Ingeborg von Bronsart: Jery und Bätely
Opera in one act with libretto by Goethe
Malmo Opera Orchestra, Dario Salvi
Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
Bronsart’s score has echoes of early Weber or Mendelssohn...Light soprano Caroline Bruker is an attractive Bätely.
Ingeborg von Bronsart: Jery und Bätely
Opera in one act with libretto by Goethe
Malmo Opera Orchestra, Dario Salvi
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Awards:
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Presto Editor's Choice, September 2020
Bronsart’s score has echoes of early Weber or Mendelssohn...Light soprano Caroline Bruker is an attractive Bätely.
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A native of St Petersburg, Ingeborg von Bronsart studied with Liszt in Weimar, her striking appearance earning her the nickname Ingeborg die Schöne. Goethes libretto for Jery und Bätely is a charming and bucolic tale of unrequited romance between a pretty Swiss milkmaid and an eligible bachelor who are ultimately brought together by some farcical matchmaking. Bronsart brings life to this story with exquisite music, from an exciting overture through an uninterrupted evolution in melody and harmony to a spine-tingling finale, delivering a Singspiel that helped establish her reputation as a successful composer for the stage.
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Awards and reviews
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Presto Editor's ChoiceSeptember 2020
November 2020
Bronsart’s score has echoes of early Weber or Mendelssohn...Light soprano Caroline Bruker is an attractive Bätely.
September 2020
Despite some major reservations about the vocal performances (Dutch tenor Harrie Van Der Plas sounds uncomfortable as the predatory landowner Jery, a role which yields little to Max in Der Freischütz in its vocal demands), this one-act Singspiel about a mettlesome Swiss milkmaid standing firm against toxic masculinity is well worth hearing – Bronsart’s vocal writing is far more grateful than that of her teacher Liszt, and her imaginative orchestration calls to mind Weber and the early stretches of Fidelio.
