Lear

Synopsis: Sound recording of Aribert Reimann’s two-act opera performed by the Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Gerd Albrecht. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau sings the title role. The Fool is a spoken, not a sung, role.
Language: German (Standard)
Country: Germany
Medium: Audio
Year of release: 2000

General: Reimann wrote the title role specifically for the baritone Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, who had suggested the subject to the composer as early as 1968. The recording is taken from the opera’s premiere at the National Theatre, Munich in 1978 in a production staged by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle.

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Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau	Lear
Julia Varady	Cordelia
Hans Nocker	Earl of Gloucester
Rolf Boysen	Fool
David Knutson	Edgar, later disguised as Tom o’Bedlam
Colette Lorand	Regan
Georg Paskuda	Duke of Cornwall
Hans Wilbrink	Duke of Albany
Helga Dernesh	Goneril
Karl Helm	King of France
Richard Holm	Earl of Kent
Werner Gotz	Edmund