Marschner: Overtures & Stage Music, Vol. 3

Featuring

Dario Salvi
Janáček Philharmonic Ostrava
Heinrich Marschner

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Recording & Production

This album is the third volume in a series presenting excerpts from Marschner's later operas, including Das Schloss am Aetna, Lukretia, Der Bäbu, and Sangeskönig Hiarne.

Performer Biography

Dario Salvi, the conductor on this album, is known for his passion for rediscovering and performing long-forgotten masterpieces.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Marschner's operas often featured themes of magic and the supernatural, with Der Vampyr and Hans Heiling being prime examples.

Composition History

Marschner's opera Lukretia, based on the story of Lucretia and the tyrant Tarquinius, was staged in January 1827 in Breslau and Danzig.

Compositional Technique

In Lukretia, Marschner sought to generate an atmosphere of classical antiquity, influenced by composers like Spontini and Gluck, but the opera suffered from a lack of stylistic unity.

Composition History

Das Schloss am Aetna, a 'Grosse romantische Oper,' was based on a Faustian libretto by Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann, Generaldirektor of the Brunswick Theatre.