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Thank you very much, semloh and mikehopf!

I'm looking forward to listening to the opera...

Could you, please, tell us the link where one can find the recording of the whole opera!
Thank you in advance.

It is a great pleasure to have finally a modern recording entirely devoted to Eduard Strauss' music. The last and then only album with his compositions was the intercord double LP with the fantastic interpretations by Paul Angerer.
It is not without irony that the execution/interpretation of Edi's so consequently ignored compositions here belong to the best ones which Marco Polo issued by the Strauss family. (Especially sadly and in a wicked way treated are a lot of items by Johann II but also a too big number of oeuvres by Josef)
The only small regret concerns the more or less slightly cut waltzes. (Obviously to get room for as much pieces as possible on one single CD...)
The opinion I can't share here is that Eduard should sound like Johann II. For my ears Edi has clearly distinguishable melodies and orchestrations.
Whereas in very, very rare and singular cases I find it not that clear whether we have a waltz by Johann II or by Josef if you wouldn't know.
Anyway, I hope for other Eduard Strauss rarities on CDs to come!