Strauss, R: Feuersnot
Nicola Beller Carbone (Diemut), Dietrich Henschel (Kunrad), Alex Wawiloff (Schweiker von Gundelfingen) & Ruben Amoretti (Ortolf Sentlinger)
Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus of the Teatro Massimo, Gabriele Ferro (conductor) & Emma Dante (stage director)
Ferro's conducting is perfectly decent, while there's lively work from the children's chorus especially, giving the lie to the idea that their part is too difficult to be practicable. It's difficult...
Strauss, R: Feuersnot
Nicola Beller Carbone (Diemut), Dietrich Henschel (Kunrad), Alex Wawiloff (Schweiker von Gundelfingen) & Ruben Amoretti (Ortolf Sentlinger)
Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus of the Teatro Massimo, Gabriele Ferro (conductor) & Emma Dante (stage director)
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Ferro's conducting is perfectly decent, while there's lively work from the children's chorus especially, giving the lie to the idea that their part is too difficult to be practicable. It's difficult...
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Set Designer: Carmine Maringola
Costume Designer: Vanessa Sannin
Feuersnot is Richard Strauss’s second opera and made up for the failure of his first when its 1902 Dresden premiere was a resounding success. It is a lively one-act drama about the ancient Bavarian tradition of celebrating midsummer night with bonfires, songs and dances at the summer solstice – a work full of allusions.
The score has quotations from Wagner and echoes of contemporary composers such as Mahler and Bruckner. Nonetheless, it is genuine Strauss – from racy waltzes to enchanting love duets.
Conductor Gabriele Ferro acquits himself well in handling the complex score and keeping the balance between the pit and the crowded stage – the orchestra sounds marvellous.
“Nicola Beller Carbone triumphs magnificently in the role of Diemut” (Forum Opéra) and Dietrich Henschel, in the role of her suitor Kunrad, sings a “full-voiced baritone” (Tagesspiegel).
Special Feature: 'Making of Feuersnot', including interviews with the artistic team.
Sound Formats: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Picture Format: 16:9
Subtitles: DE (Original Language), GB, KOR
DVD 9 / NTSC
Running Time: 113 mins & 13 mins (Bonus)
FSK: 0
Region Code: 0
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Contents and tracklist
- Live from the Teatro Massimo Palermo, 2014
- Nicola Beller Carbone (Diemut), Dietrich Henschel (Kunrad), Alex Wawiloff (Schweiker von Gundelfingen) & Ruben Amoretti (Ortolf Sentlinger)
- Orchestra, Chorus and Youth Chorus of the Teatro Massimo
- Gabriele Ferro (conductor) & Emma Dante (stage director)
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Awards and reviews
August 2015
Ferro's conducting is perfectly decent, while there's lively work from the children's chorus especially, giving the lie to the idea that their part is too difficult to be practicable. It's difficult to warm to Henschel's dry-voiced and charmless Kunrad, however...The extended cast does a decent job, but with varying levels of German.
November 2015
Strauss makes phenomenal demands on his two principals. Dietrich Henschel’s firm, steady baritone and sheer artistic intelligence see him through the demanding role of Kunrad, even if its endless vocal challenges ideally require even more substantial resources than he possesses. Nicola Beller Carbone proves to be an even more admirable exponent of the role of Diemut, her clear, clean tone tirelessly deployed throughout the arduous trajectory of the part of the woman Kunrad insists must give herself to him if he is to remove his firequenching spell from the benighted city.
