Strauss Johann II - Jabuka (The Apple Festival)(2 CD) - Pollack Christian (conductor)
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• This is a world première recording of the complete operetta. • An operetta with musical elements of true opera, Jabuka (Das Apfelfest), is Johann Strauss...
• This is a world première recording of the complete operetta.
• An operetta with musical elements of true opera, Jabuka (Das Apfelfest), is Johann Strauss the Younger’s fourteenth stage work.
• An annual Apple Festival in the Serbian town of Ravica is an opportunity for local young people to choose a partner. The girl bites an apple, gives it to her chosen boy, and if he also takes a bite, the match is made. It is against this backdrop that the impoverished noblemen, Mirko and Vasil, find a way out of their difficulties by finding rich brides at the Apple Festival of the title.
• With its strikingly fresh and original melodies, great ensembles and some of the finest choruses Strauss ever wrote, Jabuka was a huge success at its première in Vienna in October 1894.
• “Well recorded in digital sound, complete with substantial dialogue” Penguin Guide on previous Strauss opera classic Die Fledermaus (8.660017-18)