This new disc, part of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra’s “Great Singers Live” label, provides a pleasant picture of Popp’s lovely work in various kinds of opera and operetta literature. Popp’s silvery tone proves ideal in two German Romantic arias, a pleasant piece from Lortzing’s 1845
Undine and Ännchen’s Act II arietta from
Der Freischütz. She aces two lightweight arias by Robert Stolz and Lehár’s compelling “Liebe, du Himmel auf Erden,” from 1925’s
Paganini.
The touching Act III aria of Smetana’s Mařenka…is absolutely ravishing, as near to an ideal performance as can be imagined. © 2012
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