德紹: 歌劇 (蘭斯洛) / 多米尼克．貝基爾 指揮 / 威瑪國家管弦樂團 (2CD)

保羅.德紹: 歌劇(蘭斯洛) / 多米尼克.貝基爾 指揮 / 德國國家劇院歌劇合唱團 / 威瑪國家管弦樂團 (2CD)

作曲家: Paul Dessau
演出者: Andreas Koch / Emily Hindrichs / Máte Solyom-Nagy / Oleksandr Pushniak / Klaus Wegener / Alexander Gunther / Daniela Gerstenmeyer / Ylva Stenberg / Wolfgang Schwaninger / Kilian Bauer / Juri Batukov / Walter Farmer Hart / Jorn Eichler / Uwe Stickert / Heike Porstein / Borislav Rashkov / Susann Gunther / Andreas Karasiak / Jong-Kwueol Lee / Oliver Luhn / Henry Helmli / Dmitry Ryabchikov / Katja Bildt / Uwe Schenker-Primus / Jens Schmiedeke / Gregor Loebel / Mark Monchgesang / Jan Rouwen Hendriks / Jorg Rathmann
指揮家: Dominik Beykirch
樂團: Staatskapelle Weimar / Opernchor des Deutschen Nationaltheaters Weimar / Chor des Theaters Erfurt / Kinderchor schola cantorum Weimar

Music history encompasses masterpieces which are simply forgotten for a while before being rediscovered in a later era when they act as a mirror of current sensitivities: prominent examples include Mozart's La clemenza di Tito, Schubert's "Unfinished Symphony" or Erich Wolfgang Korngold's opera Die tote Stadt. The reasons for such oblivion are manifold - in the case of Paul Dessau's fairy-tale opera Lanzelot, they are almost certainly political. This also has to do with the fact that Dessau (1894-1979), the son of a Jewish tobacconist from Hamburg, settled in the Soviet occupation zone after exile during the Second World War and lived until his death as a politically loyal but also thoroughly dissident citizen of the GDR.

Through his collaboration with Bertolt Brecht, at the age of sixty Dessau discovered music theatre for himself, whose sole raison d'être, according to him, was to fulfil a political didactic role. Twice he set texts by Brecht to music; for his third opera he turned to the fairy tale The Dragon by the Soviet author Evgeny Schwartz, which the playwright Heiner Muller, alongside Ginka Tcholakova, adapted for him, creating the libretto for Lanzelot. The plot is so controversial that even the original was banned under Stalin. A dragon who liberated the people from cholera a very long time ago now heads up a totalitarian regime, but is loved by his people as he guarantees them order and materialistic wellbeing. The appearance of the self-proclaimed libertarian hero Lancelot triggers resistance among the citizens; in the end, the question emerges as to whether the people are really ready for revolution.

Surprisingly, the material did not meet with resistance from the GDR authorities at the premiere at the (East) Berlin State Opera in December 1969; the production by Ruth Berghaus, Dessau's wife, was restrained in its political statement. Yet Dessau's music was among the most modern and provocative that was permitted in the GDR at the time. The demands on the soloists, chorus and orchestra are colossal, a richly equipped percussion section provides punch, and the composer also makes use of recordings to be played in the auditorium. Nowhere in his oeuvre does Dessau offer up a greater variety of musical styles; from baroque concerto grosso and romantic parodies to agitprop music and modern sounds, he pulls out all the stops. With its plurality of musical styles and its appeal to muster enough courage for true freedom, Lanzelot is the East German counterpart to the equally ambitious "total theatre" piece Die Soldaten by Bernd Alois Zimmermann.

Lanzelot only saw three productions during Dessau's lifetime, then the piece disappeared from the stage, and a recording was never made. Only fifty years after the premiere did the Deutsches Nationaltheater and the Staatskapelle Weimar as well as the Theater Erfurt dare to take on the challenges of this opera once again. In late 2019, Lanzelot was performed in Weimar in a production by Peter Konwitschny and directed by Dominik Beykirch; unfortunately, the planned subsequent run at Erfurt was thwarted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This edited live recording proves the power of Paul Dessau's music and message, which still makes it burningly relevant today, three decades after the end of the Cold War.

