Magnard: Guercoeur

[mikehopf]

Saturday night on Deutschlandfunk Kultur:

Opernbühne: Theater Osnabrück
Aufzeichnung vom 15.06.2019

Albéric Magnard
,,Guercœur", Tragédie en musique in drei Akten op. 12
Libretto vom Komponisten

Guercœur – Rhys Jenkins, Bariton
Giselle – Susann Vent-Wunderlich, Sopran
La Vérité – Lina Liu, Sopran
La Bonté / Schatten einer Frau – Katarina Morfa, Mezzosopran
La Beauté / Schatten einer Jungfrau – Erika Simons, Sopran
Schatten eines Dichters – Daniel Wagner, Tenor
Chor des Theaters Osnabrück
Osnabrücker Symphonieorchester
Leitung: Andreas Hotz (3 hrs., 25 min.)

[adriano]

Oh well, I think I remain faithful to Michel Plasson's EMI recording of 1987 having such a wonderful cast!

[Alan Howe]

Me too. It's absolutely superb.

[BerlinExpat]

We may have Plasson's superb recording of Guercœur, but seeing this opera on stage was a very moving experience. It made a lasting impression on me and my only disappointment was that the third act was slightly cut.

Next season the Theater am Domhof in Osnabrück is putting on a concert performance of Walter Braunfels' Galathea. It's a great shame that it's not being staged and one can only hope a recording will result from it. Four performances are planned from 6th June 2020.

[Aragion]

Has anyone recorded this broadcast? It is very much anticipated.

[Mark Thomas]

You can still hear the broadcast here.

[adriano]

Yes, but they are only excerpts. In a note they explain that for copyright reasons they cannot stream the complete broadcast. Suppose that in about 6 years or so, it will issued by cpo...

[Mark Thomas]

  Ahh, I didn't check whether it was the whole broadcast. Like others here, I'm perfectly satisfied with the Plasson recording.

[Alan Howe]

There's no point in waiting. The Plasson recording awaits interested parties...