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Ombra mai fu

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Opera title:

Xerxes

Composer:

Georg Handel

Language:

Italian

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Xerxes Synopsis

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Mezzo-Soprano or CounterTenor

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Fritz Wunderlich Handel: Xerxes "Ombra mai fu" (Largo)

Singer(s): Nicolai Gedda Gundula Janowitz Fritz Wunderlich Christa Ludwig Werner Krenn

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Fritz Wunderlich Handel: Xerxes "Ombra mai fu" (Largo)

Handel: Xerxes
"Ombra ma fu" (Largo)
Fritz Wunderlich, lyric tenor

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Friedrich "Fritz" Karl Otto Wunderlich (September 26, 1930 September 17, 1966) was a German lyric tenor, born in Kusel in the Rhineland. His mother was a violinist and his father was a choir-master. For a short time, the family kept the inn "Emrichs Bräustübl". Fritz's father lost his job due to pressure imposed upon him by local Nazis, in addition to suffering from a severe battlefield injury. He committed suicide when Fritz was five years old. The story regarding Wunderlich's discovery parallels many of his contemporaries (notably Nicolai Gedda and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau). As a young man Wunderlich worked in a bakery. At the insistence of neighbors and passers-by who had witnessed his musical gifts and beautiful voice, Wunderlich decided to begin studies in music. He managed to obtain a scholarship in order to pursue his studies at the Freiburg College of Music where he studied French horn and voice.

Wunderlich was soon noted as a brilliant young tenor, especially in Mozartian roles, but he later expanded his reach to the full range of the lyric tenor repertoire. It was the fashion during Wunderlich's career for German theaters to perform operas in the local rather than original language. Therefore, most of his recordings of the standard operatic repertoire are sung in German, including Verdi's Rigoletto and Don Carlos. (He sang his recording of the Verdi Requiem in distinctly Germanic Latin.) Wunderlich achieved the highest distinction within the German repertory. Of special importance is a recording of Mozart's The Magic Flute in which Wunderlich stars as Prince Tamino opposite baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau in the role of Papageno. This was one of the first recordings of this piece; it was aggressively marketed by Deutsche Grammophon and it remains a best-seller.

Wunderlich's crystal-clear voice and intelligent, restrained interpretation also led him to impressive renditions of the Lieder cycles of Schubert and Schumann with pianist Hubert Giesen. His famous recording of Schumann's Dichterliebe remains a golden standard of this genre. Many tenors since have emulated Wunderlich's interpretation of this cycle.

Another notable recording he left is J. S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio, with fellow singers Gundula Janowitz, Christa Ludwig, and Franz Crass, conducted by Karl Richter. Also astonishing is an album of pre-Bach sacred songs, featuring music of Schütz, Telemann, Buxtehude, and other less well-known composers.

He occasionally sang minor Wagner roles such as the Steuermann in The Flying Dutchman, Walther von der Vogelweide in Tannhäuser, and the Hirt in Tristan und Isolde.

Wunderlich's promising career was cut short by an accident: he fell from a stairway in a friend's country house in Oberderdingen near Maulbronn, and died in the University Clinic of Heidelberg just days before his 36th birthday. He is buried in Munich's Waldfriedhof cemetery.

At the time of his death, he had been recording Haydn's The Creation, with the Berlin Philharmonic and the Wiener Singverein under Herbert von Karajan, the other soloists being Christa Ludwig, Gundula Janowitz, Walter Berry and Fischer-Dieskau. Wunderlich had completed recording his arias, but Werner Krenn was hired to record the recitatives. Several recorded live performances of Wunderlich singing the whole part, under Karajan, survive.

Available videos include a full-length performance (in German) as Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, and a recital of operatic arias.

In a survey published in the BBC Music Magazine of April 2008, Wunderlich was voted the fourth greatest tenor of all time.[1]

His hobbies included hunting (he was on a hunting-vacation when he fell down stairs and died), guns, and fast cars.

