Kálmán: Autumn Maneuvers

Emmerich Kalman (Composer), Steven Byess (Conductor), Ohio Light Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), Betha Curtis (Performer), Brian Woods (Performer), Cassidy King (Performer), David Wannen (Performer), Derek Parks (Performer), Jacqueline Lengfelder (Performer), Justin Legris (Performer), Lauren Beatty (Performer), Lauren Pastorek (Performer), Nathan Arnett (Performer), Nathan Whitson (Performer), Oliver Henderson (Performer), Patrick Howle (Performer), Sandra Ross (Performer), Spiro Matsos (Performer), Wade Woodward (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Betha Curtis, Brian Woods, Cassidy King, David Wannen, Derek Parks, et al.
• Orchestra: Ohio Light Opera Orchestra
• Conductor: Steven Byess
• Composer: Emmerich Kalman
• Audio CD (January 28, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Albany Records
• ASIN: B000083F52
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #227,541 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Another Kalman Beauty from Ohio Light, February 17, 2003

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This review is from: Kálmán: Autumn Maneuvers (Audio CD)

One wonders where the research staff from the Ohio Light Opera Company out in Wooster, Ohio, get their hands on the scores (much less the orchestral parts and lyric???) for so many delicious, little known and hard-to-find operettas, and then bring them so wonderfully to light. This is possibly their fourth or fifth CD discovery of a work by Imre Kalman, the Hungarian Turn of the Century (the last one) romantic contemporary of Strauss and Lehar whose works were created in German and then sometimes re-worked in English. This latest, Autumn Maneuvers, is recorded in a fine, heartfelt translation by the OLO general director, Stephen Daigle. The cast and performance is even stronger than Albany's recent Kalman release, Der Zigeunerprimas ("the gypsy virtuoso") from last year's Ohio season, and the story and central characters are more poignant as well.
Kalman's Middle European roots bring more pathos and bittersweet flavor to this idiom than, say, the frothier results of his Viennese contemporaries. There are some truly gorgeous moments here, sung wonderfully by Jacqueline Lengfelder whose soprano is reminiscent of the young Scotto or Ileana Cotrubas. The chorus and orchestra are excellent as well. Kuddos again to Albany Records for their customary courage in bringing us new material at a time when everyone else is heading for the hills.