R Strauss - Intermezzo
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Label: Orfeo - Orfeo d'Or
Cat No: C765082
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 26th May 2008
Contents
Artists
Hanny SteffekHermann Prey
Ferry Gruber
Anny Felbermayer
Alfred Poell
Judith Hellwig
Waldeman Kmentt
Oskar Czerwenka
Alois Pernerstorfer
Ludwig Welter
Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Conductor
Joseph KeilberthWorks
Intermezzo, op.72Artists
Hanny SteffekHermann Prey
Ferry Gruber
Anny Felbermayer
Alfred Poell
Judith Hellwig
Waldeman Kmentt
Oskar Czerwenka
Alois Pernerstorfer
Ludwig Welter
Choir & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Conductor
Joseph KeilberthAbout
These were ideal conditions for a work like Richard Strauss' 'bourgeois comedy', Intermezzo, for which the composer wrote his own libretto - only the second time that he had done so since the failure of his first opera, Guntram, 30 years earlier. In his depiction of a marital row between Court Kapellmeister Robert Storch and his wife, Strauss did not fight shy of ironic allusions to his own connubial domesticity.
The Vienna State Opera mounted a new production of this rarely heard work at the Theater an der Wien in 1963, when Keilberth and the Vienna State Opera Orchestra had at their disposal a team of singers who, thanks to their excellent diction and acting skills, were able to capture the conversational tone that is required but which is so difficult to achieve. Leading the ensemble is Hanny Steffek as the Kapellmeister's wife, Christine. She enjoyed an international career as a Strauss soprano, most notably as Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier, which she sang at Covent Garden under Solti in 1959.
Alongside her is Hermann Prey as Storch, a role tailor-made for him both physically and vocally, so much so, indeed, that he was still cutting a fine figure in the part 25 years later in the composer's home city of Munich.
The two tenors in the 1963 Intermezzo, Waldemar Kmentt and Ferry Gruber, had equally long careers, making their mark in roles that serve initially to fuel the petty jealousies between Storch and his wife before ultimately leaving the coast clear for a suitably harmonious ending.
Cast:
- Hanny Steffek (Christine)
- Hermann Prey (Robert Storch);
- Ferry Gruber (Baron Lummer)
- Anny Felbermayer (Anna)
- Alfred Poell (Notar)
- Judith Hellwig (his wife)
- Waldeman Kmentt (Stroh)
- Oskar Czerwenka (Kommerzienrat)
- Alois Pernerstorfer (Justizrat)
- Ludwig Welter (Kammersänger)
Live Recording 1/5/1963.
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