Chudak/Malmo Opera/Salvi - Engelbert Humperdinck: Music for the Stage - Der Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, Die wallfahrt nach Kevlaar, Lysistrata

Engelbert Humperdinck won a worldwide reputation through his application of Wagnerian techniques to folk music in H�nsel und Gretel. But he wrote far more widely for the stage than is acknowledged, and this selection focuses on long overlooked works that reveal Humperdinck�s flair for romance, comedy and innovation. These include music for one of the first full-colour silent films, the spectacular Das Wunder (1912); the passionate, ethereal small cantata Die Wallfahrt nach Kevlaar; the rich antique flavour