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Smetana - Bartered Bride | Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or C785092

Smetana - Bartered Bride

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Label: Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or

Cat No: C785092

Barcode: 4011790785226

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 11th January 2010

Contents

Artists

Hans Braun
Hilde Konetzni
Irmgard Seefried
Ludwig Welter
Rosette Anday
Murray Dickie
Waldemar Kmentt
Oskar Czerwenka
Laszlo Szemere
Liselotte Maikl
Hans Schweiger
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Conductor

Berislav Klobucar

Works

Smetana, Bedrich

The Bartered Bride (Prodana nevesta)

Artists

Hans Braun
Hilde Konetzni
Irmgard Seefried
Ludwig Welter
Rosette Anday
Murray Dickie
Waldemar Kmentt
Oskar Czerwenka
Laszlo Szemere
Liselotte Maikl
Hans Schweiger
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper

Conductor

Berislav Klobucar

About

Smetana's The Bartered Bride, performed in German, has long been a regular part of Vienna's mainstream operatic repertory. In 1960 this production was captured by Austrian Radio in a performance that immortalised the interpretations of the original principals from 1959. The cast was headed by Irmgard Seefried, a great favourite with Viennese audiences. At the time of this recording she could already look back on a stage career lasting 20 years, and yet she had retained the youthful freshness necessary for Marie/Marenka.

The other half of this dream couple was Waldemar Kmentt as Jeník, or Hans, one of the roles with which the Austrian tenor was rightly most closely associated. The tragicomedy of his stuttering stepbrother is well caught by Murray Dickie, avoiding buffo excess. The self-infatuated and vainglorious marriage broker Kecal is entirely plausible when the role is played by another Viennese operatic institution, the distinguished Upper Austrian bass Oskar Czerwenka. The smaller roles are also cast from strength by singers of the calibre of Hilde Konetzni, Rosette Anday and László Szemere, all of whom milk their brief scenes for all that they are worth.

A lively and yet always well-disciplined performance is further guaranteed by the Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera under the direction of Berislav Klobucar who, often criminally undervalued, presided genially over countless repertory performances in Vienna.

Cast:
- Hans Braun (Krušina)
- Hilde Konetzni (Ludmila)
- Irmgard Seefried (Marie)
- Ludwig Welter (Micha)
- Rosette Anday (Háta)
- Murray Dickie (Wenzel)
- Waldemar Kmentt (Hans)
- Oskar Czerwenka (Kecal)
- László Szemere (Zirkusdirektor)
- Liselotte Maikl (Esmeralda)
- Hans Schweiger (Muff)

Live Recording, 11 November, 1960.

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