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Ludmila Dvorakova sings Wagner & Smetana | Supraphon SU41372

Ludmila Dvorakova sings Wagner & Smetana

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Label: Supraphon

Cat No: SU41372

Barcode: 0099925413729

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 22nd July 2013

Contents

Works

Smetana, Bedrich

Dalibor
» Jak je mi (Act 2)
Libuse
» Muj otce (Act 2)
The Two Widows
» Odchazeji spolu (Act 2)

Wagner, Richard

Die Walkure
» Der Manner Sippe (Act 1)
Gotterdammerung
» Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Act 3)
Parsifal
» Nein, Parsifal ...Ich sah' das Kind (Act 2)
Siegfried
» Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich (Act 3)
Tannhauser
» Allmacht'ge Jungfrau, hor mein Flehen! 'Elisabeth's Prayer'
Tristan und Isolde
» Mild und leise 'Isoldes Liebestod'
» Wie lachend mir die Lieder singen (Act 1)

Artists

Ludmila Dvorakova (soprano)

Works

Smetana, Bedrich

Dalibor
» Jak je mi (Act 2)
Libuse
» Muj otce (Act 2)
The Two Widows
» Odchazeji spolu (Act 2)

Wagner, Richard

Die Walkure
» Der Manner Sippe (Act 1)
Gotterdammerung
» Starke Scheite schichtet mir dort (Act 3)
Parsifal
» Nein, Parsifal ...Ich sah' das Kind (Act 2)
Siegfried
» Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich (Act 3)
Tannhauser
» Allmacht'ge Jungfrau, hor mein Flehen! 'Elisabeth's Prayer'
Tristan und Isolde
» Mild und leise 'Isoldes Liebestod'
» Wie lachend mir die Lieder singen (Act 1)

Artists

Ludmila Dvorakova (soprano)

About

Ludmila Dvořáková enjoyed global fame as a slim, blonde soprano with a magnificent stage presence and possessing a voice of a distinct timbre, capable of both softness and drama, smoothly negotiating the high registers and with a dark middle register, always accurate and breathtaking.

She excelled in the most demanding dramatic soprano roles and, following in the footsteps of Ema Destinnová, Maria Jeritza and Jarmila Novotná, was the first modern-era Czech singer to appear at the world’s major opera houses, including the MET in New York.

Ludmila Dvořáková started her career in Ostrava and soon caught the attention of Prague, where the National Theatre engaged her in 1954. In the following year, she was afforded the opportunity to work for the Staatsoper in Vienna, and in 1960 for the Staatsoper in Berlin. When Wieland Wagner heard her singing Ortrude in Munich, he invited her to the Bayreuth festival. Her debut appearance, in 1965, was followed by six years of collaboration and a degree of fame that no Czech artist had previously attained in Bayreuth. In 1966, she was offered contracts with the MET and Covent Garden.

This recital, featuring recordings released on CD for the very first time, is compiled from Dvořáková’s rare studio recordings made for Supraphon and Czechoslovak Radio. The venerable soprano’s imminent 90th birthday represents a perfect opportunity to recall a voice that garnered enthusiastic applause at major opera houses worldwide.

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