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Montezuma : Oper in drei Akten / von Friedrich II von Preußen ; Musik von Carl Heinrich Graun ; Inszenierung, Bühne und Kostüme, Herbert Wernicke ; eine Aufführung der Deutschen Oper Berlin ; Fernsehregie, Karlheinz Hundorf ; eine Sendung des Bayerischen Rundfunks in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Sender Freies Berlin.
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Graun, Karl Heinrich, 1704-1759, composer.
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Standardized Title:
- Montezuma. German
- Language:
- German
- Subjects (All):
- Operas.
- Genre:
- Operas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (139 minutes)
- Place of Publication:
- Germany : ArtHaus Musik, 1982.
- Language Note:
- Sung principally in German.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Carl Heinrich Graun (1704-1759) wrote a total of 27 operas for the Berlin court and not least for Frederick II. In 1742 his "Cleopatra e Cesare" was performed at the opening of the "Haus Unter den Linden", and in 1755 he wrote his most impressive work - "Montezuma". The opera tells the tragic story of the last ruler of the Aztecs, who lost his power and ultimately his life to the Spanish conquistadores. The libretto, in French prose, was written by none other than the Emperor of Prussia himself - Frederick II - and translated into Italian verse by his court poet.
- Participant:
- Alexandra Papadjiakou (Montezuma) ; Sophie Boulin (Eupaforice) ; Gudrun Sieber (Erissena) ; Catherine Gayer (Tezeuco) ; Barbara Vogel (Pilpatoè) ; Walton Grönroos (Fernando Cortes) ; Karl-Ernst Mercker (Narvès) ; Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ; Kevin McCutcheon, harpsichord ; Hans Hilsdorf, conductor.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed March 02, 2018).
- Recorded at the Markgräflichen Opernhaus Bayreuth.
- OCLC:
- 1030686744
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