Keilberth conducts Richard Strauss's Die Frau ohne Schatten

A dramatically compelling live performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten (with cuts). The distinguished cast are not all in good voice, but it still grips.

Michael Tanner

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3

Michael Tanner

Published: October 25, 2018 at 12:13 pm

COMPOSERS: Richard Strauss
LABELS: Eloquence
ALBUM TITLE: R Strauss
WORKS: Die Frau ohne Schatten
PERFORMER: Thomas, Bjoner, Mödl, Borkh, Fischer-Dieskau; Bavarian State Opera Choir and Symphony Orchestra/Keilberth
CATALOGUE NO: 480 7206 (1964)

A dramatically compelling live performance of Die Frau ohne Schatten (with cuts). The distinguished cast are not all in good voice, but it still grips.

Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Michael Tanner is a critic for BBC Music Magazine and the opera critic of The Spectator. He is now a fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having lectured in the Philosophy faculty at the University of Cambridge for 36 years. In 2010, he released The Faber Pocket Guide to Wagner.
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