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Der Corregidor

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Opera in four acts
Music by Hugo Wolf
Libretto by ROSA MAYREDER based on PEDRO BE ALARCÓN'S The Three-cornered Hat
(sung in German)
' A miracle, an incredible miracle has happened. The long-awaited opera libretto has been found at last; it is lying ready before me. and I am altogether burning with desire to start setting it to music.' (wolf. 1895)
CHORUS OF BAVARIAN STATE opera, chorus-master
WOLFGANG BAUMGART MUNICHPHILHARMONIC
ORCHESTRA. conducted by GERD ALBRECHT
(An EBU co-promotion from this year's Munich Festival: Bavarian Radio recording) Acts 1 and 2

Contributors

Music By:
Hugo Wolf
Chorus-Master:
Wolfgang Baumgart
Conducted by:
Gerd Albrecht
Don Eugenio, the Corregidor:
Horst Laubenthal (tenor)
Donna Mercedes, his wife:
Helen Donath (soprano)
Repela his valet:
Helmut Berger-Tuna (bass)
Tio Lukas. a miller:
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
Frasquita, his wife:
Ute Trekel-Burckhardt (mezzo-soprano)
Juan Lopez, the mayor:
Kurt Moll (bass)
Pedro, his secretary:
Norbert Orth (tenor)
Tonuelo, a messenger:
Nikolaus Hillebrand (bass)
Duenna:
Gudrun Wewezow (contralto)
Manuela:
Cornelia Wulkopf (mezzo-soprano)
Source: Radio Times

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