Inside the Stradivarius
Donald Macleod visits the auditorium of the fabled Drottningholm theatre and talks to mezzo Anne Sophie von Otter about performing there. He also introduces the first Swedish opera.
ii) Inside the Stradivarius
Donald enters the auditorium of the fabled Drottningholm theatre and talks on stage to mezzo Anne Sophie von Otter about performing there. He also introduces the first Swedish opera Thetis och Pel茅e by Italian Francesco Uttini, visits the bowels of the theatre and creates a storm at sea!
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice 鈥� Overture
Performer: Ann-Christine Biel (Orfeo) Performer: Maya Boog (Euridice) Performer: Drottningholm Theatre Chorus and Orchestra Performer: Arnold Ostman (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.660064.
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George Frideric Handel
Donna, che in ciel di tanta luce splendi
Performer: Aria 鈥楽orga pure dall鈥檕rrido averno鈥� Performer: Anne Sofie Von Otter (mezzo) Performer: Musica Antiqua Koln Performer: Reinhard Goebel (conductor)
- ARCHIV 439 866 2.
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Uttini
Thetis och Pel茅e (1773) The first Swedish opera
Performer: Hillevi Martinpelto (soprano) Performer: Gertrud Hoffstedt (soprano) Performer: Stefan Dahlberg (tenor)
- MUSICA SVECIAE MSCD 426.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Alceste (Act 1, Scenes 3-5)
Performer: Theresa Ringholz (Alceste, soprano) Performer: Justin Lavender (Admeto, tenor) Performer: Jonas Degerfeldt (Evandro, tenor) Performer: Miriam Treichl (Ismene, soprano) Performer: Lars Martinsson (Apollo, baritone) Performer: Adam Giertz (Eumelo, treble) Performer: Emelie Clausen (Aspasia, treble) Performer: Matthais Nilsson (A bandit, baritone) Performer: Johan Lilja (The Oracle, bass) Performer: Drottningholm Chorus Performer: (Chorus-master: Mark Tatlow) Performer: Drottningholm Theatre Orchestra Performer: Arnold 艕stman (conductor)
- NAXOS 8.660066-68.
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Kraus
Proserpin
Performer: Stockholm Chamber Orchestra & Choir Performer: Mark Tatlow (conductor)
- MUSICA SVECIAE MSCD 422 423.
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