FULL BAAL (Cerha) Vienna 1981 Theo Adam, Martha Mödl, Helmut Berger-Tuna, Heiner Hopfner, Marjana Lipovšek
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Baal
- Composer: Cerha Friedrich
- Libretto: Bertolt Brecht Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Wiener Staatsoper, Wien, Austria
- Recorded: September 25, 1981
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Theo Adam, Martha Mödl, Helmut Berger-Tuna, Heiner Hopfner, Marjana Lipovšek, Gabriele Sima, Emily Rawlins, Paul Hoffman, Erwin V. Gross, Hans Kraemmer, Heinz Holecek, Hermann Winkler, Alfred Šramek, Milly Rudiferia, Rudolf Kostas, Margarethe Bence, Waldemar Kmentt
- Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi
- Orchestra: Staatsopernorchester Wien
- Chorus: Staatsopernchor Wien
- Stage Director: Otto Schenk
- Stage Designer: Rolf Langenfass
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Information about the Recording
- Published by: ORF
- Date Published: 1981
- Format: Broadcast
- Quality Video: 3 Audio:3
- Subtitles: nosubs
- Video Recording from: YouTube FULL VIDEO
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Friedrich Cerha (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈt͜sɛʁha]; 17 February 1926 – 14 February 2023) was an Austrian composer, conductor, and academic teacher. His ensemble Die Reihe [de] in Vienna was instrumental in spreading contemporary music in Austria. He composed several operas, beginning with Baal, based on Brecht’s play. He is best known for completing Alban Berg’s Lulu by orchestrating its unfinished third act, which premiered in Paris in 1979.
His first opera was Baal, based on Brecht’s play of the same name, and influenced by Berg’s Wozzeck. It was premiered at the Salzburg Festival in 1981, with performances at the Vienna State Opera and a production at the Staatsoper Berlin in 1982. It was followed by Der Rattenfänger and Der Riese vom Steinfeld, the latter commissioned by the Vienna State Opera, with a libretto by Peter Turrini, and premiered in 2002.