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Verdi - Macbeth | Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or C766082

Verdi - Macbeth

£19.06

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Label: Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or

Cat No: C766082

Barcode: 4011790766225

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 2nd February 2009

Contents

Artists

Sherrill Milnes
Christa Ludwig
Karl Ridderbusch
Carlo Cossutta
Gildis Flossman
Ewald Aichberger
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Conductor

Karl Bohm

Works

Verdi, Giuseppe

Macbeth

Artists

Sherrill Milnes
Christa Ludwig
Karl Ridderbusch
Carlo Cossutta
Gildis Flossman
Ewald Aichberger
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera

Conductor

Karl Bohm

About

Even today it is difficult to cast the two main roles in Verdi's Macbeth satisfactorily, but this was never in doubt at the Vienna State Opera's highly successful new production in 1970.

Making his house and European début, the young Sherrill Milnes immediately impressed with a voice powerful and even throughout its whole range. Milnes reveals his ability to create a fully rounded character in his depiction of a man driven by fear, craving power.

He was partnered by the great Christa Ludwig, who at this stage in her career was already a Viennese institution. The role of Lady Macbeth represented the last of the hochdramatisch roles that she had essayed during the previous period, and how memorably! Availing herself of a dark-toned timbre and range, as specified by Verdi, she portrayed Lady Macbeth as the seductress who leads Macbeth into a life of crime.

In this she was supported by Karl Böhm, whose conducting combined the subtlest of nuances with real energy in this live recording, robbing it of all sense of routine. The same is true of the smaller roles, which are cast from strength: Carlo Cossutta - later a distinguished Otello - brings his ringing tenor to Macduff's music: expressive in lamentation and accusation, whilst avoiding any hint of sentimentality. Karl Ridderbusch's Banquo, finally, makes it clear why the great German bass was in a class of his own.

Cast:
- Sherrill Milnes (Macbeth)
- Christa Ludwig (Lady Macbeth)
- Karl Ridderbusch (Banquo)
- Carlo Cossutta (Macduff)
- Gildis Flossman (Dama)
- Ewald Aichberger (Malcolm)

Live Recording, 1970.

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