Strauss, R: Arabella
Jacquelyn Wagner (Arabella), Agneta Eichenholz (Zdenka), James Rutherford (Mandryka), Will Hartmann (Matteo), Marcel Reijans (Elemer), Susanne Elmark (Fiakermilli), Alfred Reiter (Count Waldner), Charlotte Margiono (Adelaide)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
Jacquelyn Wagner here in this recording convinces fom the start. The clarity and diction of the middle soprano range impress…the Netherlands Philharmonic sounds infallibly gorgeous. The balances...
Strauss, R: Arabella
Jacquelyn Wagner (Arabella), Agneta Eichenholz (Zdenka), James Rutherford (Mandryka), Will Hartmann (Matteo), Marcel Reijans (Elemer), Susanne Elmark (Fiakermilli), Alfred Reiter (Count Waldner), Charlotte Margiono (Adelaide)
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Marc Albrecht
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Jacquelyn Wagner here in this recording convinces fom the start. The clarity and diction of the middle soprano range impress…the Netherlands Philharmonic sounds infallibly gorgeous. The balances...
About
The Dutch National Opera presents this luxurious edition of 'Arabella', the last collaboration between Strauss and von Hoffmanstahl, across 3 Hybrid SACDs, which includes a 200 page booklet. It features a super cast of singers, including Jacquelyn Wagner, Agneta Eichenholz, James Rutherford, Will Hartmann and Susanne Elmark, alongside the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Marc Albrecht.
The Dutch National Opera is the largest opera company in the Netherlands and is housed in Dutch National Opera & Ballet, in Amsterdam. Under the leadership of artistic director Pierre Audi and the managing director of Dutch National Opera & Ballet, Els van der Plas, DNO has grown into one of the most important and pioneering opera companies in Europe.
Contents and tracklist
- Charlotte Margiono, Alfred Reiter, James Rutherford, Ursula Hesse von den Steinen, Agneta Eichenholz, Jacquelyn Wagner
- Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Nederlandse Opera
- Marc Albrecht
- James Rutherford, Jacquelyn Wagner, Susanne Elmark, Thomas Dear, Will Hartmann
- Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Nederlandse Opera
- Marc Albrecht
- Charlotte Margiono, James Rutherford, Agneta Eichenholz, Alfred Reiter, Jacquelyn Wagner, Will Hartmann
- Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Nederlandse Opera
- Marc Albrecht
Awards and reviews
April 2016
Jacquelyn Wagner here in this recording convinces fom the start. The clarity and diction of the middle soprano range impress…the Netherlands Philharmonic sounds infallibly gorgeous. The balances are superb, fine-textured orchestra warmly embracing the singers on a central soundstage
March 2016
In Dutch National Opera’s recording just how rewarding this work can be is obvious early on in Agneta Eichenholz’s Zdenka. While persuasively projecting the girl’s despair and frustration, the soprano also brings to her role a voice sufficiently full-toned to be mistaken on occasion for Arabella’s. If not showing the ‘flame’ above the stave of an Anneliese Rothenberger (still my favourite Zdenka), certainly Eichenholz’s sound is always effortlessly produced and firmly focused. The Netherlands Philharmonic is as technically adroit as usual, even if it lacks the ultimate in sheer sumptuousness.
