Philip Behrens
I’m reminded of one of many first events after I spent any time with James Jorden. I first met James at a vacation celebration at Marco Schmid’s. On a later date, Marco (an incredible cook dinner) invited each of us for dinner and full of life opera dialog ensued, though I don’t bear in mind getting a lot of an opportunity to talk that night. After dinner, James, as he was wont to do, advised we watch a VHS tape (sure, it’s been that way back) he’d introduced alongside; it turned out to be highlights of Gwyneth Jones—an incredible favourite of theirs, however positively not certainly one of mine.
After an unsubtle outside encounter between Elektra and Mother (Leonie Rysanek) concluded, this clip of Jones as Hanna started–my cue to exit.
There’s, after all, additionally a Lustige Witwe starring Anja Silja, performed by a minimum of Christoph von Dohnanyi, her husband on the time.
Behrens undertook Hanna Glawari at 62. Right now’s efficiency originates from Munich’s Gaertnerplatz and got here nearly precisely a yr after Behrens’s ultimate Met performances as Marie in Wozzeck, some twenty-three years after her debut there as Giorgetta in Il Tabarro.
Trove Thursday some time again supplied a Lustige Witwe starring Edda Moser.
Would possibly there be a full-length Lehár operetta sooner or later for this diva of immediately?
Lehár: Die Lustige Witwe
Hanna Glawari: Hildegard Behrens
Valencienne: Hlín Pétursdóttir
Graf Danilo: Thomas [Gazheli] Holzapfel
Camille de Rosillon: Thomas Sigwald
Baron Mirko Zeta: Klaus-Dieter Lerche
Njegus: Ferry Gruber
Conductor: David Stahl
Staatstheaters am Gaertnerplatz
5 Could 2000
In-house recording
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