COMPOSERS: Offenbach
LABELS: Arthaus
WORKS: Ritter Blaubart (Barbe-bleue – in German)
PERFORMER: Nocker, Schlemm, Enders; Berlin Comic Opera Ch and O/Karl-Fritz Voigtmann; dir. Walter Felsenstein (Babelsberg, 1973)
CATALOGUE NO: 101 293
Walter Felsenstein’s production of Offenbach’s operetta was in East Berlin repertoire for 30 years. This 1972 televised version shows his rigorous methods. George Hall