Zemlinsky - Es war einmal (Once upon a time) | Capriccio C5440

Zemlinsky - Es war einmal (Once upon a time)

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Label: Capriccio

Cat No: C5440

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Genre: Opera

Release Date: 4th June 2021

Contents

Artists

Eva Johansson
Kurt Westi
Per Arne Wahlgren
Aage Haugland
Ole Hedegaard
Guido Paevatalu
Christian Christiansen
Susse Lillesoe
Danish National Radio Chorus
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Hans Graf

Works

Zemlinsky, Alexander von

Es war einmal

Artists

Eva Johansson
Kurt Westi
Per Arne Wahlgren
Aage Haugland
Ole Hedegaard
Guido Paevatalu
Christian Christiansen
Susse Lillesoe
Danish National Radio Chorus
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Conductor

Hans Graf

About

By the 1890s, Zemlinsky had already acquired a reputation as a promising young composer and pianist. In October 1897, Gustav Mahler had become director of the Vienna Hofoper and was determined to do what he could to help him. Mahler worked his way through Zemlinsky’s opera Es war einmal alongside the young composer with characteristic energy, advising on and making changes in the music and the libretto. The resulting score provides a fascinating and little-explored document for studies of both Zemlinsky and Mahler. Es war einmal received its first performance under Mahler on 22 January 1900. To mark the 150th anniversary of Zemlinsky’s birth, Capriccio presents a newly remastered edition of the opera’s legendary first recording which was made in 1987.

Cast:
- Princess: Eva Johansson
- Prince: Kurt Westi
- Kaspar: Per Arne Wahlgren
- King: Aage Haugland
- A Suitor: Ole Hedegaard
- A Commissionaire: Guido Paevatalu
- Commander / Herald: Christian Christiansen
- First Lady-in-waiting: Susse Lillesoe

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