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Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten
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"I may not be a first-rate composer, but I am a first-class second-rate composer,” is how Richard Strauss, "the last great Romantic”, described himself. Die Frau ohne Schatten was created during World War One. Hofmannsthal's libretto is a work of Freudian inspiration that is full of powerful symbolism and extraordinarily endowed characters.
Die Frau ohne Schatten takes place in a mystical and mythical Eastern world, in the realm of the Seven Moon Mountains and the Southeastern Islands surrounded by a dark river. This work requiring a vast orchestra is monumental and powerful "Wagnerian” music that is at the same time full of beauty and subtlety, chamber-type music and parts reduced for solo instruments. Die Frau ohne Schatten was conceived during the twilight of the era that the Viennese writer Stefan Zweig (who later succeeded Hofmannstahl as Strauss's librettist) termed "the golden age of security”; the summation of the tradition that was rocked at its foundation by the First World War.
Presented by: Hungarian State Opera
Sections
Conductor:
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Péter Halász
Performers:
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EmperorIstván Kovácsházi
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NurseIldikó Komlósi
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The Messenger of the SpiritsZsolt Haja
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The Guardian of the ThresholdIngrid Kertesi
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The Apparition of a YouthPéter Balczó
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FalconErika Markovics
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A Voice from AboveAtala Schöck
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BarakJohan Reuter
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Barak's wifeSzilvia Rálik
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The One-eyed ManLajos Geiger
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The One-armed ManFerenc Cserhalmi
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The HunchbackIstván Horváth
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watchmenZsolt Haja, Ferenc Cserhalmi, Lajos Geiger
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voices of the unborn childrenIldikó Szakács, Ingrid Kertesi, Bori Keszei, Erika Markovics, Gabriella Balga, Atala Schöck
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servants of the EmpressIldikó Szakács, Bori Keszei, Gabriella Balga
Creators:
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EmpressEszter Sümegi
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librettistHugo von Hofmannsthal
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hungarian surtitlesMáté Mesterházi
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head of the Children's ChoirNikolett Hajzer
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acting choirmasterGábor Csiki
Featuring:
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Hungarian State Opera Orchestra
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