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Heuberger: Der Opernball (The Opera Ball)

Sieglinde Feldhofer, Gerhard Ernst, Lotte Marquardt, Alexander Kaimbacher, Ivan Orescanin, Nadja Mchantaf, Martin Fournier, Margareta Klobucar, Janos Mischuretz

Chor der Oper Graz Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester, Marius Burkert

Heuberger: Der Opernball (The Opera Ball)
Heuberger’s melodic freshness and the sparkle in his eye place Der Opernball firmly in the Strauss tradition – carefree rather than nostalgic, and all the more life-affirming for it…while the...

Heuberger: Der Opernball (The Opera Ball)

Sieglinde Feldhofer, Gerhard Ernst, Lotte Marquardt, Alexander Kaimbacher, Ivan Orescanin, Nadja Mchantaf, Martin Fournier, Margareta Klobucar, Janos Mischuretz

Chor der Oper Graz Grazer Philharmonisches Orchester, Marius Burkert

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Heuberger’s melodic freshness and the sparkle in his eye place Der Opernball firmly in the Strauss tradition – carefree rather than nostalgic, and all the more life-affirming for it…while the...

About

Der Opernball (The Opera Ball) is a charming, hot-blooded operetta that delights audiences not only with its comedy of errors and confusing events but also with its classics like Komm mit mir ins Chambre séparée – in an unforgettable musical setting by the Graz composer Richard Heuberger. It is a piece of Graz music history – and it was staged and recorded at the Graz Opera. During the Carnival season two wives devise a marital fidelity test for their husbands at the opera ball. A competition between the sexes and erotic adventures ensue. When the protagonists return home with hangovers on the following morning, many questions remain open: Who was with whom, when, and where? What has this one night changed? How, where, and with whom will life go on? Following the first performance, Der Opernfreund wrote, ‘Margareta Klobuèar sang outstandingly. Sieglinde Feldhofer is a special favorite of the Graz public. She sang her part with a clear voice and flawless technique. And the male roles too were superbly cast'.

Contents and tracklist

Overture
Track length7:29
Act I: An einem Tag
Track length4:17
Act I: Dialogue No. 1
Track length0:45
Act I: Lieber Onkel! Gute Tante!
Track length4:18
Act I: Dialogue No. 2
Track length1:26
Act I: Verzweifelt aus Kummer und Herzensweh
Track length4:07
Act I: Dialogue No. 3
Track length0:43
Act I: Liebe Freunde, ihr habt keine Ahnung
Track length3:22
Act I: Dialogue No. 4
Track length0:32
Act I: Mir ist, als wär's nicht recht, was ich beginne
Track length2:28
Act I: Dialogue No. 5
Track length1:12
Act I: Bereit ist Feder und Papier
Track length5:45
Act I: Die Damen nicht mehr hier?
Track length12:39
Act II: Zwischenspiel und Mazurka
Track length2:57
Act II: Hier ist die Uhr
Track length6:02
Act II: Dialogue No. 6
Track length1:15
Act II: Wo, wo, wo ist mein rosa Domino?
Track length9:05
Act III: Entr'acte
Track length3:23
Act III: Oh, mir ist nicht gut
Track length3:36
Act III: Dialogue No. 7
Track length0:33
Act III: Mein Herr es ist Beleidigung, wenn sie mich so was fragen
Track length3:46
Act III: Dialogue No. 9
Track length0:09
Act III: Finale
Track length2:07
Act III: Jetzt bin ich wieder da
Track length2:26
Act III: Dialogue No. 8
Track length1:10

Awards and reviews

June 2018

Heuberger’s melodic freshness and the sparkle in his eye place Der Opernball firmly in the Strauss tradition – carefree rather than nostalgic, and all the more life-affirming for it…while the cast isn’t exactly starry…they are at least a team: playing off each other and using their voices to create character. [Burkert] knows exactly how light a touch this music needs, and cast and orchestra respond with alertness and grace.

April 2018

Musically, this set is a pure delight. From the start of the overture, there is the greatest pleasure to be had from the animated playing of the Graz orchestra under Marius Burkert's idiomatic and zestful direction. The cast assembled for this recording is eminently fit for purpose.
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