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Ekkehard (opera)

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Ekkehard is an 1878 German-language opera by Johann Joseph Abert to a libretto by Adolf Kröner after the novel Ekkehard by Joseph Victor von Scheffel. The plot tells a romantic episode in the life of Ekkehard II of Saint Gall.

Recording

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  • Ekkehard - Jonas Kaufmann, Christian Gerhaher, Nyla van Ingen, Susanne Kelling, Henryk Böhm, Alfred Reiter, Stuttgarter Choristen, SWR Rundfunkorchester, Peter Falk. 2CDs Capriccio, DDD/LA, 1998[1]

References

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  1. ^ Gramophone " The booklet provides the libretto in German only ... A good cast of young singers (one or two of them a little stretched) does it proud; Jonas Kaufmann in particular is a lyric/dramatic tenor of ..."