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German Opera after Wagner

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Mona Lisa
Opera in two acts with a Prologue and Epilogue
Libretto by BEATRICE DOVSKY
Music by Max von Schillings (sung in German)
This voluptuously eclectic opera from 1915, combining Puccini and Richard Strauss , explains the enigmatic smile in Leonardo's painting. Tourist/Francesco del
BADEN STATE OPERA CHORUS
BADEN STATE THEATRE CHORUS
BADEN STATE ORCHESTRA conducted by CHRISTOPHER PERICK
(South German Radio recording) (R)

Contributors

Unknown:
Mona Lisa
Unknown:
Beatrice Dovsky
Music By:
Max von Schillings
Unknown:
Richard Strauss
Conducted By:
Christopher Perick
Giocondo:
Hans Kiemer (baritone)
His wife/Mona Fiordalisa,Francesco's second wife:
Sylvia Anderson (soprano)
Lay-brother/Giovanni de Salviati:
Werner Götz (tenor)
Pietro Tumoni:
Mark Munkittrick (bass)
Arrigo Oldofredi:
Julius Best (tenor)
Dianora, Francesco's daughter:
Dagmar Strobel (soprano)
Piccarda, Mona Fiordalisa's maid:
Anita Herrmann (contralto)
Source: Radio Times

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