ralf Simon (tenor), Laura Scherwitzl (soprano), Rupert Bergmann (bass), Christian Eberl (baritone), Nikolai Schukoff (tenor), Mauro Peter (tenor), Christiane Libor (soprano)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Munich Radio Orchestra
Ulf Schirmer

Scene 1: Introduction: Halli, hallo! Ihr Leute! (Pierrino, Chorus)

7:40

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Scene 1: Dialogue - Anita, meine Süße! (Pierrino, Anita)

0:33

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Scene 1: Duet: Uns ist alles einerlei … (Anita, Pierrino)

2:51

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Scene 1: Dialogue: Hier, mein kleines Vögelchen (Manuele, Wirt)

0:40

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Scene 1: Alle Tag' nichts als Müh' und Plag' (Manuele, Wirt)

2:04

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Scene 1: Dialogue: Ist das die Osteria (Octavio, Antonio, Wirt)

0:40

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Scene 1: Auftrittslied Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswort! (Octavio, Chorus)

3:06

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Scene 1: Dialogue: Wirt! Noch eine Flasche (Octavio, Antonio, Wirt)

0:33

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Scene 1: Ah! Wohin, wohin will es mich treiben? (Giuditta, Octavio, Antonio)

12:51

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Scene 1: O Signora, o Signorina! (Octavio, Wirt, Manuele)

2:53

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Scene 1: Dialogue: Giuditta! (Octavio, Manuele, Giuditta)

1:28

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Scene 2: Finale: — (Giuditta, Manuele, Anita, Pierrino, Wirt, Chorus)

11:11

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Scene 2: Melodrama - Duet: Zwei, die sich lieben … (Anita, Pierrino)

4:30

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Scene 2: Dialogue: Pierrino, Anita! (Giuditta, Anita, Pierrino)

1:39

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Scene 2: Reminiszenz: Schönste der Frau'n … (Octavio)

0:34

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Scene 2: Dialogue: Octavio, schau, wir haben Besuch (Giuditta, Octavio, Anita, Pierrino)

1:14

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Scene 2: Duet: Schön wie die blaue Sommernacht (Giuditta, Octavio)

3:52

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Scene 2: Finale: Zwei, die sich lieben … (Anita, Pierrino)

2:05

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Scene 3: Intermezzo

4:03

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Scene 3: Uns're Heimat ist die Wuste (Octavio, Antonio, Chorus)

5:53

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Scene 3: Lied: Du bist meine Sonne! (Octavio)

3:28

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Scene 3: Finale: Giuditta! Was machst du hier? (Giuditta, Octavio, Antonio, Chorus)

12:21

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Scene 3: Entr'acte

5:54

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Scene 4: Tanzlied In einem Meer von Liebe (Giuditta, Chorus)

4:45

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Scene 4: Abgang

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Scene 4: Dialogue: Anita, mein Abendkleid (Giuditta, Anita, Martini)

0:59

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Scene 4: Lied: Ja, die Liebe ist so wie ein Schaukelbrett (Martini)

3:42

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Scene 4: Dialogue: Danke, meine Lieben (Martini, Giuditta, Anita, Pierrino)

1:42

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Scene 4: Duet: Komm, komm, wir wollen fort von hier! (Anita, Pierrino)

4:01

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Scene 4: Dialogue: Ein blaues Auto? (Giuditta, Martini, Barrymore)

0:56

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Scene 4: Lied: Meine Lippen, sie kussen so heiss (Giuditta, Chorus)

5:19

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Scene 4: Dance - Melodrama: — (Giuditta, Barrymore)

1:50

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Scene 4: Dialogue: Guten Abend der Herr (Octavio, Martini, Kellner, Anita)

2:03

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Scene 4: Finale: — (Octavio, Martini, Barrymore, Giuditta, Chorus)

6:44

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Scene 5: Prelude

4:11

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Scene 5: Dialogue: Alles ist hergerichtet (Adjutant, Octavio)

1:09

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Scene 5: Lied: Schönste der Fraun (Octavio)

3:40

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Scene 5: Dialogue: Signora Giuditta (Adjutant, Giuditta)

0:23

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Scene 5: Reminiszenz (Giuditta)

0:14

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Scene 5: Octavio! Octavio! (Giuditta, Octavio)

5:52

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Scene 5: Dialogue: Seine Hoheit ist eingetroffen (Adjutant)

0:09

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Scene 5: Dialogue: Schönste der Frau'n (Herzog, Giuditta, Adjutant, Octavio)

2:10

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“It was a fairy tale.” It is with these memorable words that Octavio, the hero in Franz Lehár’s Giuditta, takes his hat and exits. His utterance not only marks the sad ending of this operetta, Lehár’s last, but also the final moment of an entire genre.

As in other later works by Lehár, Giuditta eliminates the happy ending otherwise typical of the entertaining genre of the operetta: here Lehár and his librettists endeavored to weave elements of the grand opera into the operetta. In 1910 the composer himself had predicted “that between the opera and the operetta, as far as artistic quality is concerned, there will soon be no more dividing wall.” In Giuditta, in keeping with the occasion, the Lehár melody wears orchestral attire that is splendid and almost pompous. You can look forward to a wealth of beautiful melodies, above all Octavio’s aria “Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert” and the title heroine’s aria “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß”. Throughout his life Lehár regarded Giuditta as his “dearest child. I put something into Giuditta that was created out of my innermost depths. I concerned myself with the design of a particularly meticulous instrumentation, such as the rich and so very wonderful orchestra of the State Opera demands, and with the effective treatment of the voice parts and the elegant refinement of the themes. With Giuditta I gave my best.”

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November 2016

Schukoff is a suitably heroic Antonio…Schwerwitzl [is] a sparkling Anita and Ralf Simon a sweet-toned Pierinno. In the pit Ulf Schirmer relishes Léhar’s lush orchestration

September 2016

The playing throughout is warm and transparent. Schirmer brings out every glint of the harp and rattle of the snare drum…Libor [makes] an infinitely more seductive-sounding Giuditta than Edda Moser…Schukoff’s dark, wide-grained tenor makes his heartbreak in the final scenes affectingly credible

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