Franz Schreker (1878-1934)Die Gezeichneten (“The Stigmatized”) Opera in 3 Acts Bridge 9400A/C (3 CDs) With complete libretto in German and English, and annotation by Christopher Hailey. LA Opera's 2010 production (Recovered Voices Series)
Anja Kampe, soprano Robert Brubaker, tenor Martin Gantner, baritone James Johnson, baritone Wolfgang Schöne, bass-baritone Los Angeles Opera Orchestra and Chorus James Conlon, conductor |
"Our times are full of strange things." With these words the beautiful
Carlotta Nardi begins her seduction of the hunchback Alviano Salvago in the second act of
Franz Schreker’s
1915 opera,
Die Gezeichneten (The Stigmatized). It is a scene of
tender intimacies and unsettling revelations, of veiled allusions and naked
truths – and all couched in music of a supple lyric beauty that has few equals
in operatic literature.
This complete performance is from the LA Opera's 2010
production of Schreker's haunting masterpiece, starring an international cast of
singers, conducted by LA Opera Music Director, James Conlon.
With complete
libretto in German and English, and annotation by Christopher Hailey.