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FULL CARDILLAC (Hindemith) Vienna 2022 Tomasz Konieczny, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Gerhard A. Siegel, Wolfgang Bankl, Stephanie Houtzeel
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Cardillac
- Composer: Hindemith Paul
- Libretto: Ferdinand Lion Libretto Text, Libretto Index
- Venue & Opera Company: Wiener Staatsoper, Wien, Austria
- Recorded: November 13, 2022
- Type: Staged Opera Live
- Singers: Tomasz Konieczny, Vera-Lotte Boecker, Gerhard A. Siegel, Wolfgang Bankl, Daniel Jenz, Stephanie Houtzeel, Evgeny Solodovnikov
- Conductor: Cornelius Meister
- Orchestra: Staatsopernorchester Wien
- Chorus: Staatsopernchor Wien
- Stage Director: Sven-Eric Bechtolf
- Stage Designer: Rolf Glittenberg
- Costume Designer: Marianne Glittenberg
- Lighting Designer: Jürgen Hoffmann
Information about the Recording
- Published by: Wiener Staatsoper Play
- Date Published: 2022
- Format: Streaming
- Quality Video: 4 Audio:4
- Subtitles: yessubs, desubs
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
Quote from Wiener Staatsoper:
Based on E.T.A. Hoffmann’s tale Das Fräulein von Scuderi, Paul Hindemith and his librettist Ferdinand Lion created the three-act opera Cardillac. In the person of the title character, a goldsmith, who is possessed by his jewelry and can’t separate himself from it and kills to protect it, as well as the tensions between the artist and the work and between the outer and inner society and a lonely personality are all discussed in this opera.
PLOT
The people of Paris are gripped by panic in the wake of a series of mysterious murders. The king has the Provost-Marshal announce that a special court of justice, the “burning chamber”, has been constituted to seek out the murderer. The Lady sees how reverently the goldsmith Cardillac is greeted by everyone. The Cavalier explains the reason to her: Cardillac is the best goldsmith, but all who purchase his jewellery are murdered. The Lady asks the Cavalier to buy her “the most beautiful piece that Cardillac has ever made” as a token of his love. When he appears with a magnificent belt created by goldsmith and starts to make love to her, he too is murdered. Cardillac’s daughter, who is in love with the Officer, is torn: she wants to flee with her lover, yet she is loath to leave her father. However, Cardillac does not try to restrain his daughter; he is interested only in the jewellery he is working on. When the Officer purchases a chain from him, Cardillac knows that he must kill him in order to regain possession of it, since he cannot bear to be separated from his works. The attack on the Officer is unsuccessful, and the gold merchant, who suspects the connection between Cardillac and all the murders, raises the alarm. Although the Officer defends Cardillac, the goldsmith finally confesses to the murders. He is killed by the people; as he dies, he can think only of his jewellery.