Weber: Oberon
Sung in English
Steve Davislim (Oberon), Frances Bourne (Puck), Hillevi Martinpelto (Reiza), Jonas Kaufmann (Huon), William Dazely (Sherasmin), Marina Comparato (Fatima), Katharine Fuge (First mermaid), Charlotte Mobbs (Second mermaid)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot...
It would be hard to overestimate the importance of this recording of Weber's final opera.
Weber: Oberon
Sung in English
Steve Davislim (Oberon), Frances Bourne (Puck), Hillevi Martinpelto (Reiza), Jonas Kaufmann (Huon), William Dazely (Sherasmin), Marina Comparato (Fatima), Katharine Fuge (First mermaid), Charlotte Mobbs (Second mermaid)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot...
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It would be hard to overestimate the importance of this recording of Weber's final opera.
About
Studio recording, 2002
Artists
Steve Davislim (Oberon), Frances Bourne (Puck), Hillevi Martinpelto (Reiza), Jonas Kaufmann (Huon), William Dazely (Sherasmin), Marina Comparato (Fatima), Katharine Fuge (First mermaid), Charlotte Mobbs (Second mermaid)
Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir, Sir John Eliot Gardiner
Contents and tracklist
- Roger Allam (Narrator), Charlotte Mobbs (Voice), Lindsay Wagstaff (Voice), Mark Dobell (Voice), Steve Davislim (Bass), Hillevi Martinpelto (Soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (Tenor), William Dazeley (Bass), Marina Comparato (Mezzo-Soprano), Frances Bourne (Mezzo-Soprano), Katherine Fuge (Soprano), Charlotte Mobbs (Soprano)
- Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir
- Sir John Eliot Gardiner
- Recorded: 2002-03-15
- Recording Venue: The Colosseum, Watford
Awards and reviews
1st August 2005
It would be hard to overestimate the importance of this recording of Weber's final opera.
Awards Issue 2005
A fine set that overcomes the many problems posed by this magical opera...Best is Jonas Kaufmann's Huon. The tenor is supposed to possess the heft of a Tannhäuser while performing graceful flourishes in the manner of Rossini's Count Almaviva. Kaufmann brings all the lyrical sweetness and technical skill for that part of it, and can still produce extra power and ring for the heroics.
