Friday, 24 April 2020

Handel - Xerxes [Serse, sung in German] (Rafael Kubelik) [3CD]


G.F. Handel


XERXES, Oper in drei Akten, HWV 40

(Serse - sung in German)


performed by

Fritz Wunderlich, tenor (Xerxes)

Naan Pold, tenor (Arsamenes)

Hertha Topper, mezzo-soprano (Amastris)

Jean Cook, soprano (Romilda)

Ingeborg Hallstein, soprano (Atalanta)

Karl Christian Kohn, bass (Ariodates)

Max Proebstl, bass (Elviro)


Chor und Symphonieorchester

des Bayerischen Rundfunks

(on modern instruments)

Rafael Kubelik, dir.


Edition: ORFEO 1998
Recording: Herkulessaal der Munchner Residenz, 10/1962
TT: 174'30''