"Die Fledermaus"
Johann Strauß Jr.: Die Fledermaus
Live Recording
January 2018 in Hannover, Germany
the cast includes Nikolai Schukoff, Laura Aikin, Jochen Schmeckenbecher, Elisabeth Kulman, Christian Elsner & conductor Lawrence Foster with NDR Radiophilharmonie & WDR Rundfunkchor
Strauß' wonderful, deliberately confusing operetta "Die Fledermaus" radiates Viennese energy and waltzing bliss. Tenor Nikolai Schukoff wrote new dialogues for this first project by San Francisco Classical Recording Company.
Released on November 16, 2018
PENTATONE / PTC 5186635
2 SACDs (43’59 & 72’10)
Johann Strauß Jr.: Die Fledermaus
Libretto: Carl Haffner & Richard Genée after Meilhac & Halévy
Dialogue Adaption: Nikolai Schukoff
Cast/Artists
Nikolai Schukoff (Gabriel von Eisenstein, Tenor & Dialogue Adaptation)
Laura Aikin (Rosalinde, Soprano)
Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Frank, Baritone)
Elisabeth Kulman (Prinz Orlofsky, Mezzo-soprano)
Christian Elsner (Alfred, Tenor)
Mathias Hausmann (Dr. Falke, Baritone)
Alexander Kaimbacher (Dr. Blind, Tenor)
Annika Gerhards (Adele, Soprano)
Alice Waginger (Ida, Soprano)
Kurt Rydl (Frosch, Bass)
WDR Rundfunkchor
Choir soloists: Benita Borbonus (Melanie), Dong-Hi Yi (Faustine),
Maria de Moel (Nathalie), Claudia Nüsse (Minnie & Felicita),
Kanako Sakaue (Hermine), You Zuo (Diener 1), Kwon-Shik Lee (Diener 2),
Giovanni da Silva (Diener 3), Heinrich Heidbüchel (Diener 4)
Robert Blank (Chorus Master)
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Lawrence Foster (Conductor)
Production Team
Executive Producers: Matthias Ilkenhaus (NDR Hannover) & Job Maarse (SFCRC)
Recording Producer: Job Maarse
Balance Engineer & Editing: Jean-Marie Geijsen (Polyhymnia International)
NDR Producer: Rita Hermeyer
NDR Recording Engineer: Martin Lohmann
NDR Sound Technicians: Wolfgang Hermann & Markus Smaka
A San Francisco Classical Recording Company Production in Co-production with NDR Radiophilharmonie
Liscensed by Studio Hamburg Enterprises GmbH
Recording Location
Großer Sendesaal des NDR Landesfunkhauses, Hannover, Germany
January 8-13, 2018