Hallstrom: Vikingarna

[mikehopf]

On Swedish Radio P2 Saturday night:

P2 Live opera: "Vikingarna" av Ivar Hallström
Opera i tre akter.
Libretto: Frans Hedberg.
I rollerna:
Raimond - Mats Almgren.
Isaura - Hillevi Martinpelto.
Rolf Vidfarle - Tomas Lind.
Björn - Mats Persson.
Astrid - Ann-Kristin.
Jones Bertha - Mia Karlsson.
En abbot - Peter Loguin.
En trubadur - Markus Pettersson.
En hovman - Henrik Andersson.
En bard - Daniel Hällström.
En viking - Olof Söderberg.
En äldre viking - Sven Törnell.
Göteborgsoperans kör och orkester.
Dirigent: B Tommy Andersson.
Konsertant framförande 30/10 2016. (3 hrs.)
   WETA
Washington, D.C., USA   
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[mikehopf]

Oh! What a tragedy for this opera-tragic!

Having spent a  couple of days listening again to Hallstrom's melodious  operas- Duke Magnus  ( Marco Polo) and Den Bertagna ( Sterling)- I was so looking forward to hearing his unrecorded  Vikingarne. Alas! My recording failed .

Did any lover of Scandinavian operas manage to record this. I do hope so.

[mikehopf]

Problem solved.

The complete opera is now available on Swedish Radio P2... and very good it is too.

[Mark Thomas]

My recording of the Swedish Radio broadcast is in the Downloads Board here.

[Justin]

Just listened and it is pleasant sounding, yet not something I would return to often. Wish there was a higher quality recording of it, though.