Description
Weber - Euryanthe / Great heroic-romantic opera in three acts - Libretto by Helmina von Chezy / Orchestra and Chorus of the Lyric Theater of Cagliari / Conductor: Gérard Korsten Chorus master: Paolo Vero / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 169 Minutes
UPC: 8007144334086
- Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : Yes
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Package Dimensions : 7.52 x 5.31 x 0.67 inches; 3.82 Ounces
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Classical, NTSC
- Run time : 2 hours and 49 minutes
- Release date : January 25, 2005
- Actors : Carl Maria von Weber, Elena Prokina, Jolana Fogasova, Yikun Chung, Gerard Korsten
- Subtitles: : German, English, Italian
- Studio : Dynamic
- Number of discs : 1
Euryanthe is a German grand heroic-romantic opera by Carl Maria von Weber, first performed at the Theater am Kärntnertor in Vienna on 25 October 1823. Though acknowledged as one of Weber's most important operas, the work is rarely staged because of the weak libretto by Helmina von Chézy (who, incidentally, was also the author of the failed play Rosamunde, for which Franz Schubert wrote music). Euryanthe is based on the 13th-century French romance L'Histoire du très-noble et chevalereux prince Gérard, comte de Nevers et la très-virtueuse et très chaste princesse Euriant de Savoye, sa mye.
Only the overture, an outstanding example of the early German Romantic style (heralding Richard Wagner), is regularly played today. Like Schubert's lesser-known Alfonso und Estrella, of the same time and place (Vienna, 1822), Euryanthe parts with the German Singspiel tradition, adopting a musical approach without the interruption of spoken dialogue characteristic of earlier German language operas such as Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Beethoven's Fidelio, and Weber's own Der Freischütz.
The autograph manuscript of the opera is preserved in the Saxon State and University Library Dresden.
