Die Fledermaus in Dresden: Kaufmann, Kulman, Welser-Möst, Staatskapelle Dresden Die Fledermaus in Dresden: Kaufmann, Kulman, Welser-Möst, Staatskapelle Dresden LIVE: Strauss, Die Fledermaus. Staatskapelle Dresden, Franz Welser-Möst, Jonas Kaufmann, Elisabeth Kulman, Andreas Schager, Rachel Willis-Sørensen. Was tun, wenn der Chef des Hauses zu den Andern abgeflattert ist? Die Frage stellte sich nicht nur für Rosalinde in der Fledermaus, sondern
Die Fledermaus from Dresden Franz Welser-Möst (conductor) Jonas Kaufmann (Eisenstein) Elisabeth Kulman (Prince Orlofsky) Andreas Schager (Alfred) Rachel Willis-Sørensen (Rosalinde) Nicola Hillebrand (Adele) and the Staatskapelle Dresden I’d guess we did about 40 performances of Johann Strauss II’s Die Fledermaus, so I pretty much know the whole thing by heart auf Deutsch. No need for subtitles.
Jonas Kaufmann And Franz Welser-Möst Present “Die Fledermaus” In Dresden Does the world really need another Fledermaus recording? Absolutely, yes! There are many glorious versions available already with singularly good performers, Fritzi Massary singing “Spiel’ ich die Unschuld vom Lande” in 1917 for example, or Adele Kern doing the same in 1929. Then there’s Ljuba Welitsch
Kulman’s Stupendous “Jazzical” CD MUSSORGSKY DIS-COVERED MUSSORGSKY: Gopak. Pesnja Mefistofelja v progrebke Auerbacha (Song of the Flea). Ozornik. MUSSORGSKY-THEISSING: Prelude, Groove and Drift – A Modest Fantasy. MUSSORGSKY: Serenada. SKUTA: Lapse. MUSSORGSKY: Trepak. THEISSING: Il sogno della bambola. MUSSORGSKY: S kukloj. THEISSING-MUSSORGSKY: Savishna at the Great Gate. MUSSORGSKY: Svetik Savishna. Ballets Russes. BREINSCHMID: Modest Reflections. THEISSING: Ballets Russes / Elisabeth Kulman, mezzo; Tscho Theissing, vln/arr; Arkady Shilkloper , Fr-hn; Antoni Donchev, pno; Georg Breinschmid, bs /
Marking the Czech Centennial with the Czech Philharmonic United States Dvořák, Mahler: Alisa Weilerstein (cello), Christiane Karg (soprano), Elisabeth Kulman (mezzo-soprano), Prague Philharmonic Choir / Lukáš Vasilek (principal conductor), Czech Philharmonic / Semyon Bychkov (conductor), Carnegie Hall, New York City. 27-28.10.2018. (BH) Dvořák — Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op.104; Symphony No.7 in D Minor, Op.70 Mahler — Symphony
An Overwhelming Performance at Carnegie Hall I have attended many great performances of Mahler’s Second Symphony, the so-called “Resurrection.” The scale of the piece — requiring ten trumpets, two harps, organ, vocal soloists, chorus, and even a fernorchester (a distant orchestra) — means that any performance of this powerful masterpiece is an event. Two memorable performances I attended
Elisabeth Kulman’s Great Lieder Recital SCHUMANN: Kinderszenen: Nos. 1 & 5. Mond, meiner Seele Liebling. Frauenliebe und Leben: Nos. 1, 3, 6-8. Du nennst mich armes Mädchen. Der Zeisig. Kinderwacht. Fantasiestücke: No. 3, Warum. Die letzten Blumen starben. Reich mir die Hand, o Wolke. Nachtlied. Mondnacht. Dichterliebe: Im wunderschönen Monat Mai. SCHUBERT: Dithyrambe. Die Sterne. Rosamonde: Romance. Wehmut.
Mahler the Magnificent Years ago, a musician friend of mine gave an interview on Czech radio. He mentioned the Big Three among Czech composers: Dvorak, Smetana, and Janacek. The interviewer was nonplussed. “There are four,” he said. Now it was my friend’s turn to be nonplussed. Who was the fourth? “Mahler,” said the interviewer, as
Czech Philharmonic stakes a Mahler claim with a memorable “Resurrection” There are three orchestras considered great Mahler ensembles: the Vienna Philharmonic, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic. Each had a personal connection to the composer — Mahler led both the VPO and the New York Philharmonic, and was close with Willem Mengelberg,
The Czech Philharmonic Brings Tear-Streaked Consolation We tend to lean on Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony in moments of tragedy — in the immediate aftermath, and later in remembrance. Leonard Bernstein conducted it after John F. Kennedy was assassinated; the New York Philharmonic played it to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. It