Lincke: Frau Luna

 
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PAUL LINCKE
Lincke: Frau Luna
Maria Leyer, Rene Kollo, Kathrin Smith

[ CPO / CD ]

Release Date: Friday 7 April 2023

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What times those were: To mark the 60th anniversary of Paul Lincke's death, WDR organized a concert performance of the completely unabridged "Frau Luna" in May 2006 at the Cologne Philharmonic Hall, followed by two weeks of production at the Cologne Funkhaus. What was special about this was that not only Lincke's music sounded true to the original, but the original dialogue by Heinrich Bolten-Baeckers was also trusted, without being shortened or fashionably updated. And lo and behold: the result is an operetta revelation! Lincke was simply more than just an ingenious inventor of melodies: refined and elaborate ensembles and finales show great compositional quality. And then, of course, there is the dream cast: René Kollo and Maria Leyer for the "great" singing parts of Luna and Prince Sternschnuppe, and singing folk actors like Wolfgang Völz, Lotti Krekel and Ernst H. Hilbig for the traveling moon troupe. Together with the Lehár's Rastelbinder production of the ORF from 1981 with the incomparable Fritz Muliar (CD 5816938) we now have two almost historical jewels of the operetta - discography in our catalogue!

Every operetta buff will want this, and I suspect everyone else will simply be swept along by the joie de vivre and sheer melodic flair of this underrated - but unarguable - classic of its genre. - Gramophone Magazine, September 2023

Tracks:

Lincke: Frau Luna 1. Akt
1. Ouvertüre
2. 1. Duett "Es ist was Wunderbares ums Genie"
3. Dialog
4. Glühwürmchen-Idyll (aus Lysistrata)
5. Dialog
6. Lied "Oh Theophil"
7. Dialog
8. Lied "Schlösser, die im Monde liegen"
9. Dialog
10. Melodram und Terzett "Leise nur, leise nur"
11. Chor der Mondelfen und Auftrittslied des Theophil "Schnell, putzet fein rings das Gestein"
12. Dialog
13. Duett "Schenk mir doch ein kleines bisschen Liebe"
14. Ensemble im Espress-Ballon
15. Dialog
16. Musikalische Szene "Schutzmannmarsch"
17. Dialog
18. Lied "Lose muntre Lieder"
19. Dialog
20. Sextett mit Ensemble "Das macht die Berliner Luft"

Lincke: Frau Luna 2. Akt
1. Musikalische Szene "Festmarsch"
2. Chor der Mondelfen und Sternbilder "Wenn der Abend niedersinkt"
3. Auftritt der Luna "Lasst den Kopf nicht hängen"
4. Dialog
5. Duett "Wenn die Sonne schlafen geht"
6. Dialog
7. Grosses Ensemble und Lied der Luna "Von Sternen umgeben"
8. Dialog
9. Humoreske für Fagott und Orchester
10. Dialog
11. Sextett mit Chor "Ist die Welt auch noch so schön"
12. Kleines Ensemble "Auf Euer Wohl / Lasst den Kopf nicht hängen"
13. Dialog
14. Finale "Das macht die Berliner Luft"