Release Date: 01 November 2018
Label: Cpo - Full Price / CPO
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 2
Barcode: 761203513628
Composer/Series: Emmerich Kálmán
Description
Michael Lakner selected an absolute operetta rarity for a premiere during his last season as the director of the Lehár Festival in 2017: Kaiserin Josephine (Empress Josephine) by Emmerich Kálmán. His daughter Yvonne Kálmán had to flee to the United States with her Jewish father. In New York Emmerich Kálmán fought for a performance of his Josephine at the Metropolitan Opera and even found just the right female protagonist for this operetta. Her death in an accident also ended Kálmán’s hopes for its premiere at the Met because no other female vocalist wanted to support this work. It was thus that a masterpiece fell into oblivion. The conductor Marius Burkert has stated, “With its seriousness, depth, and melancholy, Kálmán’s music is something very special for me,” and we have him to thank for transforming this music into something very special for listening audiences.
Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein; Salzburger Hofmusik; Bohdan Warch
Gernot Submuth; Ramon Jaffe; Monica Gutman
Yannick Debus; Ulrike Hofbauer; Anita Rosati; Nina Bernsteiner; Nils Wanderer; Seda Amir-Karayan; M
THERESIA; Vanni Moretto
Tanja Becker-Bender; Kurpfalzisches Kammerorchester Mannheim; Johannes Schlaefli
Stephanie Varnerin; L'Astree
Solomon's Knot; Les Passions de l'Ame; Jonathan Sells; Meret Luthi
Mathis Rochat; Stephen Waarts; Christine Theus; Camerata Schweiz; Howard Griffiths
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