NICOLAI GEDDA IN OPERAS AND RECITALS

Wednesday, 22 July 2009

124) Albert Lortzing Die Opernprobe
Mood:

chatty
Topic: 124) Opernprobe 1975

Der Graf - Klaus Hirte

Die Gräfin - Gizela Litz

Louise - Kari Lovaas

Hannchen - Lisa Otto

Der alte Baron Reinthal - Dieter Miserre

Der junge Baron Reinthal - Nicolai Gedda

Johann - Walter Berry

Orchestra Der Bayerischen Staatsoper Munchen

Conductor Otmar Suitner

Recorded in January 1975

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123) Leonard Bernstein Candide
Topic: 123) Candide 1989

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Tuesday, 21 July 2009

122) Johann Strauss II Eine Nacht in Venedig - recording from 1954
Mood:

mischievious
Topic: 122) Nacht in Venedig 1854

EINE NACHT IN VENEDIG, 1954

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Annina

Nicolai Gedda - Duke

Emmy Loose - Ciboletta

Erich Kunz - Caramello

Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra London,

Conductor Otto Ackerman

Recorded in London, May 1954

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121) Nicolai Gedda in recital in Zurich, 1998
Topic: 121) Recital Zurich 1998

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Monday, 20 July 2009

120) Charles Gounod Faust - recording from 1958
Mood:

amorous
Topic: 120) Faust 1958

Faust -   Nicolai Gedda
Marguerite - Victoria De Los Angeles
Siebel -   Liliane Berton
Marthe -   Rita Gorr
Méphistophéles - Boris Christoff
Valentin - Ernest Blanc
Wagner -   Victor Autran

Orchestra and Chorus of Théatre National de l'Opéra
Chorus leader René Duclos
Conductor André Cluytens

Recorded in Paris, October 1958

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119) Pjotr Iljic Cajkovski Iolanta - live performance
Topic: 119) Iolanta, Paris 1984

Live performance from Salle Pleyel in Paris, December 1984

Synopsis

Time: The 15th century

Place: The mountains of southern France

Scene 1

Iolanta has been blind from birth, but no one has ever told her. In a beautiful garden on the king's estate, her friends bring flowers and sing to her.

Scene 2

After announcing the king's arrival, Alméric is warned by Bertrand not to speak of light with Iolanta or to reveal that Iolanta's father is the king. She is betrothed to Robert, who is also unaware of her misfortune. The king arrives with a physician who states Iolanta can be cured, but only if she is told and desires to see. The king refuses the treatment, fearing for Iolanta's happiness.

Scene 3

Wishing to avoid the marriage, Robert and Vaudémont escape to the garden where they encounter Iolanta. Robert, convinced she is a sorceress, leaves to prepare his troops. Vaudémont stays and discovers her blindness. They fall in love, after he explains light and color to her.

Scene 4

The couple is discovered. Vaudémont pledges his love, whether Iolanta is blind or not. The king threatens to kill Vaudémont if the physician's treatment fails. Robert returns, having fallen in love with another. The king cancels the wedding contract, and gives Iolanta to Vaudémont. The treatment works and Iolanta can see!

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Sunday, 19 July 2009

118) Gustave Charpentier Louise
Mood:

irritated
Topic: 118) Louise 1977

Performers: José Van Dam (Bass), Mignon Dunn (Mezzo Soprano), Éliane Lublin (Soprano),
Christiane Château (Soprano), Sonia Nigoghossian (Soprano), Marie Bertola (Soprano),
Martine Surais (Alto), Claude Vierne (Soprano), Carla Rutili (Alto),
Mireille Laurent (), Elya Weismann (Soprano), Maria Mella (Alto),
Martyn Hill (Tenor), Jacques Mars (Baritone), Jean-Jacques Doumene (Bass),
René Massis (Baritone), Nicolai Gedda (Tenor), Pierre-Yves Lemaigat (),
Robert Tallec (Baritone), Tibere Raffalli (Baritone), Guy De Kehrig (Tenor),
Jean-Marie Frémeau (Baritone), Beverly Sills (Soprano), Guy Gabelle (Baritone)

Conductor: Julius Rudel

Orchestra/Ensemble: Paris Opera Chorus, Paris Opera Orchestra, Maitrise de la Resurrection Chorus

Recorded in Paris, June 1977

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117) Franz Lehar Die Lustige Witwe - recording from 1952
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bright
Topic: 117) Lustige Witwe 1952

Hanna Glawari - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
Graf Danilo Danilowitsch - Erich Kunz
Camille de Rosillon - Nicolai Gedda
Valencienne - Emmy Loose

Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, London, November 1952

Conductor Otto Ackerman

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116) Franz Lehar Die Lustige Witwe - recording from 1962
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bright
Topic: 116) Lustige Witwe 1962

Recorded in London, July 1962

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Saturday, 18 July 2009

115) Franz Lehar Die Lustige Witwe (highlights) - recording from 1967
Mood:

bright
Topic: 115) Lustige Witwe 1967

Hanna Glawari - Anneliese Rothenberger

Graf Danilo Danilowitsch - Nicolai Gedda

Valencienne - Erika Köth

Camille de Rosillon - Robert Ilosfalvy

Chor der Bayerischen Rundfunks

Chorleitung Eolfgang Schubert

Simfonie-Orchester Grunke

Dirigent Willy Mattes

Recording from 1967.

