Article: Frau Margot

PASATIERI Frau Margot * Joseph Illick, cond; Lauren Flanigan (Frau Margot); Patricia Risley (Kara Sondstrom); Morgan Smith (Ted Steinert); Allan Glassmann (Walter Engelmann); Daniel Okulitch (Inspector Gert Osterland); Adam Diegel (Maitre d'); Fort Worth Op * ALBANY TROY 965 (2 CDS: 119:07)

The inspiration for this eminently lyrical opera comes from a visit made by the young Leonard Bernstein to Frau Helena Berg in an attempt to gain permission to finish Alban Berg's opera Lulu. Frau Berg told Lenny to come back later, after she had consulted with her dead husband via a séance. Of course, as history knows, "Alban" said "no." This tale was related to Frank Corsaro, the librettist of Frau ...

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