This album is a live recording from Bürgerhaus Backnang, captured on May 21-22, 2023, and licensed by SWR Media Services GmbH.
Performer Biography
Sarah Wegener, the soprano on this recording, was nominated Singer of the Year in 2010 by Opernwelt magazine and has a long-standing collaboration with conductor Frieder Bernius and the Hofkapelle Stuttgart.
Performer Biography
Frieder Bernius, the conductor, is known for his distinctive personal style, curiosity for new scores, and questioning of interpretative traditions, and has received numerous international recording prizes.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Kreutzer aimed to strike a middle ground between the styles of Weber and Rossini in his music for Der Taucher, a tactically wise approach after the controversial premiere of Weber's Euryanthe.
Composition History
Kreutzer's opera, Der Taucher (The Diver), is based on Friedrich Schiller's ballad of the same name, but unlike Schubert, Kreutzer did not set Schiller's original poem in its entirety.
Composer Biography
Conradin Kreutzer, the composer, was known and loved as one of the most prolific German opera composers of the first half of the 19th century.
Compositional Technique
Kreutzer's contemporaries noted that his inspiration was rooted in melody, uniting Italian style with French elegance and German power, and his instrumental writing was fiery and brilliant.
