This rather Weber-ish opera is a rather fine, attractive work. It certainly fills out further the picture of German opera between Beethoven and Wagner. I had completely ignored the composer before deciding to pick up a second-hand copy of the 1993 recording on the Capriccio label - and am enjoying the work immensely. Does anyone else know the piece?
Konradin is one of my very favourite composers.
I've had the CD of his sacred music since it was issued. However, I was disappointed by the lacklustre performance of the beautiful " Messkircher" Mass which paled beside the earlier Koch Schwann LP version.
For opera lovers, Das Nachtlager in Granada seems to be his only commercially available opera. I have a recording of his earlier Die Alpenhutte and was delighted to find that there are two performances of Der Verschwender on youtube : the better one cast with children .