Watch videos with other singers performing Ombra mai fu:

Andreas Scholl Largo di Handel Ombra mai fu Aria da Xerxes HWV 40 Bonazeta YT 1086
1 - Anna Caterina Antonacci
1 - Margherita Chimenti
1 - Élisabeth Duparc
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
2 - Marilyn Horne
3 - Maureen Forrester
5 - Alfred Deller
5 - Andreas Scholl
5 - Christophe Dumaux
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
Kathleen Battle Ombra mai fu 54600
1 - Kathleen Battle

Ombra Mai Fu Dmitri Hvorostovsky 1099
6 - Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Jennifer Larmore Haendel s Ombra mai fu  1132
2 - Jennifer Larmore

Ombra mai fu Handel boy soprano Aksel Rykkvin 14y TrondheimSolistene 209895
1 - Aksel Rykkvin
Haendel Ombra Mai Fu Nathalie Stutzmann Orfeo 55 54603
3 - Nathalie Stutzmann

GF Handel Ombra mai fu Sara Mingardo Accademia degli Astrusi Federico Ferri dir 1122
3 - Sara Mingardo

Lucia Popp Ombra mai fu 54608
1 - Lucia Popp

Joyce DiDonato sings Ombra mai fu Serse with the most seamless vocal line 1126
2 - Joyce DiDonato
Kathleen Ferrier Ombra mai fu George F Handel Serse 1949 1093
3 - Kathleen Ferrier

Placido Domingo Ombra mai fu Handel 54611
5 - Plácido Domingo
Rolando Villazon Ombra mai fu 54614
5 - Rolando Villazón

Franco Fagioli Ombra mai fu 23912
5 - Franco Fagioli
ENRICO CARUSO SINGS OMBRA MAI FU 1933 54622
5 - Enrico Caruso

Handel s Ombra mai fu Malena Ernman 23911
2 - Malena Ernman
James Bowman Ombra Mai Fu  54629
5 - James Bowman

Simone Kermes Ombra mai fu Giovanni Bononcini 209906
1 - Simone Kermes
Jochen Kowalski countertenor Handel Ombra mai fu 54633
5 - Jochen Kowalski

Florin Cezar Ouatu Ombra mai fu Xerxes GFHaendel 54636
5 - Florin Cezar Ouatu
Edson Cordeiro Ombra Mai Fu Lascia ch Io Pianga Handel 332658
5 - Edson Cordeiro

David Hobson Ombra mai fu 209908
5 - David Hobson

LVHF 2017 GF Hndel Ombra mai fu 209909
1 - Patricia Janečková

Milva James Last Ombra Mai Fu Largo GF Handel 209910
1 -
Handel Xerxes Overture and Ombra mai fu Ann Murray 1102
2 - Ann Murray

Ombra mai fu 364103
5 - Beniamino Gigli
Fritz Wunderlich Haendel Ombra mai fu Xerxes 54646
5 - Fritz Wunderlich

Janet Baker Ombra mai f Serse by Haendel 209918
2 - Janet Baker
Renata Pokupic Georg Friedrich Handel Frondi tenere Ombra mai fu 54667
2 - Renata Pokupić

George Frideric Handel Crude Furie from SerseXerxes Tempesta di Mare Michael Maniaci soprano 209922
5 - Michael Maniaci
John Holiday sings oeOmbra mai fu from Serse Handel Brent Funderburk piano 54676
5 - John Holiday

Ombra mai fu Adriana Kuerova Solamente Naturali 54677
1 - Adriana Kučerová
Serse HWV 40 Act 1 Ombra mai fu Serse 1107
5 - David Daniels

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5 -
Ombra mai fu Handel Largo 54690
5 - Jyrki Niskanen

David Hansen Ombra mai fu Handel Serse 54695
5 - David Hansen

Handel Ombra mai fu Serse HWV 40 332676
1 - Elin Manahan Thomas

Serse Aria Ombra Mai Fu 332678
2 - Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Serse HWV 40 Act 1 Scene 1 No 2 Arioso Ombra mai f Serse 2051
2 - Anne Sofie von Otter

Franco Corelli Ombra mai fu Handel Serse 54709
5 - Franco Corelli
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5 - Iestyn Davies

Emma Albani sing Serse Xerxes HWV 40 Act I Ombra mai fu 54731
1 - Emma Albani
Tobias Cole performing Handel s Ombra mai fu 54737
5 - Tobias Cole

Dubravka ZubovicmezzosopranoGFHaendelXerxes Ombra Mai Fu 54738
2 - Dubravka Zubović
Haendel Ombra mai fu Stephanie Blythe 54741
2 - Stephanie Blythe

Robert Crowe Aria Ombra mai fu from Serse HWV 40 GFHndel 332708
5 - Robert Crowe
HandelOmbra mai fuLesne 54749
5 - Gérard Lesne

