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Calling All Romantics!

skytwo | Boston | 08/10/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Lortzing's operas are mystifyingly difficult to find these days, and even when available they seem to be haphazardly constructed. This edition features the libretto only in German (particularly annoying considering the number of comic moments), although notes and synopsis are in English.I'm not going to quibble over the individual performances, although it sounded solid enough to me. For the most part, I'm just pleased to have an opera that shares so much with the work of Weber and Marschner. As much as I love Der Freischutz, which is of course widely available, and Der Vampyr & Hans Heiling (also somewhat tricky to find these days), it's good to see that an entirely worthwhile opera by a composer of a similar creative vision is finally appearing on CD in America. If you like the German Romantic composers, this is a splendid example of the genre, in spite of the shortcomings in presentation."