Believe it or not, Schubert wrote operas despite having no hope of a professional performance, and a couple of them are really very good. Here they are, along with other interesting rarities.
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Another Schubert rarity in the same vein as his operas is his oratorio Lazarus : an aria is sung by Janet Baker in her famous 5 CD Philips box.
@philippecassagne319212 күн бұрын
Thanks to this review I sourced copies of these two operas that I wasn't even aware existed on recording. I'm not sure what to expect from them but the cast alone seems to ensure a quality performance, and I can't imagine it won't at least make for an interesting listen.
@MatthewMarczi3 күн бұрын
It will!
@DavesClassicalGuide2 күн бұрын
I think Otmar Suitner is an underrated conductor. He's done great work.
@markmiller371311 күн бұрын
I now want a big box of Franz Ignaz Poppelschmelker if you could push for that please 👍
@Smudge196613 күн бұрын
I think Fierrabras (which autocorrect tried to change to Sierra brass) is the best of his operas. Alfonso's numbers go on and on. Maybe if he'd lived longer, he might have developed but it's hard to think of any successful opera composer who hadn't shown theatrical instinct and sure stage timing by age 31. Even Puccini and Strauss had, despite rotten librettos. The one exception is probably Janacek who didn't even attempt an opera until age 33. Wolf is another great lied composer who could create tiny dramas in song but his one opera doesn't work. Completely overshadowed by Falla's masterpiece on the same Corregidor subject.
@bbailey781812 күн бұрын
Yep.
@DavesClassicalGuide12 күн бұрын
Schubert operas😳😵💫🥺 better walk past and keep myself in budget
Another Schubert rarity in the same vein as his operas is his oratorio Lazarus : an aria is sung by Janet Baker in her famous 5 CD Philips box.
Thanks to this review I sourced copies of these two operas that I wasn't even aware existed on recording. I'm not sure what to expect from them but the cast alone seems to ensure a quality performance, and I can't imagine it won't at least make for an interesting listen.
It will!
I think Otmar Suitner is an underrated conductor. He's done great work.
I now want a big box of Franz Ignaz Poppelschmelker if you could push for that please 👍
I think Fierrabras (which autocorrect tried to change to Sierra brass) is the best of his operas. Alfonso's numbers go on and on. Maybe if he'd lived longer, he might have developed but it's hard to think of any successful opera composer who hadn't shown theatrical instinct and sure stage timing by age 31. Even Puccini and Strauss had, despite rotten librettos. The one exception is probably Janacek who didn't even attempt an opera until age 33. Wolf is another great lied composer who could create tiny dramas in song but his one opera doesn't work. Completely overshadowed by Falla's masterpiece on the same Corregidor subject.
Yep.
Schubert operas😳😵💫🥺 better walk past and keep myself in budget