What opera have you been listening to, lately?

[Florestan]

Alternate cover:

[Florestan]

Anyone feeling Fidelio burnout. Here is the cure:

[MAuer]

Fidelio burnout?? Not possible!

[Florestan]

[Florestan]

Good recording if you delete the narration tracks. The dialog is not even what Beethoven wrote, but has been "replaced here by spoken additions from a 1985 book by Walter Jens called Rocco’s Erzahlung (Rocco’s Story), a monologue that tells the story from Rocco’s viewpoint. These passages are read by actor Martin Schwab."

[Florestan]

Good recording if you delete the narration tracks. The narration is not even what Beethoven wrote, but has been "replaced here by spoken additions from a 1985 book by Walter Jens called Rocco’s Erzahlung (Rocco’s Story), a monologue that tells the story from Rocco’s viewpoint. These passages are read by actor Martin Schwab."

[Florestan]

Great performance!

[MAuer]

Good recording if you delete the narration tracks. The dialog is not even what Beethoven wrote, but has been "replaced here by spoken additions from a 1985 book by Walter Jens called Rocco’s Erzahlung (Rocco’s Story), a monologue that tells the story from Rocco’s viewpoint. These passages are read by actor Martin Schwab."

I always bypass the narration when I listen to this recording. And Roccos Erzählung is also based on the 1814 final version of Fidelio, where the plot action differs to some extent from this original.

[Florestan]

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[Florestan]

Dorothy Kirsten is Awesome! Not the full operetta, but more of a highlights disk with mostly Act 1 and snippets from the rest of the acts..

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[Itullian]

My favorite Meistersinger recordings are Solti 1 and Solti 2
Benn seeing if i can decide on a number 1.
We'll see.