Martin: Der Sturm – review

Holl/Buffle/Herschenfeld/Wagner/Gilchrist/O'Neill/Netherlands Radio Choir and PO/Fischer (Hyperion)Frank Martin's operatic take on Shakespeare's The Tempest, using a filleted version of Schlegel's German translation of the play, was first performed at the Vienna State Opera in 1955. It condenses the original five acts into three, shares the role of Ariel between an offstage chorus and an onstage actor-dancer, balances Prospero's epilogue with a lengthy orchestral prologue to create a dramatic sy...

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