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15 Jahre AHM
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THE CONSUL – DER KONSUL
Gian Carlo Menotti
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Gian Carlo Menotti
THE CONSUL – DER KONSUL
1963

Soloists: 
Eberhard Waechter, Melitta Muszely, Res Fischer
Orchestra, Chorus: 
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Conductor: 
Franz Bauer-Theussl
Director: 
Rudolph Cartier

Gian Carlo Menotti was one of the most important 20th-century composers of opera working in the United States. For his opera The Consul he won the Pulitzer Prize for Music and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. This unique studio recording from the early years of television is performed by an extraordinary cast featuring Melitta Muszely, Eberhard Waechter, Res Fischer and Hilde Konetzni. The plot of the politically charged drama takes place in Europe of the 1950s. The Orchestra of the Wiener Volksoper is conducted by Franz Bauer-Theussl. An important document of operatic and film history, this restored recording is available on DVD for the first time.
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