Die Soldaten (1989)
Nancy Shade is persuasive as the awkward adolescent Marie, whose naiveté leads relentlessly to her downfall. Michael Ebbecke is sympathetic as Stolzius, her jilted lover and avenger, while William Cochran is properly brutish as Desportes, the officer who initiates her spiral of decline. Bernhard Kontarsky gets a dedicated response from his Stuttgart Opera forces, who perform with belief in this often excessive but always engrossing work. Recorded at the Staatsoper Stuttgart, 1989.
Directors: Hans Hulscher, Harry Kupfer.
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Bernhard Kontarsky as Conductor |
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Nancy Shade as |
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Mark Munkittrick as |
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Michael Ebbecke as |
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William Cochran as |
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Milagro Vargas as |
| Directing | Hans Hulscher | Director |
| Directing | Harry Kupfer | Director |
| Writing | Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz | Writer |
| Writing | Bernd Alois Zimmermann | Writer |
