Bedrich Smetana: Die Teufelswand (2 CDs)

Bedrich Smetana (1824-1884)

Vaclav Bednar, Ivana Mixova, Ivo Zidek, Libuse Domaninska, Karel Berman, Ladislav Mraz, Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Zdenek Chalabala

2 CDs

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Künstler:: Vaclav Bednar, Ivana Mixova, Ivo Zidek, Libuse Domaninska, Karel Berman, Ladislav Mraz, Prague National Theatre Orchestra, Zdenek Chalabala
Label:: Supraphon
Aufnahmejahr ca.:: 1960
UPC/EAN:: 0099925362720
Erscheinungstermin:: 19.2.1996

Product Information:

Smetana's opera, The Devil's Wall, to the libretto of Eliska Krasnohorska, is his last finished stage work. The story, oscillating between reality and fantasy, with the occasional tinge of comedy, offered the composer a fine chance to create an original stage vehicle presenting a blend of delicate humour, tender emotionality, devilish horror, and subjective lyricism. The character of the Devil and the infernal element at large represent one of the opera's dominant features, as regards both plot and music. Full of complex and abrupt changes of scene, the opera was less than successful on its first night in 1882, as it proved well beyond the capacities of the day's stage production technologies. The Devil's Wall eventually got its full rehabilitation on stage in the twentieth century, with the emergence of modern-day stage design. Here is a vintage recording being reintroduced onto the market in a sensitive state-of-the-art polished and upgraded version, originally made in 1960 by the phenomenal conductor Zdenek Chalabala, with an elite cast of singers from the Prague National Theatre's opera company. This is a title from Supraphon's golden library, and a sure promise of a true listening thrill for today's disc collector. Slogan: The Devil's Wall: A work of genius and a major artistic attraction.

Rezensionen

E. Pluta in FonoForum 4/96: »Wo immer sich der Komponist innerhalb der von Wagner geprägten durchkomponierten Form ariose ›Inseln‹ gönnt, sprudelt seine melodische Inspiration in alter Frische. Hymnischer Überschwang, elegische Kantilene und tänzerische Vitalität werden ohne die slawische Schwerblütigkeit realisiert. Auch sängerisch bleibt kein Wunsch offen.«