At The Opera, Von Flotow: Martha, August 23, 2014
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Martha is a romantic comic opera in four acts by Friedrich von Flotow set to a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Riese and based on a story by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges.
Flotow had composed the first act of a ballet, Harriette, ou la servante de Greenwiche, derived from a text by Saint-Georges, for the ballerina Adèle Dumilâtre. This was first performed by the Paris Opera Ballet at the Salle Le Peletier on February 21, 1844. The time available for the composition was short, so the second and third acts were assigned, respectively, to Friedrich Burgmüller and Édouard Deldevez. The opera Martha was an adaptation of this ballet. This 1969 recording stars Anneliese Rothenberger and Nicolai Gedda. Robert Heger conducts.
8:00 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor
8:08 p.m.
Anneliese Rothenberger
Friedrich Von Flotow
Martha
Munich State Opera; Robert Heger, conductor Nicolai Gedda
10:47 p.m.
Beniamino Gigli
Giacomo Puccini
Tosca Act 1
Rome Opera; Oliviero De Fabritiis, conductor
11:31 p.m.
Mario Lanza
Verdi
Otello: Dio Ti Giocondi - Mario Lanza/Licia Albanese
11:46 p.m.
Mario Lanza
Puccini
Turandot: Nessun, Dorma
11:56 p.m.
Pietro Mascagni
Cavalleria rusticana, opera Intemezzo
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony; Ondrej Lenard, conductor