FULL ASRAEL (Franchetti) Bonn 2022 Peter Auty, Svetlana Kasyan, Khatuna Mikaberidze

Information on the Performance

• Work Title: Asrael  
• Composer: Franchetti Alberto  
• Libretto: Ferdinando Fontana    Libretto Text, Libretto Index
• Venue & Opera Company: Theater Bonn, Germany  
• Recorded: October 16. 2022
• Type: Staged Opera Live
• Singers: Peter Auty, Svetlana Kasyan, Khatuna Mikaberidze, Pavel Kudinov, Tamara Gura, Pavel Kudinov
• Conductor: Hermes Helfricht  
• Orchestra: Beethoven Orchester Bonn  
• Chorus: Chor und Extrachor des Theaters Bonn  
• Chorus Master: Marco Medved  
• Stage Director: Christopher Alden  
• Stage Designer: Charles Edwards  
• Costume Designer:   
• Lighting Designer: Tim Claydon  

Information about the Recording

• Published by: WDR  
• Date Published: 2022  
• Format: Broadcast
• Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
• Subtitles: nosubs  
• Video Recording from: YouTube     FULL VIDEO
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE

Asrael is a leggenda or opera in four acts by composer Alberto Franchetti and librettist Ferdinando Fontana.

The plot, based on German fairy tale and folklore, displays the conflict between the spirit of evil and the spirit of Christian love, represented by Asrael and Nefta respectively. The work is Franchetti’s first opera and displays strong influences of Meyerbeer and Wagner, mixed with late 19th-century Italian idioms. The opera premiered at the Teatro Municipale di Reggio on 11 February 1888. The opera made its United States debut at the Metropolitan Opera on 26 November 1890 with Andreas Dippel in the title role.