"Actor: Gerard Korsten"

• Weber - Euryanthe (Korsten, Prokina, Fogasova, Chung) | DVD | (06/12/2004) from £19.33   |  Saving you £0.66 (3.30%)   |  RRP £19.99

  After his success with Freischtz Weber wanted to write a grand romantic opera and in the end the subject of Euryanthe was chosen a tale inspired by a legend going back to the thirteen century. Euryanthe is music of inspiration and originality such as is rarely found in the history of German opera in the first half of the nineteenth century. The Italianisms that are occasionally glimpsed in Freischtz are eliminated almost completely. Euryanthe is set to music in its entirety with