Nielsen: Maskarade (BD)

Frankfurter Opern- und Museumsorchester;
Engel, Titus

NBD 0174 V

Comic opera in three acts (1906)
(sung in German)
Libretto by Vilhelm Andersen based on a comedy by Ludvig Holberg
New German translation by Martin G. Berger

Monika Buczkowska, Susan Bullock, Sopranos
Michael Porter, Tenor
Liviu Holender, Baritone
Alfred Reiter, Bass
Chor der Oper Frankfurt
Tobias Kratzer, Stage director

Nielsen’s Maskarade is regarded as Denmark’s national opera. It combines folk-song character, Mozartean elegance and virtuoso surprises to create what conductor Titus Engel describes as ‘musical comedy that’s both witty and of the highest calibre’. Based on an 18thcentury play by Ludvig Holberg, the story revolves around Leander and Leonora who meet at a masquerade ball, swear undying love, and then have to deal with the complicated consequences of their situation, all accompanied by Nielsen’s irresistibly sparkling score. This acclaimed contemporary staging from Oper Frankfurt is sung in a new German translation and directed by Tobias Kratzer.

Blu-ray

Muzyka klasyczna

Naxos

05-03-2024

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