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Liszt: The Legend of St. Elizabeth
The opening concert of the Budapest Spring Festival
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From the autumn of 1861, Liszt spent more and more time in Rome, where his interest turned towards church music. In 1862 he completed his first oratorio, The Legend of St. Elizabeth. Liszt already took a strong interest in the life of the Hungarian princess and Bavarian duchess during his Weimar years, and even visited her former home, the castle of Wartburg, in the company of the Grand Duke of Weimar.
The Hungarian National Philharmonic will be conducted by their then music director, Zsolt Hamar. The title role of the oratorio is sung by Brigitta Kele, who made her debut at Cluj-Napoca's Romanian National Opera, regularly performs in Düsseldorf, Paris, Avignon, and Strasbourg, and was featured in 2016 in the New York Metropolitan's production of La bohème.
Albert Pesendorfer is one of today's most sought-after Wagner singers, who regularly performs King Marke, Hans Sachs, Hagen and Gurnemanz. Louis is sung by Johannes Kammler. The young German baritone won the second prize at the 2017 Neue Stimmen, an international competition, which earned him a number of performance opportunities. One of these was a concert performance of Gottfried von Einem's opera, The Trial, a highly anticipated production of the 2018 Salzburg Festival.
This recording was made at a concert held at Müpa Budapest on 30 March 2018.
Presented by: Müpa Budapest
From the autumn of 1861, Liszt spent more and more time in Rome, where his interest turned towards church music. In 1862 he completed his first oratorio, The Legend of St. Elizabeth. Liszt already took a strong interest in the life of the Hungarian princess and Bavarian duchess during his Weimar years, and even visited her former home, the castle of Wartburg, in the company of the Grand Duke of Weimar.
The Hungarian National Philharmonic will be conducted by their then music director, Zsolt Hamar. The title role of the oratorio is sung by Brigitta Kele, who made her debut at Cluj-Napoca's Romanian National Opera, regularly performs in Düsseldorf, Paris, Avignon, and Strasbourg, and was featured in 2016 in the New York Metropolitan's production of La bohème.
Albert Pesendorfer is one of today's most sought-after Wagner singers, who regularly performs King Marke, Hans Sachs, Hagen and Gurnemanz. Louis is sung by Johannes Kammler. The young German baritone won the second prize at the 2017 Neue Stimmen, an international competition, which earned him a number of performance opportunities. One of these was a concert performance of Gottfried von Einem's opera, The Trial, a highly anticipated production of the 2018 Salzburg Festival.
This recording was made at a concert held at Müpa Budapest on 30 March 2018.
Presented by: Müpa Budapest
Conductor:
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Zsolt Hamar
Cast:
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St. ElizabethBrigitta Kele
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Landgravin SophieJudit Kutasi
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Landgrave Hermann / Friedrich IIAlbert Pesendorfer
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Landgrave LudwigJohannes Kammler
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Hungarian magnate / StewardZsolt Haja
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Young ElizabethKinga Csorba
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Young LudwigKornél Kristofics
Featuring:
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Hungarian National Philharmonic
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Hungarian National Choir (choirmaster: Csaba Somos)
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Zoltán Kodály Hungarian Choir School Children's Choir (choirmaster: Borbála Sapszon, Ferenc Sapszon)
