Ekkehard (opera) explained

Ekkehard is an 1878 German-language opera by Johann Joseph Abert to a libretto by Adolf Kröner after the novel Ekkehard by Joseph Victor von Scheffel. The plot tells a romantic episode in the life of Ekkehard II of Saint Gall.

Recording

• Ekkehard - Jonas Kaufmann, Christian Gerhaher, Nyla van Ingen, Susanne Kelling, Henryk Böhm, Alfred Reiter, Stuttgarter Choristen, SWR Rundfunkorchester, Peter Falk. 2CDs Capriccio, DDD/LA, 1998^[1]

Notes and References

1. Gramophone " The booklet provides the libretto in German only ... A good cast of young singers (one or two of them a little stretched) does it proud; Jonas Kaufmann in particular is a lyric/dramatic tenor of ..."