Humperdinck: Stage Works Malmö Opera Chorus and Orchestra & Dario Salvi

• Engelbert Humperdinck (1854 - 1921): Die Heirat wider Willen:
• 1 Humperdinck: Die Heirat wider Willen: Act II Prelude 05:29
• Der Kaufmann von Venedig:
• 2 Humperdinck: Der Kaufmann von Venedig: I. Barcarole 00:44
• 3 Humperdinck: Der Kaufmann von Venedig: II. Porzia 00:45
• 4 Humperdinck: Der Kaufmann von Venedig: III. Act II Sarabande 01:37
• 5 Humperdinck: Der Kaufmann von Venedig: IV. Drei Trompetenstöße 00:48
• 6 Humperdinck: Der Kaufmann von Venedig: V. Der Maskenzug 03:47
• 7 Humperdinck: Der Kaufmann von Venedig: VI. Das Kästchenlied 02:12
• 8 Humperdinck: Der Kaufmann von Venedig: VII. In solcher Nacht "Liebesszene" 10:26
• Adolf Lotter (1871 - 1942): Das Wunder Suite (After Humperdinck):
• 9 Lotter: Das Wunder Suite (After Humperdinck): I. Vorspiel 03:28
• 10 Lotter: Das Wunder Suite (After Humperdinck): II. Prozession und Kindertanz 04:13
• 11 Lotter: Das Wunder Suite (After Humperdinck): III. Bankett-Szene und Der Tanz der Nonne 02:31
• 12 Lotter: Das Wunder Suite (After Humperdinck): IV. Marsch der Armee und Todesmotiv 04:43
• 13 Lotter: Das Wunder Suite (After Humperdinck): V. Die Weihnachtszene und Finale Akt I 06:15
• Engelbert Humperdinck: Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar (1878 Original Version):
• 14 Humperdinck: Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar (1878 Original Version): I. Am Fenster stand die Mutter 03:30
• 15 Humperdinck: Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar (1878 Original Version): II. Die Mutter Gottes zu Kevlaar 07:12
• 16 Humperdinck: Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar (1878 Original Version): III. Der kranke Sohn und die Mutter 04:33
• Lysistrata:
• 17 Humperdinck: Lysistrata: I. Festzug 03:40
• 18 Humperdinck: Lysistrata: II. Schlussgesang aus Lysistrata 01:53
• 19 Humperdinck: Lysistrata: III. Schlusstanz 05:02
• Total Runtime 01:12:48

Info zu Humperdinck: Stage Works

Engelbert Humperdinck won a worldwide reputation through his application of Wagnerian techniques to folk music in Hänsel und Gretel. But he wrote far more widely for the stage than is acknowledged, and this selection focuses on long overlooked works that reveal Humperdinck’s flair for romance, comedy and innovation. These include music for one of the first full-color silent films, the spectacular Das Wunder (1912); the passionate, ethereal small cantata Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar; the rich antique flavor of Lysistrata; as well as his dance-saturated and serenely beautiful incidental music for Der Kaufmann von Venedig.

Andrea chudak, soprano
Ruxandra Voda van der Plas, contralto
Harrie van der Plas, tenor
Robert Bennesh, organ
Malmö Opera Chorus
Malmö Opera Orchestra
Dario Salvi, conductor

Dario Salvi
is a British-Italian conductor, researcher and musicologist. He is widely regarded as a fast-rising name in opera and operetta, and is known for his expressive gestures and precision of style.

A specialist in the restoration, recording and performance of rare Viennese works, comic opera, ballet and orchestral music, he is a busy recording artist with Naxos, and has completed projects documenting forgotten works by J. Strauss II, Auber, Meyerbeer, Humperdinck and more. He has been awarded a Lifetime Honorary Member of the Johann Strauss Society of Great Britain for his extensive contribution to Viennese music.

Salvi has guest conducted and recorded opera and operetta across Europe, the Middle East and the USA, including the closing concerts of the Zagreb Philharmonic’s 2018/19 Season, for which he received outstanding reviews:

‘[Salvi] is certainly the most astonishing phenomenon that has emerged recently with us. A real ballet master of the conductor’s baton, with big gestures, very expressive, sometimes with theatrical mimicry in communication with the orchestra, he was excellent in transferring his ideas to the orchestra. And these ideas were clearly dictated by his own taste, but also closely to the taste of the audience.’ (Jutarnji list, Croatia, 2019)

Other recent performance highlights include: his work with Willy Bietak Productions as music director and consultant on an opera ice skating show, commissioned by Royal Opera House Muscat in 2018; concerts with Katia Guerreiro, one of the world’s leading Fado singers, and the Zagreb Philharmonic; and his guest performances for the closing of Winter Opera St Louis’ 2019/20 Season, La Fanciulla del West.

Salvi is guest conductor and partner of Metamorphosis Chamber Orchestra in New York, and principal guest conductor for Concert Operetta Theater in Philadelphia. He has worked, amongst others, with Prague Philharmonia (CZ), Czech Chamber Orchestra (CZ), Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus (BG), Malmö Opera (SE), Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra (CZ), Neue Preußische Philharmonie (DE), Orchestra Al Chiaro di Luna (IT) and Ruse State Opera (BG). He has also worked with singers such as Markus Werba, Jorge Pita Carreras, Andrea Chudak, Gaia Petrone, Francisco Brito and Ira Lauren.

Born in Northern Italy and currently residing in Scotland, Salvi has received musical training in both Italy and the UK. After studying soprano saxophone with S. Cecilia Philharmonia, he became an in-demand saxophonist and alto clarinet player and worked with many bands as a performer and arranger, also holding the position of Director of Music in the Alpine Troops of the Italian Army. He is a professional bass guitarist and has toured the world playing for bands and orchestras. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Applied Psychology from the University of Derby (UK) in 2011, followed by a Master of Music in Conducting from the University of East Anglia (UK) in 2012.

Salvi has published three books on Viennese operetta on Cambridge Scholars Publishing, and his musical arrangements are available on Musica Mundana and DaVinci Publishing. His orchestral arrangements, including opera and ballet, have been commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (UK), Moscow State Symphony Orchestra (RU), Düsseldorf Symphoniker (DE), Las Colinas Symphony Orchestra (US), The Salvation Army Orchestra (UK) and the Original C.M. Ziehrer Orchester (AT).

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