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Schubert on Stage

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To celebrate the bicentenary of Schubert's birth, David Owen Norris presents five programmes devoted to some of Schubert's operas, with contributions from Schubert biographer Elizabeth Norman McKay. Today a double bill of operas recorded in 1988 by Austrian Radio. Der Vierjahrige Posten
Librettist Theodor Korner was killed fighting Napoleon, so this little military comedy had its serious side in Schubert's mind.
Fernando
Schubert's version of a story borrowed from Fidelio features a precocious 12-year-old, a sympathetic murderer and a loving wife.
New Vienna Vocal Ensemble,
Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Charles Mackerras
Producer Fiona Shelmerdine

Contributors

Unknown:
David Owen Norris
Unknown:
Elizabeth Norman McKay.
Unknown:
Librettist Theodor Korner
Conductor:
Charles MacKerras
Producer:
Fiona Shelmerdine
Kathchen:
Maria Venuti (soprano)
Duval:
Helmut Wildhaber (tenor)
Captain:
Paul Wolfrum (baritone)
Veit:
Robert Brooks (tenor)
Walther:
Anton Scharinger (bass)
Philipp:
Maria Venuti (soprano)
Eleanore:
Elaine Woods (soprano)
Kohler:
Paul Wolfrum (baritone)
Fernando:
Robert Brooks (tenor)
Hunter:
Anton Scharinger (bass)
Source: Radio Times

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