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| Modl as Octavian |
This recording is of a visit by the Hamburg State Opera to the Edinburgh Festival in 1952. About 37 minutes of extracts are preserved, concentrating on the Octavian of Martha Modl. Modl is best known for her Wagnerian roles, particular Brunnhilde, Kundry and Isolde, which she would sing at Bayreuth and elsewhere during the 1950s. The recent issue by Testament of her stereo Walkure and Gotterdammerung from Bayreuth in 1955 are particularly important documents of her art, while her broadcast of Tristan under Karajan at Bayreuth in 1952 (issued by Orfeo) ranks as one of the finest performances of the opera. Her non-Wagnerian discography is more limited, and examples of her singing Richard Strauss are few. The recording is taken from the complete BBC broadcast, but no further extracts seem to survive. The sound is acceptable.
Richard Strauss
DER ROSENKAVALIER
King's Theatre, Edinburgh
September 5, 1952
Marschallin - Clara Ebers
Octavian - Martha Mödl
Sophie - Lisa Della Casa
Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau - Theo Herrmann
Faninal - Caspar Bröcheler
Valzacchi - Fritz Göllnitz
Annina - Hedy Gura
Ein Sänger - Fritz Lehnert
Marianne Leitmetzerin - Lisa Bischof
Polizeikommissar - Jean Pfendt
Der Wirt - Kurt Marschner
Ein Notar - Karl (Carl) Otto
Der Haushofmeister bei der Feldmarschallin - Horst Wegner
Der Haufhofmeister bei Faninal - Kurt Marschner
Tierhändler - Robert Bodewig
Modistin - Christine Görner
Die drei Waisen - Agathe Bomatsch
- Edith Witteborn
- Kathe Feige
Conductor LEOPOLD LUDWIG
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