Leo Fall - The Rose of Stambul
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Label: Naxos - Opera
Cat No: 866032627
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Genre: Opera
Release Date: 25th February 2013
Contents
Artists
Kimberly McCord (soprano)Alison Kelly (soprano)
Erich Buchholz (tenor)
Gerald Frantzen (tenor)
Robert Morrissey (bass)
Chicago Folks Operetta
Conductor
John FrantzenWorks
The Rose of StambulArtists
Kimberly McCord (soprano)Alison Kelly (soprano)
Erich Buchholz (tenor)
Gerald Frantzen (tenor)
Robert Morrissey (bass)
Chicago Folks Operetta
Conductor
John FrantzenAbout
Leo Fall’s early career mirrored that of his famous contemporary Franz Lehár. Both were born in provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and soon moved to the Imperial capital, Vienna. There they both wrote a series of glorious operettas. Fall’s The Rose of Stambul, set in Ottoman Turkey, is a sparkling masterpiece that ran for fifteen months, the most successful such work since Lehár’s The Merry Widow, composed eleven years earlier. The plot offers comedy, mistaken identity, cultural misunderstandings, exoticism and, of course, a romance that must overcome various obstacles, while Fall’s melodies are exquisitely beautiful, with numerous hit songs.
Leo Fall was Lehár’s natural successor and wrote sparkling songs and ensemble numbers in operettas that, in the case of this one – The Rose of Stambul – was through-composed almost to an operatic extent. This recording is a perfect fit for lovers of Viennese operetta.
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