Le Nozze di Figaro Knappertsbusch 1940 The Hague Live Rare

Le Nozze di Figaro Knappertsbusch The Hague 1940 Live Rare
Wiener Philharmoniker
Figaro - Paul Schöffler
Susanna - Elisabeth Rütgers
Conte Almaviva - Alfred Poell
Contessa Almaviva - Maria Reining
Cherubino - Dora Komarek
Basilio - Hermann Gallos
Antonio - Viktor Madin
Mozart
This is a live 1940 performance preserved on acetates in Dutch radio archives. It’s sung in German and was performed in The Hague – this was the first of two performances given in a production by Erich von Wymetal with staging by Alfred Roller. Though the sound is really rather good in the circumstances – as Dutch and German radio survivals tend to be – there is an important caveat to be made. The majority of the Act IV finale has been lost and this represents something of a now unavoidably grievous loss. http://www.musicweb-international.com...