Joseph Haydn

Joseph Haydn

PHILEMON UND BAUCIS

Jupiter’s Journey to Earth

A German marionette opera of 1773

Jupiter (disguised, speaking role)
Mercury (also disguised, speaking role)
Philemon, a poor old man
Baucis, his wife
Aret, their son, presumed dead
Narcissa, his bride

Felix Steinböck
Walter Davy
Erich Majkut
Susana Naidic
Waldemar Kmentt
Elisabeth Roon

Chorus of the Vienna State Opera / Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Conductor : Meinhard von Zallinger-Thurn

Recorded in Vienna 1951 58’12”

Please note that the gremlins got into Gramophone's repro house and the advert has an incorrect recording date.

The following pages are available to view and print:

Introduction from HC Robbins Landon
Introduction to the Opera
Synopsis (English)
Handlung (Deutsch)
Elsheimer Painting
Ovid in Latin
Dryden translation of Ovid
Libretto (English) PDF file
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DER GÖTTERRATH - as performed Eisenstadt Sep 2003
– the recreated prologue to Philemon & Baucis

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Technical note : this early LP contained almost a full hour of music and the sound is somewhat compressed as a result. The early reviews noticed the difference in level between the musical and spoken sections and we have adjusted the speech levels to allow for a more harmonious whole. There has been no other tampering with the original recording.