Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Op. 49b

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Offer,Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Op. 49b

Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10/10/2021

Lars Woldt (bass), Christel Loetzsch (mezzo-soprano), Johannes Chum (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Adrian Eröd (baritone), Juliana Zara (soprano)

Munich Radio Orchestra, Patrick Hahn

Members of the Munich Radio Orchestra are joined by a stellar cast; Johannes Chum contributes a Weill-inspired Harlequin; Tareq Nazim a dramatic Death. Lars Woldt is an ominous Loudspeaker (‘hallo,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Release Date: 6th May 2022
Catalogue No: 900339
Label: BR Klassik
Length: 52 minutes

International Classical Music Awards

2023

Nominated - Opera
Opus Klassik Awards

2023

Nominated - Female Singer of the Year (Zara)
Opus Klassik Awards

2023

Nominated - Conductor of the Year

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Ullmann, V: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Op. 49b "Die Tod-Verweigerung"

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Lars Woldt (bass)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Patrick Hahn

Hallo, hallo! (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Ullmann, V: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Op. 49b, Scene 1 "Die Tod-Verweigerung"

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Christel Loetzsch (mezzo-soprano), Johannes Chum (tenor), Tareq Nazmi (bass)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Patrick Hahn

Präludium (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Der Mond geht auf den Firsten (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Lass sein. Was singst du da? (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Tage, Tage, wer kauft Tage? (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Ich fuehle mich wenig wohl in meiner Haut (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Und was ist das? (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Es lächert mich, wenn ich dir zuhöre (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Das waren Kriege (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Hallo, hallo! Achtung, Achtung! (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Ullmann, V: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Op. 49b, Scene 2 "Die Tod-Verweigerung"

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Adrian Eröd (baritone), Lars Woldt (bass)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Patrick Hahn

Prosa (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Totentanz I (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Wie spät ist es? (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Wir, Overall, der Einzige (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Totentanz II (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Ullmann, V: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Op. 49b, Scene 3 "Die Tod-Verweigerung"

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Juliana Zara (soprano), Christel Loetzsch (mezzo-soprano), Johannes Chum (tenor)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Patrick Hahn

Wer da? (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Ist's wahr, dass es Landschaften gibt (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Komm fort von hier (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Schau, die Wolken sind vergangen (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Die lebenden Toten (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Ullmann, V: Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Op. 49b, Scene 4 "Die Tod-Verweigerung"

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Juliana Zara (soprano), Christel Loetzsch (mezzo-soprano), Tareq Nazmi (bass), Johannes Chum (tenor), Adrian Eröd (baritone), Lars Woldt (bass)
Munich Radio Orchestra
Patrick Hahn

Prosa (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Hallo, hallo, der oberste General (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Wir sind um einen Kreuzer Süßes zum Kaufmann getrabt (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Hallo, Außenamt! (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Fünf, sechs, sieben, acht - Nicht dran denken (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Ich bin der Tod (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Der Krieg ist aus (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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Komm Tod, du unser werter Gast (Live at Prinzregenten Theater, Munich 10 / 10 / 2021)

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"Viktor Ullmann's one-act chamber opera ""Der Kaiser von Atlantis"" was written in the Theresienstadt camp and did not see its premiere until December 16, 1975 in Amsterdam, since the performance had been banned after its dress rehearsal in 1944. The concert performance of the version by Henning Brauel and Andreas Krause (Schott), which took place on October 10, 2021 at the Prinzregententheater in Munich, was recorded for this CD. Alongside the internationally renowned Austrian Kammersänger Adrian Eröd in the title role, mainly young performers sang, accompanied by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester conducted by Patrick Hahn, who made his debut here as the orchestra's principal guest conductor. Viktor Ullmann, born in 1898 in Teschen, Silesia, studied with Arnold Schönberg and Alois Hába in Vienna. He worked first as a bandmaster and then as a bookseller, and settled in Prague as a freelance artist in 1933. Because he came from a Jewish family, he was deported to the Theresienstadt camp by the Nazis in 1942. In October 1944 he was murdered in Auschwitz-Birkenau, together with composers Pavel Haas and Hans Krása, who were almost the same age. - Since the Nazis allowed a lively cultural life in their ""showcase camp"" of Theresienstadt, Ullmann was also able to be musically active. The intellectual and cultural heritage of that time is reflected in his music – also, and especially, in the ""one-act play"" that he wrote there entitled „Der Kaiser von Atlantis oder Die Tod-Verweigerung"" (The Emperor of Atlantis or the Disobedience of Death), based on the libretto by his fellow prisoner Peter Kien. - The play begins with a concept that is as absurd as it is comforting: Death goes on strike. He is weary of his existence, and refuses to serve. In many ways, this reflects the reality of life for those deported to Theresienstadt. The opera, set in the legendary Atlantis, is a parable of the inhuman system of the National Socialists. The message of the work is just as relevant today."

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August 2022

Members of the Munich Radio Orchestra are joined by a stellar cast; Johannes Chum contributes a Weill-inspired Harlequin; Tareq Nazim a dramatic Death. Lars Woldt is an ominous Loudspeaker (‘hallo, hallo’).

August 2022

Recorded live in Munich in front of a very quiet audience in October last year, Patrick Hahn’s vision of Der Kaiser is more lyrical than Lothar Zagrosek’s pioneering interpretation, part of Decca’s groundbreaking Entartete Musik series.

January 2023

Enhanced by impeccable textual enunciation, the performances are exceptional, as is the strikingly lucid and transparent recording...Despite the shoddy omission of the libretto—the booklet gives only a synopsis—this release is a real find.

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