コルンゴルト・ヘリアーネの奇跡

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Saturday, August 28 GMT 0300/JST1200
KXPR, Sacramento, California, USA
http://www.capradio.org/stream/player_KXPR.aspx

11:00PM Friday Night at the Opera: Das Wunder der Heliane Das Wunder der Heliane or The Miracle of Heliane, is an opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold with a libretto by Hans Müller-Einigen, after Hans Kaltneker. It was first performed at the Hamburg State Opera on October 7 1927. Before its premiere in 1927 Korngold claimed that this would be his masterwork. But at the world premiere in Hamburg the audiences and critics were unimpressed feeling that Korngold's music held no new surprises and it was not modern. Critics were united in their lack of esteem for the work, many simply dismissing it as kitsch. Within the artistic community however there is evidence that there was admiration for the work, soprano Lotte Lehman even stating that the title role was her favorite. If fact, Lehman and Jan Kiepura sang in the premier. This spectacular 1993 recording stars Anna Tomowa-Sintow, René Pape, and Nicolai Gedda. John Mauceri conducts. (3 hrs.)