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Johan Botha: Wiener Staatsoper Live (1997-2014)

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Composer
BEETHOVEN STRAUSS WAGNER
Artist
Botha, Welser-Most, Ozawa, Young, Thielemann
Format
CD
Label
Orfeo
Released
Apr 07, 2017
Catalog #
ORF-C906171B
UPC
4011790906126

About

Johan Botha’s unfailingly radiant and yet powerfully carrying voice established him over many years as a Strauss and Wagner singer par excellence, but most of all as a youthful hero, and not as a weighty heroic tenor. In fact, Tannhauser was something of a marginal role for him, but what a role! The recording of the Rome episode in the Vienna State Opera premiere of June 16, 2010, with which the release’s four-part Wagner portrait begins with excerpts from Vienna Staatsoper productions, movingly reveals how as a suffering yet passionate pilgrim he returns from Rome dejected and unredeemed. The bridal-chamber scene from the third act of Lohengrin looks back to Botha’s early years at the Staatsoper. Fifteen years later, he is an ideal Walther von Stolzing, who after a night of dreams reveals his Prize Song to cobbler-poet Hans Sachs, who in turn refines it and writes it down. The most moving scene comes perhaps at the close of Ariadne auf Naxos, when a figure hailed as Hermes, the divine messenger of death, proves to be Bacchus, the god of love. The recording captures one of Botha’s last appearances at the Vienna Staatsoper.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Gott! Welch' Dunkel hier! - In des Lebens Frühlingstagen 07:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    Fidelio, Op. 72, Act II: Gott! Welch' Dunkel hier! - In des Lebens Frühlingstagen
    Duration
    07:52
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Johan Botha
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Seiji Ozawa
  2. 2 Tannhäuser, Act III: Hör an, Wolfram, hör an! Inbrunst im Herzen 12:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    Tannhäuser, Act III: Hör an, Wolfram, hör an! Inbrunst im Herzen
    Duration
    12:37
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Johan Botha, Christian Gerhaher
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Franz Welser-Möst
  3. 3 Lohengrin, Act III: Atmest du nicht mit mir die süßen Düfte - Höchstes Vertrauen 07:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    Lohengrin, Act III: Atmest du nicht mit mir die süßen Düfte - Höchstes Vertrauen
    Duration
    07:56
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Johan Botha, Cheryl Studer
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Simone Young
  4. 4 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein 07:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg), Act III: Morgenlich leuchtend in rosigem Schein
    Duration
    07:29
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Johan Botha, James Rutherford
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Simone Young
  5. 5 Parsifal, Act II: Whe! Wehe! Was tat ich? 11:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    Parsifal, Act II: Whe! Wehe! Was tat ich?
    Duration
    11:27
    Composer
    Richard Wagner
    Performer
    Johan Botha, Angela Denoke
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Donald Runnicles
  6. 6 Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234, Act I: Amme! Wachst du? 05:03
    Track
    6
    Title
    Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65, TrV 234, Act I: Amme! Wachst du?
    Duration
    05:03
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Johan Botha, Marjana Lipovšek
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Giuseppe Sinopoli
  7. 7 Daphne, Op. 82, TrV 272: Zu dir nun, Knabe! 06:16
    Track
    7
    Title
    Daphne, Op. 82, TrV 272: Zu dir nun, Knabe!
    Duration
    06:16
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Johan Botha, Michael Schade
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Semyon Bychkov
  8. 8 Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, TrV 228a: Bin ich ein Gott, schuf mich ein Gott 13:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    Ariadne auf Naxos, Op. 60, TrV 228a: Bin ich ein Gott, schuf mich ein Gott
    Duration
    13:37
    Composer
    Richard Strauss
    Performer
    Daniela Fally, Olga Bezsmertna, Rachel Frenkel, Soile Isokoski, Valentina Naforniță, Johan Botha
    Ensemble
    Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
    Conductor
    Christian Thielemann