🔊 #NowPlaying on BBCRadio3's #Breakfast

Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Staatskapelle Weimar & Peter Gülke:
🎵 Erwin und Elmire (Entre acte)

#AnnaAmaliaofBrunswickWolfenbüttel #StaatskapelleWeimar #PeterGülke

There’s a new recording of a Paul Dessau opera that was absent from stages for far too long:

“Involving more than 30 solo singing roles, a nine-part chorus and a huge orchestra, as well as dancers and actors, Lanzelot was one of the most ambitious operas ever mounted in the GDR.”

#PaulDessau #Lanzelot #StaatskapelleWeimar

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jan/12/dessau-lanzelot-review-a-gleefully-eclectic-attack-on-soviet-totalitarianism