Der Barbier von Bagdad & Abu Hassan - Audio de Archivo Gratis

Peter Cornelius (1824-1874)

The Barber of Baghdad

(Der Barbier von Bagdad)

Abul Hassan, the Barber - Oskar Czerwenka (bass)

Baba Mustapha, the Cadi - Gerhard Unger (tenor)

Margiana, his daughter - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)

Bostana, his maid-servant - Grace Hoffman (contralto)

Nureddin, in love with Margiana - Nicolai Gedda (tenor)

1st Muezzin - Eberhard Wächter (baritone)

2nd Muezzin - August Jaresch (tenor)

3rd Muezzin - Rudolf Christ (tenor)

The Caliph of Baghdad - Hermann Prey (baritone)

Philharmonia Orchestra/Chorus

Conductor Erich Leinsdorf

Recorded 11-12 and 14-15 May 1956, in the Town Hall, Watford and in EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London.

Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826)

Abu Hassan

Fatime - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)

Abu Hassan - Erich Witte (tenor)

Omar - Michael Bohnen (bass)

Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus and Orchestra,

Conductor: Leopold Ludwig

Recorded 19 December 1944, in Berlin.

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