Felix Krieger, the conductor, founded the Berliner Operngruppe in 2010 to present operas outside the usual repertoire in Berlin.
Performer Biography
Lidia Fridman, who sings Countess Susanna, made her acclaimed debut at the Teatro la Fenice in Venice in 2019 in the title role of Albinoni's 'La Statira'.
Recording & Production
This recording was made live on June 13th, 2022, in the Großer Saal of the Konzerthaus Berlin.
Performer Biography
Omar Montanari, who sings Count Gil, was the winner of the 59th Concorso Europeo per Giovani Cantanti Lirici 'A. Belli' in Spoleto.
Composition History
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's one-act comic opera, 'Il segreto di Susanna' (Susanna's Secret), premiered on December 4, 1909, in Munich.
Compositional Technique
The opera's overture introduces and develops four themes, which are skillfully interwoven at the end of the overture and reappear in a fast-paced finale.
Compositional Technique
Wolf-Ferrari includes musical jokes in the score, such as the opening motif of Claude Debussy's 'Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune' to represent smoke rings.
