Erna Spoorenberg - R. Strauss: DER ROSENKAVALIER, The Marschallin's monologues, 1968 скачать в хорошем качестве

Erna Spoorenberg - R. Strauss: DER ROSENKAVALIER, The Marschallin's monologues, 1968

THE SONGBIRD: Erna Spoorenberg (1925 -2004) was a Dutch soprano of impeccable musicianship and elegant bearing. She became a member of the Vienna State Opera in 1949, under Karl Böhm's leadership. In Vienna she sang mostly the standard lyric-coloratura fare appropriate for her young age (Adele, Gilda, Norina), but she began to specialize in Mozart roles, a good stylistic fit for her pure timbre and cool temperament, including singing both Pamina and Queen of the Night in "The Magic Flute" (though not in the same performance!). She relocated to Amsterdam in 1955 and became one of the leading sopranos at the Dutch National Opera for 15 seasons, with her final performance there as Konstanze in 1970. THE MUSIC: "Der Rosenkavalier" premiered in Dresden in 1911 as an immediate success, and continues to be a popular offering for opera companies able to handle the lavish production values and large cast. The comic opera with sentimental undertones has lush melodic writing with many waltz themes, and features three glorious roles for women that form a sort of love triangle: the Marschallin, an aristocrat and lyric soprano; Count Octavian, a noble trouser role for mezzo-soprano; and Sophie, a young woman and a high light soprano. The Marschallin has two significant sections of solo singing, both in Act 1 and imbued with elegant, conversational, intimate characteristics.