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Diskothek: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo. Favola in musica Montag, 30. April 2018 20.00 - 22.00 Uhr, SRF 2 Kultur Samstag, 05. Mai 2018 14.00 - 16.00 Uhr, SRF 2 Kultur (Zweitsendung) Gäste im Studio: Hans-Martin Linde (Blockflötist) und Thomas Drescher (Musikwissenschaftler) Gastgeberin: Jenny Berg Claudio Monteverdis Oper «L’Orfeo» von 1607 galt lange als die erste Oper überhaupt, und vermutlich deshalb wurde sie mit dem Entstehen einer Alte-Musik-Szene als eine der ersten Barockopern wiederentdeckt – und schon früh auf Schallplatte eingespielt. In dieser Spezialausgabe der Diskothek wollen wir hören, welche Entwicklung dieses Werk in der Aufführungspraxis durchgemacht hat, und vergleichen dafür Aufnahmen aus einem Zeitraum von 70 Jahren. Gäste der Diskothek sind Zeitzeugen dieser Entwicklung: Der Flötist Hans-Martin Linde, der selbst bei einer der ersten L’Orfeo-Aufführungen mitgewirkt hat, und Thomas Drescher, Leiter der Schola Cantorum Basiliensis. Aufnahme 1: Ferruccio Calusio - Leitung Coro e Orchestra del teatro alla Scala La Musica / Euridice - Ginevra Vivante | Orfeo - Enrico de Francheschi | u.a. Walhall (1939/2004) Aufnahme 2: Paul Hindemith - Leitung Wiener Singakademie und Mitglieder der Wiener Symphoniker Vienna Symphony Orchestra Gino Sinimberghi – Orfeo | Uta Graf – Eurdice | Patricia Brinton - La musica | u.a. Music & Arts (1954 live/2010) Aufnahme 3: August Wenzinger - Leitung Orchester der sommerlichen Musiktage Hitzacker 1955 Chor der Musikhochschule Hamburg La Musica - Margot Guillaume | Orfeo - Helmut Krebs | Euridice - Hanni Mack- Cosack | Apollo - Fritz Wunderlich | u. a. Documents (Membran) (1955/2015) Aufnahme 4: Nikolaus Harnoncourt - Leitung Wiener Concentus Musicus Capella Antiqua München La Musica / Euridice - Rotraud Hansmann | Orfeo - Lajos Kozma | Silvia (La Messagiera) - Cathy Berberian | u.a. Teldec (1969) Aufnahme 5: René Jacobs - Leitung Concerto Vocale La Musica / Euridice - Efrat Ben-Nun | Orfeo - Laurence Dale | Silvia (La Messagiera) - Jennifer Larmore | u.a. Harmonia Mundi (1995) Aufnahme 6: Rinaldo Alessandrini - Leitung Concerto Italiano La Musica - Monica Piccinini | Orfeo - Furio Zanasi | Euridice - Anna Simboli | Silvia (La Messagiera) - Sara Mingardo | u.a. Naïve (2007) .

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