曲目:

CD1
PAUL DESSAU LANZELOT
1. Vorspiel 1:36
Bild 1 10:37
2. Steinzeitsiedlung am See 1:39
3. "Da kommt der Medizinmann" 4:53
4. Feuer. Der See kocht 4:05
Bild 2 3:08
5.. Wald im Jugendstil 2:22
6. Zwischenspiel 0:46
Bild 3 9:35
7. Buro 2:59
8. "Wann wird dieses Volk sich endlich selbst regieren!" 3:05
9. "Exzellenz. Vor Ihnen ein gramgebeugter Patriot" 3:31
Bild 4 7:25
10. Haus Charlesmagne 1:18
11. "He! Kater!" 3:00
12. "Junger Mann" 2:44
13. Zwischenspiel 0:23
Bild 5 9:11
14. Fernsehraum 3:07
15. "Funf Jahre zu Fuß von hier" 3:28
16. "Ein Revolutionär. Wie lästig" 1:41
17. Zwischenspiel 0:55
Bild 6 10:19
18. Haus Charlesmagne 1:53
19. "Großer Drache! Ihr Archivar..." 3:00
20. "Der Kampf ist morgen" 2:01
21. "Glucklich die Stadt, die einen Drachen hat" 2:45
22. Zwischenspiel 0:40
Bild 7 10:58
23. Intermezzo. Drache im Schaukelstuhl 1:20
24 ."Wenn Exzellenz zu gestatten geruhn..." 1:44
25. "Wir stellen zweitens die Ermordung des Nemeischen Lowen dar..." 1:22
26. Pantomime 0:42
27. "Das Verbrechen, welchem zum Opfer fiel
die Lernäische Hydra..." 2:36
28. "Viertens lenken wir Ihre Aufmerksamkeit auf ein Beispiel
subversiver Tätigkeit..." 1:57
29. Zwischenspiel 1:17
Bild 8 13:18
30. Stadt 2:50
31. "Achtung. Exzellenz tauchen uber den Vorbergen auf" 1:34
32. Lacharie 0:28
33. "Lanzelot! Ich bin es..." 2:44
34. "Konnt ich dich toten tausendmal" 1:26
35. "Willst du mich heiraten, Elsa?" 2:00
36. "Soll ich toten, den ich liebe?" 2:16

76:07

CD2
Bild 9 5:20
1. Halle 2:34
2. "Gesindel! Pack!" 2:46
Bild 10 11:53
3. Stadt. Nacht. Ballett-Pantomime 1:19
4. "Lanzelot" 1:06
5. "Ich bin allein" 1:37
6. "Herr Lanzelot. Schramm. Kunst und Antiken" 1:02
7. "Herr Lanzelot, wir und die vor uns kamen..." 2:00
8. "Freunde, ich bitte sich kurz zu fassen" 1:33
9. "Herr Lanzelot, in der funfzigsten Generation..." 1:09
10. "Wer wagt es?" 2:07
Bild 11 4:23
11. Stadt 2:12
12. "Und so etwas wird Oberarchivar" 0:52
13. "Neues vom Himmel?" 1:19
Bild 12 1:36
14 Der Kampf. Himmel 1:36
Bild 13 6:39
15. Stadt. Volk. Regen von Drachenkopfen 1:09
16. "Dradra hat keinen Kopf mehr" 0:54
17. "Gib mir meinen Sohn wieder..." 1:07
18. "Er wollte das Gefängnis aufschließen" 1:18
19 "Lanzelot? Lebt er?" 2:11
Bild 14 3:45
20. Lanzelot allein 3:45
Bild 15 19:38
21. Saal im Präsidenten-Palais. Hochzeitstafel 1:03
22. Präsidentenmusik 0:33
23. "Ruhmreicher, der mit starker Hand..." 0:35
24. "Ich danke euch, meine Lieben" 2:10
25. "Burger. Bevolkerung. Volk. Freunde" 3:37
26. "Elsa, deine Hand" 1:37
27. "Papa, wer ist Lanzelot?" 1:10
28. "Ich komm auf die Stunde..." 1:47
29. "Es ist soweit..." 0:30
30. "Du bist gekommen" 1:00
31. "Ich weiß alles uber dich..." 1:01
32. "Wie mach ich Menschen jetzt aus diesen Puppen..." 2:26
33. "Alles Gebundne befreit unser Fest..." 2:09

53:14