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At the Gates of the Underworld

BBC Radio 3
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Last of four operas about the Orpheus myth. Orpheus and Eurydice
Opera by Ernst Krenek. Libretto Oskar Kokoschka. (soprano)
Austrian RSO and Chorus/ Pinchas Steinberg
8.05 Frank Whitford on the expressionist Orpheus.
8.15 Act 2
8.55 Frank Whitford on Kokoschka as dramatist.
9.05 Act 3

Contributors

Soprano:
Oskar Kokoschka.
Unknown:
Pinchas Steinberg
Unknown:
Frank Whitford
Unknown:
Frank Whitford
Orpheus:
Ronald Hamilton (tenor)
Eurydice:
Dunja Vejsovic (sop)
Drunkard:
Hans Franzen (bass)
Sailor:
Wilfried Gahmlich (tenor)
Fury I:
Cornelia Kalusch (mezzo)
Fury II:
Gabriele Schreckenbach (alto)
Fury 111:
Jutta Geister (alto)
Psyche:
Celina Lindsley
Source: Radio Times

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