WALLACE : LURLINE

Radio New Zealand Concert network
Sunday 19th of December 2010 at 3.04 - 5.40 pm

PRELUDE
COMPOSER
BACKGROUND 
SYNOPSIS 
RECORDING
REVIEW 
REVIEW
LIBRETTO

WALLACE: Lurline, an opera in three acts
Rupert........................... Keith Lewis
Guilhelm........................ Paul Ferris
Rhineberg...................... David Soar
Baron Truenfels............. Donald Maxwell
Zelieck.......................... Roderick Earle
Lurline........................... Sally Silver
Ghiva............................ Fiona Janes
Liba.............................. Bernadette Cullen
Victorian Opera Chorus & Orch/Richard Bonynge
(Naxos 8.660293-94)

William Vincent Wallace (1812-1865) Irish composer of Romantic operas, including Lurline, based on the legend of the Lorelei, the siren of the Rhine river.

Information about the opera (and this recording) is available in the links above. It was recorded in Manchester; the performance is conducted by Richard Bonynge (who recently became a widower, when his wife Joan Sutherland passed away). The tenor who sings Rupert is Keith Lewis of New Zealand.