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A Hollywood Composer Imagines Renaissance Venice

Grand Canal in Venice
Canaletto / National Gallery London
Grand Canal in Venice

Before he was one of Hollywood's most celebrated composers, Erich Korngold wrote a charming one-act opera set in 15th-century Venice. Hear it Sunday night at 9 on WCRB's "Voices."

Sunday, September 29, 2019
9:00 PM

KORNGOLD Violanta

Eva Morton (Violanta)
Walter Berry (Simone Trovai)
Siegfried Jerusalem (Alfonso)
Horst R. Laubenthal (Giovanni Bracca)
Gertraut Stoklassa (Bice)
Ruth Hesse (Barbara)
Manfred Schmidt (Matteo)
Heinrich Weber (First Soldier)
Paul Hansen (Second Soldier)
Karin Hautermann (First Maid)
Renate Freyer (Second Maid)

Munich Radio Orchestra
Barvarian Radio Chorus

Marek Janowski, conductor