Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann

A real find: a starry cast, including the radiant Lucia Popp, under Mackerras, giving a vivid account, in 1969, of this littleknown but tuneful and altogether enchanting opera by a composer who certainly deserves revival. Michael Tanner

Michael Tanner

Published: January 20, 2012 at 4:03 pm

COMPOSERS: Lortzing
LABELS: Arthaus Musik
ALBUM TITLE: Lortzing
WORKS: Zar und Zimmermann
PERFORMER: Wolansky, Haage, Sotin, Popp; Hamburg State Opera/ Charles Mackerras
CATALOGUE NO: 101 269

A real find: a starry cast, including the radiant Lucia Popp, under Mackerras, giving a vivid account, in 1969, of this littleknown but tuneful and altogether enchanting opera by a composer who certainly deserves revival. 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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