Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Jeanette Scovotti (Olympia), Norma Sharp (Giulietta), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Lindorf, Coppelius, Dapertutto, Mirakel), Julia Varady (Antonia), Gisela Schunk (Stella), Hanna Schwarz (Stimme der Mutter), Siegfried Jerusalem (Hoffmann), Klaus Hirte (Spalanzani), Norbert Orth (Nathanael) & Kurt...
German-language edition offers high musical standards, with Siegfried Jerusalem lithe in the title-role and Fischer-Dieskau memorable as the four villains.
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann
Jeanette Scovotti (Olympia), Norma Sharp (Giulietta), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Lindorf, Coppelius, Dapertutto, Mirakel), Julia Varady (Antonia), Gisela Schunk (Stella), Hanna Schwarz (Stimme der Mutter), Siegfried Jerusalem (Hoffmann), Klaus Hirte (Spalanzani), Norbert Orth (Nathanael) & Kurt...
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German-language edition offers high musical standards, with Siegfried Jerusalem lithe in the title-role and Fischer-Dieskau memorable as the four villains.
About
Jacques Offenbach’s grand opera Les Contes d’Hoffmann sung in German, following a German tradition up to nowadays. The 1980 Electrola recording is led by an all-star cast including Siegfried Jerusalem, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Julia Varady and Hanna Schwarz, conducted by Heinz Wallberg.
Artists
Jeanette Scovotti (Olympia), Norma Sharp (Giulietta), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Lindorf, Coppelius, Dapertutto, Mirakel), Julia Varady (Antonia), Gisela Schunk (Stella), Hanna Schwarz (Stimme der Mutter), Siegfried Jerusalem (Hoffmann), Klaus Hirte (Spalanzani), Norbert Orth (Nathanael) & Kurt Moll (Crespel)
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Heinz Wallberg
Contents and tracklist
- Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass-baritone), Peter Lika (bass-baritone), Siegfried Jerusalem (vocals), Kurt Moll (bass), Günter Wewel (bass), Norma Sharp (soprano), Friedrich Lenz (tenor), Gisela Schunk (vocals), Jeanette Scovotti (soprano), Julia Varady (soprano), Ilse Gramatzki (mezzo-soprano), Norbert Orth (tenor), Klaus Hirte (bass-baritone), Hanna Schwarz (vocals), Guenter Wewel (bass)
- Munich Radio Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Heinz Wallberg
- Recorded: 1979-01-01
- Recording Venue: 03.-13.I.1979 Bayerischer Rundfunk, München
Awards and reviews
June 2013
German-language edition offers high musical standards, with Siegfried Jerusalem lithe in the title-role and Fischer-Dieskau memorable as the four villains.
19th June 2013
Each [Fischer Dieskau and Jerusalem] combines a voice of rare beauty with convincing vocal acting. The result is certainly very different from what can be achieved with the French text. The humorous aspects of the opera scarcely register but it does mean that there is a real sense of a dramatic whole