Hindemith - Cardillac
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Label: BR Klassik
Cat No: 900345
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 14th July 2023
Contents
Artists
Juliane Banse (soprano)Markus Eiche (baritone)
Torsten Kerl (tenor)
Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)
Michaela Selinger (soprano)
Oliver Ringelhahn (tenor)
Kay Stiefermann (bass)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Munchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor
Stefan SolteszWorks
CardillacArtists
Juliane Banse (soprano)Markus Eiche (baritone)
Torsten Kerl (tenor)
Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)
Michaela Selinger (soprano)
Oliver Ringelhahn (tenor)
Kay Stiefermann (bass)
Prague Philharmonic Choir
Munchner Rundfunkorchester
Conductor
Stefan SolteszAbout
Paul Hindemith's three-act opera Cardillac, composed in 1925/26, was the composer's long-awaited first full-length stage work, and was based on E.T.A. Hoffmann's novella Das Fräulein von Scuderi. Hindemith’s librettist Ferdinand Lion created a large-scale opera that focused primarily on the goldsmith Cardillac and on the madness that leads him to murder. Any logically structured plot was replaced by individual, self-contained scenes, resembling isolated snapshots.
The premiere took place on 9 November 1926 at the Dresden State Opera under the baton of Fritz Busch, who thus spectacularly continued his series of important world premieres. Although the opera's radical style was perceived as highly unusual, it was nevertheless well received. After 1933, the work disappeared from German-language repertoires, but it promptly returned in 1946. Hindemith undertook a fundamental revision, which was premiered in Zurich in 1952 - combined with a performance ban on the first version. As early as 1960, however, the release of the 1926 version was achieved – and it went on to supplant its revised version almost completely. This recording also features the original, first version of the opera.
The concert performance on 13 October 2013 from the Prinzregententheater featured internationally renowned soloists such as Markus Eiche as Cardillac, Juliane Banse as his daughter, and several others. The Prague Philharmonic Choir sang, and Stefan Soltész conducted the Münchner Rundfunkorchester. The audience was just as impressed as the critics, and the live recording on two CDs also successfully conveys this haunting interpretation of Hindemith's Cardillac.
Cast:
- Cardillac's Daughter: Juliane Banse (soprano)
- Cardillac the Goldsmith: Markus Eiche (baritone)
- The Officer: Torsten Kerl (tenor)
- The Gold Merchant: Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass)
- The Lady: Michaela Selinger (soprano)
- The Courtier 'Cavalier': Oliver Ringelhahn (tenor)
- Provost Marshal: Kay Stiefermann (bass)
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