C/Konradin Kreutzer Das Nachtlager in Granada

[Alan Howe]

This rather Weber-ish opera is a rather fine, attractive work. It certainly fills out further the picture of German opera between Beethoven and Wagner. I had completely ignored the composer before deciding to pick up a second-hand copy of the 1993 recording on the Capriccio label - and am enjoying the work immensely. Does anyone else know the piece?

[mikehopf]

Konradin is one of my very favourite composers.

I've had the CD of his sacred music since it was issued.  However, I was disappointed by the lacklustre performance of the beautiful " Messkircher" Mass which paled beside the earlier Koch Schwann LP version.

For opera lovers,  Das Nachtlager in Granada seems to be his only commercially available opera. I have a recording of his earlier Die Alpenhutte and was delighted to find that there are two performances of Der Verschwender on youtube : the better one cast with children .