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114) Edward Elgar The Dream of Gerontius
Mood:

incredulous
Topic: 114) Gerontius 1975

Gedda, Watts, Loyd

Conductor Sir Adrian Boult.

Recorded in London, July 1975

Elgar's friend Jaeger (Enigma 's "Nimrod") asserted that The Dream of Gerontius was not a work that could be appreciated after one hearing. Well said, but the loving dedication of Boult's recording (made in 1975, and the conductor's valedictory choral recording) has tremendously persuasive powers. There was a time when this recording competed with versions led by Malcolm Sargent and John Barbirolli; neither of those seem to be in the catalogue at the moment, and among the "old classics," only Benjamin Britten's version still is around. Boult's soloists are jewels. Gerontius is sung operatically (but with subtlety and grace) by Gedda, whose faint accent provides an unexpected touch of exoticism. Perhaps this recording's finest moment is when Gerontius's soul is granted a lightning-flash glimpse of the Almighty; "Take me away," he exclaims, "and in the lowest deep / There let me be." No one I've heard captures that moment's agony and ecstasy as well as Gedda, and certainly not with such tonal beauty. Watts is a formidable angel, but she shows great compassion. As the Priest (and later, the Angel of the Agony), Robert Lloyd's dark bass scores more points, and his two arias also are highlights of this recording. Boult conducts like a convert, inspiring the choirs and the orchestra to spiritual heights. His conducting is not the most dramatic, but it is the most alluring, "sacred" as it is.

The Dream of Gerontius is not an easy work – it's like Strauss's Death and Transfiguration, but with the scale and flavor of Parsifal – but eventually every devotee of choral music needs to come to term with it. Boult's recording is an excellent opportunity.

1999, Raymond Tuttle.

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Friday, 17 July 2009

113) Carl Maria von Weber Euryanthe
Topic: 113) Euryanthe 1974

King Louis VI bass ............................ Siegfried Vogel
Adolar, Count of Nevers and Rethel tenor ...... Nicolai Gedda
Lysiart, Count of Forï¿½and Beaujolais bass ... Tom Krause
Euryanthe of Savoy soprano .................... Jessye Norman
Eglantine of Puiset soprano ................... Rita Hunter
Rudolf tenor .................................. Harald Neukirch
Bertha soprano ................................ Renate Krahmer

Leipziger Rundfunkchor
Chorus master: Horst Neumann

Staatskapelle Dresden
Marek Janowski, conductor

Recorded: June & July 1974, Lukaskirche, Dresden

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Thursday, 16 July 2009

112) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail - recording from 1966
Mood:

caffeinated
Topic: 112) Entfuhrung 1966

Recorded in Vienna, February 1966

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Wednesday, 15 July 2009

111) Pjotr Iljic Cajkovski Eugen Onegin - live performance from MET, 1977
Mood:

lyrical
Topic: 111) Onegin, Met 1977

Eugen Onegin - Sherrill Milnes

Tatjana - Teresa Zylis-Gara

Lenski - Nicolai Gedda

Olga - Isola Jones

Gremin- Martti Talvela

Larina - Jean Kraft

Filipevna - Batyah Godfrey Ben-David

Trinquet - Andrea Velis

Captain - Richard Best

Zaretski - Andrij Dobrianski

Metropolitan Opera House

Conductor James Levine

In house recording on October 20, 1977

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110) Nicolai Gedda and Slovenski oktet - live performance
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bright
Topic: 110) Gedda&Slovenski oktet

Recording of the ORF of the concert of the Music Festival Carintischer Sommer Ossiach - Villach (Osoje - Beljak) on July 15, 1990.

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Tuesday, 14 July 2009

109) Vincenzo Bellini La Sonnambula - live performance from MET, 1972
Mood:

accident prone
Topic: 109) Sonnambula, Met 1972

Live performance from MET, October 17, 1972

Amina - Renata Scotto

Elvino - Nicolai Gedda

Il Conte Rodolfo - Bonaldo Giaiotti

Lisa - Colette Boky

Alessio - Giorgio Tozzi

Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra

Conductor Carlo Felice Cillario

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108) Franz Joseph Haydn Orfeo ed Euridice - live performance, Edinburgh 1967
Mood:

lyrical
Topic: 108) Orfeo ed E., Edinburgh 1067

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107) Georges Bizet Carmen - live performance from La Scala, 1974
Mood:

on fire
Topic: 107) Carmen, La Scala 1974

Live performance from La Scala, Milan, May 13, 1974

Carmen - Fiorenza Cossotto

Don José - Nicolai Gedda

Micaela - Adriana Maliponte

Escamillo - José Van Dam

Conductor - Georges Prêtre

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Monday, 13 July 2009

106) Gioachino Rossini Guglielmo Tell - live performancefrom Florence
Mood:

energetic
Topic: 106) Tell, Florence 1972

Live performance from Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.

Eva Marton - Matilde
Norman Mittelmann - Guglielmo Tell
Nicolai Gedda - Arnoldo
Agostino Ferrin - Gualtiero Furst
Mario Rinaudo - Melchthal
Maria Casula - Jemmy
Flora Rafanelli - Edwige
Vittorio Terranova - Un pescatore

Orchestra and chorus of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino.
Riccardo Muti, conductor.

Florence, May 1972.

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105) Ludwig Van Beethoven Christus am Olberge
Mood:

crushed out
Topic: 105) Christus am Olberge 1970

Recorded in Bonn, March1970.

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