Word: christle
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Orff: Antigonae, Scenes 4 & 5 (Christl Goltz, Hermann Uhde, Vienna Symphony and State Opera Chorus conducted by Heinrich Hollreiser; Columbia). The Sophocles tragedy of the Theban princess doomed by her father, set in a markedly individual style by Germany's popular Composer Carl Orff. Mysterious sounds, fearlessly repeated notes, stark accompaniments, apocalyptic thunderings, all add up to a powerful aural drama. Soprano Goltz tops everything with her soprano...
...technique, and contained such novelties as a jitterbug scene with boogie-woogie background. Nevertheless, first-nighters felt it was low on drama and without a decisive style of its own. Despite the efforts of Conductor George Szell and the cast, the audience clapped coolly. Success of the evening: Star Christl Goltz, who sang Penelope with the cold but brilliant voice that has made her one of the finest dramatic sopranos on the Continent. Her own feeling about Penelope differed from the majority: "We can be thankful that a modern work is as strong as this. The world goes...
...proved to have so much stage impact that even traditionally conservative Austrians were bowled over. They hardly had time to notice the fact that Berg's music was full of wrenched, tortured and distinctly unconventional effects. Baritone Josef Herrmann sang the title role with pathos, but no mawkishness. Christl Goltz, currently one of Germany's most popular sopranos, was forceful as the wanton mistress. For Stage Director Oscar Fritz Schuh and Conductor Karl Boehm, who produced Wozzeck in the early '30s, it was like old times. When it was over, Wozzeck got an ovation...