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Millocker: Gasparone / Wallberg, Prey, Rothenberger

Rothenberger,Anneliese
Release Date: 07/30/2013 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 150672   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Karl Millöcker
Performer:  Anneliese Rothenberger,  Hermann Prey,  Gabriele Fuchs,  Gunter Wewel,   ... 
Conductor:  Heinz Wallberg
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian State Opera Chorus,  Munich Radio Orchestra
Number of Discs: 2 
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Notes and Editorial Reviews

Composed by Carl Millocker in 1884, the three act Viennese operetta, Gasparone, was among Millocker’s most successful works. It was first performed in 1884 in Vienna, and within one year it had made its way through Berlin and across the ocean to New York City.

This star-studded recording of Carl Millocker’s Gasparone transports listeners back in time to the Mediterranean coast of the 1820s, where the tale takes place. A complex plot brings together a band of smugglers who invent a character – Gasparone – who acts as a scapegoat for all the crimes of the neighborhood. Through cunning trickery, the mysterious Gasparone and the heroine, Countess Carlotta, find love.

For the 1982 Electrola production, Heinz Read more Wallberg cast Anneliese Rothenberger and Hermann Prey in the lead roles. The delightful work had largely vanished from the repertoire, and this recording played an important role in rescuing Gasparone from oblivion.
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Works on This Recording

1. Gasparone by Karl Millöcker
Performer:  Anneliese Rothenberger (Soprano), Hermann Prey (Baritone), Gabriele Fuchs (Soprano),
Gunter Wewel (Bass), Martin Finke (Tenor)
Conductor:  Heinz Wallberg
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bavarian State Opera Chorus,  Munich Radio Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1884; Vienna, Austria 
 Language: German 

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