Strauss, (J.) - Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1960)
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JOHANN STRAUSS
Strauss, (J.) - Die Fledermaus (complete opera recorded in 1960)
Hilde Gueden, Walter Berry, Erich Kunz, Regina Resnik / Chorus and Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan
[ ALTO / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 20 November 2011
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"Hilde Gueden is by no means vocally perfect; but how ravishingly she plays the part! Regina Resnik, too, is convincing in Orlovsky's couplets, Walter Berry is an excellent Falke." (Gramophone)
plus GALA SCENE includes Tebaldi, Del Monaco, Sutherland, Price.
"Hilde Gueden is by no means vocally perfect; but how ravishingly she plays the part! (Who could possibly resist her farewell kiss in Act 1) Regina Resnik, too, is convincing in Orlovsky's couplets, Walter Berry is an excellent Falke, and Karajan's conducting certainly brings out the contrasts of charm and vitality in the score....at Orlovsky's Act 2 party will be names from the past to a current generation of record buyers. Here, at any rate, are such artists as Renata Tebaldi singing "Vilja" (in Italian), Birgit Nilsson proclaiming "I could have danced all night," Jussi BjOrling with "Dein ist mein ganzes Herz", Ljuba Welitsch singing "Wien, Wien, nur du allein", and Giulietta Simionato and Ettore Bastianini having fun with "Anything you can do, I can do better" - names that it is difficult to recall now without a substantial touch of nostalgia tempering the sense of fun that dictated the original scheme." (Gramophone)
