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Hallstrom: Vikingarna

Started by mikehopf, Thursday 31 August 2017, 22:42

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mikehopf


On Swedish Radio P2 Saturday night:

P2 Live opera: "Vikingarna" av Ivar Hallström
Opera i tre akter.
Libretto: Frans Hedberg.
I rollerna:
Raimond - Mats Almgren.
Isaura - Hillevi Martinpelto.
Rolf Vidfarle - Tomas Lind.
Björn - Mats Persson.
Astrid - Ann-Kristin.
Jones Bertha - Mia Karlsson.
En abbot - Peter Loguin.
En trubadur - Markus Pettersson.
En hovman - Henrik Andersson.
En bard - Daniel Hällström.
En viking - Olof Söderberg.
En äldre viking - Sven Törnell.
Göteborgsoperans kör och orkester.
Dirigent: B Tommy Andersson.
Konsertant framförande 30/10 2016. (3 hrs.)
   WETA
Washington, D.C., USA   
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mikehopf

Oh! What a tragedy for this opera-tragic!

Having spent a  couple of days listening again to Hallstrom's melodious  operas- Duke Magnus  ( Marco Polo) and Den Bertagna ( Sterling)- I was so looking forward to hearing his unrecorded  Vikingarne. Alas! My recording failed .

Did any lover of Scandinavian operas manage to record this. I do hope so.

mikehopf

Problem solved.

The complete opera is now available on Swedish Radio P2... and very good it is too.

Mark Thomas

My recording of the Swedish Radio broadcast is in the Downloads Board here.

Justin

Just listened and it is pleasant sounding, yet not something I would return to often. Wish there was a higher quality recording of it, though.