Monday, June 27, 2011
[WATCH]: Lucia Popp & Bo Skovhus in "Venus" by Othmar Schoeck
Othmar Schoeck (Switzerland 1886-1957) Venus op. 32 Opera in three acts. Libretto by Armin Rüeger, after a novella by the French writer Prosper Mérimée The première in May 1922 at the Zurich Opera. Baron de Zarandelle : Frieder Lang Horace, his nephew : James O'Neal Simane, betrothed to Horace : Lucia Popp Raimond, Simone's cousin : Bo Skovhus Simone's mother : Hedwig Fassbender Lucile, Simone's friend : Zsuzsa Alföldi Kammerchor Heidelberg Chorus Master , Linda Horowitz
