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Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)

Information about the composer Georg Philipp Telemann and his operas.

Operas:

Orpheus

Recommended recordings on CD

Jacobs/Trekel/Ziesak (Harmonia Mundi HMC901618/9)

HMC901618/9

A first-rate recording with an especially good performance by Dorothea Röschmann.

Berlin Academy for Ancient Music, Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus, conducted by René Jacobs, 1996.

Cast: Roman Trekel (Orpheus), Ruth Ziesak (Eurydice), Dorothea Röschmann (Orasia), Werner Güra (Eurimedes).

Harmonia Mundi HMC901618/9