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Composer:
Alberto Franchetti

Artist(s):
Carlo Ventre
Lise Lindstrom

Conductor:
Renato Palumbo

Background: At the turn of the 19th century the Italian composer Alberto Franchetti was rated one of the foremost Italian composers and a composer who was to ensure the continuation of Meyerbeer's Great Opera tradition into the Modern era. Germania was premiered in 1902 and turned out to be the one of Franchetti's most famous works.

It is unusual that an Italian composer in the early twentieth century chose to write an opera based on a chapter of German history from the early nineteenth century. Franchetti was an Italian Jew who had become enamored of Germany and its culture, and this opera dramatizes an incident in the 19th-century struggle for German independence. After the First World War the opera sadly lapsed into obscurity.

Released on Capriccio in 2007, Phoenix is pleased to present a re-issue of the world première of this opera on DVD. This live recording re-discovers an opera which has been unperformed since 1908.

CATALOGUE NR: 802PHOENIX
RECORD LABEL: Phoenix
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: £ 22.99 including VAT, or £ 19.57 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 28-Jul-2008

COMPOSER: Alberto Franchetti
TITLE: Germania - complete
ORCHESTRA: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Renato Palumbo
ARTISTS: Carlo Ventre   Lise Lindstrom   Markus Bruck   Bruno Caproni

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: Dolby Digital 5.1 Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 140 minutes / Recorded: live from the Deutsche Oper Berlin 2006 / Subtitles: German English French Italian

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