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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelOehms
UPC4260034860155
eBay Product ID (ePID)14046067167
Product Key Features
FormatCD
Release Year2018
GenreClassical Artists
ArtistWagner
Release TitleDas Fruhwerk
Dimensions
Item Height1.19 in
Item Weight0.59 lb
Item Length5.24 in
Item Width5.23 in
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Number of Discs9
NotesThis release presents a selection of Richard Wagner's early operas performed with a magnificent cast under the direction of Sebastian Weigle. The album opens with the three-act opera Die Feen (The Fairies). Die Feen was Wagner's first completed opera, but was never performed in the composer's lifetime. It has never established itself in the operatic repertoire, although it occasionally receives performances in Germany. The music shows the influences of Carl Maria von Weber, while at the same time alludes to the future compositions of Wagner's maturity. Next is Das Liebesverbot (The Ban on Love). This early opera is a two act comic opera with the libretto taken after Shakespeare's Measure for Measure. The premiere was a grand failure, and it was never performed again during the composer's lifetime. The themes of the opera, however, are themes that recur throughout Wagner's output- namely restrained sexuality versus eroticism. The final inclusion on this release is Rienzi. The five act opera is taken from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel of the same name. It was written between July 1838 and November 1840, and was the composer's first success.