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Carl Maria von Weber

Opera Album Review: The Most Neglected Master of Opera? Carl Maria von Weber, Early and Late

New recordings of Peter Schmoll and His Neighbors and of Euryanthe pose an embarrassing question: why is the opera repertory so narrow?

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Capriccio, Carl Maria von Weber, Euryanthe, Peter Schmoll and His Neighbors

Opera CD Review: Carl Maria von Weber’s Wildly Assorted Candy Box — A Spiffy New Recording

The rarely staged Oberon is easy to love and will fascinate admirers of early nineteenth-century music.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Carl Maria von Weber, Giessen Philharmonic and Stadttheater Chorus, Michael Hofstetter, Oberon, Oehms

Opera CD Review: A Young, Immensely Assured Joan Sutherland in Weber’s “Euryanthe”

The oft-neglected “other” great opera by Carl Maria von Weber, splendidly performed in 1955 and in remarkably clear and vivid sound. I hope this opera’s day will yet come.

By: Ralph P. Locke Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music, Opera, Review Tagged: Carl Maria von Weber, Euryanthe, Joan Sutherland, Nimbus, Prima Voce, Ralph P. Locke

Classical Music Review: Boston Symphony Orchestra — A Matter of Faulty Chemistry

While the BSO’s inventive program this week had the potential to plumb the heights and depths of human experience, Saturday’s performance generally lacked the necessary conviction, purpose, and mystery required to do so.

By: Jonathan Blumhofer Filed Under: Classical Music, Featured, Music Tagged: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Carl Maria von Weber, Garrick Ohlsson, Myung-Whun Chung, Piotr Illyich Tchaikovsky, Samuel Barber

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