Franz Schubert
Lazarus (Schubert)
Lazarus or , 689, is an unfinished 1820 oratorio by Franz Schubert on a libretto by August Hermann Niemeyer. Intended to be in three acts, only act 1 with twenty-one numbers, and eight numbers from
Structure#
The work is for three sopranos, two tenors, bass, mixed choir and orchestra. Act 1 Act 2
Roles#
- Maria (soprano)
- Martha (soprano)
- Jemina (soprano)
- Lazarus (tenor)
- Nathanael (tenor)
- Ein Jüngling (tenor)
- Simon Peter (bass)
Recordings#
- 1978 – Carola Nossek, Ursula Reinhardt-Kiss, Ingeborg Springer, Eberhard Büchner, Horit Gebhardt. Staatskapelle Berlin Dietrich Knothe recorded in the Christuskirche, Berlin Berlin Classics 94452BC; reissued 1 CD Brilliant Classics
- 1981 – (also Mass No. 2 in G, D 167), Theodor Guschlbauer Warner Apex 2008
- 1983 – Edith Mathis, Wulkopf, Schwarz, Hollweg, Laubenthal, Hermann Prey conducted , Orfeo 2LP
- 1983 - Lucia Popp, Robert Tear, Helen Donath, Maria Venuti, Josef Protschka, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch, EMI Classics
- 1996 – completed by Edison Denisov. Rubens, Nylund, Nold, Weir. Bach Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling Hanssler 1996, also reissued 2 CD Brilliant Classics 99969
- 1997 – Concentus Musicus Wien, Dorothea Röschmann, soprano; Ľuba Orgonášová, soprano; Elisabeth von Magnus, mezzo-soprano; Herbert Lippert, tenor; Reinaldo Macias, tenor; Raimund Nolte, baritone. Arnold Schoenberg Choir, conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt Classics
- 2013 – Sarah Wegener, Johanna Winkel, Sophie Harmsen, Andreas Weller, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Hofkapelle Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius 1CD Carus
Sources#
- New Schubert Edition, Series II: Stage Works, Vol.10 – Lazarus oder die Feier der Auferstehung D 689: Fragment eines religiösen Dramas in 3 Akten. Edited by Reinhold Kubik. 1987.
- Composer
- Franz Schubert