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Der Rattenfanger

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(The Rat-Catcher)
A new opera by Friedrich Cerha based on a bleak version of the Pied Piper story by CARL ZUCKMAYER
The rat-catcher liberates the city from an infestation but is used by the exploiters and the oppressed in their own struggles, and realises that his good works are motivated by his own lust for power.
GRAZ PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA conducted by THE COMPOSER Parti
8.50* Christopher Norton -
Welch reflects on the state of contemporary opera in Austria.
9.00* Part 2
(Austrian Radio recording)

Contributors

Unknown:
Friedrich Cerha
Story By:
Carl Zuckmayer
Unknown:
Christopher Norton
Rat-Catcher:
Peter Lindroos (tenor)
Town regent:
Heinz-Jurgen Demitz (baritone)
Divana:
Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss
his wife:
Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss
Their children:
Maria Margret Cahn (soprano)
Martin:
Hans Holzmann (tenor)
Elken,:
Ildiko Szonyi (contralto)
Divana's maid:
Ildiko Szonyi (contralto)
Johannes,:
Petros Evangeudes (tenor)
her lame son:
Petros Evangeudes (tenor)
Wafer baker:
Ernst Dieter Suttheimer (tenor)
Little hangman:
Jozsef Dene (baritone)
Rikke,:
Ana Pusar (soprano)
his daughter:
Ana Pusar (soprano)
PROVOST:
Alois Brauchard (bass)
Corn baron:
Zelotes Edmund Touver
Judge:
Manfred Hemm (baritone)
Source: Radio Times

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