Muslim Magomayev Ombra mai fu Serse Xerxes Georg Frideric Handel  332711
6 - Muslim Magomayev
Handel Ombra Mai Fu from opera Xerxes Master class with Arianna Zukerman 364117
1 - Arianna Zukerman

Ombra mai fu Largo Rezitativ und Arie des Xerxes aus der Oper XERXES SERSE 332769
5 - Peter Seiffert

Handel Ombra mai fu from Serse featuring Daniel Taylor 332780
5 - Daniel Taylor

Danielle de Niese Handel Serse Ombra mai fu 364124
1 - Danielle de Niese
Soprano ELISABETH RETHBERG GFHndel Serse Ombra mai fu 1924 364126
1 - Elisabeth Rethberg

Hndel Ombra mai fu Pia Viola Buchert Mezzosopran und Jenny Meyer Harfe 364127
2 - Jenny Meyer
Handel Rudolf Schock 1965 Largo auf Xerxes Ombra mai fu Eurodisc 77181 IK 332817
5 - Rudolf Schock

Ombra mai fu Xerxes Hndel Kirsten Flagstad 332824
1 - Kirsten Flagstad
GFHndel Arie aus der Oper Xerxes Ombra mai fu 1953 377700
1 - Margot Guilleaume

Ombra mai fu from Xerxes by George Frideric Handel 1738 377708
5 - William Towers
Fritz Wunderlich Handel Xerxes Ombra mai fu Largo 1103
1 - Gundula Janowitz
2 - Christa Ludwig
5 - Fritz Wunderlich
5 - Nicolai Gedda
5 - Werner Krenn

David Daniels 1997 Ombra mai fu Xerxes Handel 1094
5 - David Daniels
5 - Richard Tucker
Handel Serse Ombra mai fu Lorraine HuntLieberson 1104
1 - Margherita Chimenti
1 - Élisabeth Duparc

Philippe Jaroussky Ombra mai fu Handel Serse 54607
3 - Kathleen Ferrier
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
Handel Serse HWV 40 Ombra mai fu Marilyn Horne 1111
1 - Margherita Chimenti
1 - Élisabeth Duparc
2 - Marilyn Horne

Handel Serse Ombra mai fu Maureen Forrester 1113
1 - Margherita Chimenti
1 - Élisabeth Duparc
3 - Maureen Forrester

Ombra mai fu Joyce DiDonato LIVE Furore Salzburg Handel 54625
2 - Joyce DiDonato
5 - Rolando Villazón

British Contralto Clara Butt Ombra mai fu 1917 54630
1 - Etelka Gerster
2 - Louise Kirkby Lunn
3 - Clara Butt
Robert Merrill with Yehudi Menuhin Carroll Hollister Ombra mai fu Handel s Largo  54647
2 - Risë Stevens
3 - Marian Anderson
5 - Jan Peerce
6 - Robert Merrill

CASTRATI La Voce Bianca A Scientific Experiment Aria Ombra mai fu from Xerxes by Handel 54650
2 - Jennifer Johnston
5 - Michael Maniaci
5 - Nicholas Clapton
Anthony Roth Costanzo oeOmbra mai fu from Xerxes Handel 54657
5 - Anthony Dean Griffey
5 - Anthony Roth Costanzo

Philippe Jaroussky sings Ombra mai fu at the Echo Klassik Award 2012 54692
5 - Max Emanuel Cenčić
5 - Philippe Jaroussky
Ombra mai fu Joyce DiDonato LIVE Furore London Handel 209932
2 -
2 - Joyce DiDonato

Handel Ombra mai fu from Serse Xerxes Largo  209952
2 - Cecilia Bartoli
5 - Andreas Scholl
Ombra mai fu Lagro Handel Opera Xerxes Serse HWV 40 English Subtitles Free Music Sheet 332768
2 - Lea Desandre
5 - Paul Agnew

Libretto/Lyrics/Text/Testo:

Frondi tenere e belle
del mio platano amato
per voi risplenda il fato.
Tuoni, lampi, e procelle
non v'oltraggino mai la cara pace,
né giunga a profanarvi austro rapace.

Ombra mai fu
di vegetabile,
cara ed amabile,
soave più.

English Libretto or Translation:

Tender and beautiful fronds
of my beloved plane tree,
let Fate smile upon you.
May thunder, lightning, and storms
never disturb your dear peace,
nor may you by blowing winds be profaned.

Never was a shade
of any plant
dearer and more lovely,
or more sweet.

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