The Merry Widow
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Music CD Cover Composer: Franz Lehar Conductor: John Eliot Gardiner Orchestra: Wiener Philharmoniker Orchestra: The Monteverdi Choir Performer: Cheryl Studer Performer: Bo Skovhus Performer: Barbara Bonney Performer: Rainer Trost Performer: Bryn Terfel Performer: Donna Deam Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 1995-02-14 Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon Soundtracks:
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Free Music Review: A Viennese Merry Widow without Viennese tradition
Hit: 3 Stars
I have heard this and a comtemporary production by the Vienna Volksoper (same season). While I think the Staatsoper is the greatest opera house in the world, they have abandonned the tradition of operetta style, so wonderfully present in the Volksoper production. This is a performance that is well nigh perfect with a totally miscast Skovhus, possibly the greatest Don Giovanni of our time, but at a loss of what to do with the music of Danilo. While the orchestral style is there it is not because of the conductor. Tempos are too fast, too strict, and inflection is typical of British recordings of this wonderful opera/operetta. Remember Lehar is credited as the inventor of the "slow waltz! I hope the Staasoper will let a conductor who understands the tradition lead perfomances in this and future seasons. It finally has found a home at the Staatsoper, but seems more at home at the Volksoper. The production at the Volksoper was better sung in all parts, especially the magnicant singing and characterization of Adolf Dallapozza (a tenor) and the traditional voice for this part. Remember most of the subsequent roles by Lehar were written for Tauber.I purchased this recording, but listen to an old Volksoper excerpts reissue with joy and this one with respect. I prefer joy.