I agree with you on Elisabeth Essen. The recording's probably the best out of the official German recordings (the Wien revival might edge it out because Serkan Kaya's Lucheni is just that amazing, but Máté just sounds awful in it). I don't know how you can stand Carsten though. That'll always be a mystery to me. :P
...That picture of Olegg and Pia will give me nightmares. Is that during Die Schleier Fällt? Because that expression on his face is creepy. But Pia looks wonderful, as always. I've heard Olegg as ValJean in Les Miserables, and he sounded fine to me there, so I'd say he can sing fine, though a ValJean voice is not the sort of voice I'd ever cast for der Tod.
I believe Annemieke first performed as Elisabeth at Stuttgart too, so that might be another good thing about it. I don't know what "Zwischen Traum Und Wirklichkeit" is though, so I can't say anything about that.
Felix Martin is wonderful in general. I love his voice, though I think he moves kinda funny. I've only seen him in the Wien DVD with Maya and then that camera-crazy DVD of him in Berlin, so maybe he has a bit more grace live. :P As for Tanz, for the most part, I'm just an Unstillbare Gier fan, but I've recently starting obsessing over Carpe Noctum. It's catchy. :D (The only good thing about Broadway's Dance of the Vampires was Max von Essen's For Sarah. It's absolutely amazing.)
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...That picture of Olegg and Pia will give me nightmares. Is that during Die Schleier Fällt? Because that expression on his face is creepy. But Pia looks wonderful, as always. I've heard Olegg as ValJean in Les Miserables, and he sounded fine to me there, so I'd say he can sing fine, though a ValJean voice is not the sort of voice I'd ever cast for der Tod.
I believe Annemieke first performed as Elisabeth at Stuttgart too, so that might be another good thing about it. I don't know what "Zwischen Traum Und Wirklichkeit" is though, so I can't say anything about that.
Felix Martin is wonderful in general. I love his voice, though I think he moves kinda funny. I've only seen him in the Wien DVD with Maya and then that camera-crazy DVD of him in Berlin, so maybe he has a bit more grace live. :P As for Tanz, for the most part, I'm just an Unstillbare Gier fan, but I've recently starting obsessing over Carpe Noctum. It's catchy. :D (The only good thing about Broadway's Dance of the Vampires was Max von Essen's For Sarah. It's absolutely amazing.)