[Randy]

Many of my opera recordings are of obscure works, early 20th century. Anybody familiar with these: Ullmann - Der Kaiser Von Atlantis, Goldschmidt - Der gewaltige Hahnrei, Goldschmidt - Beatrice Cenci, Krenek - Jonny spielt auf, Krasa - Verlobung im Traum, Braunfels - Die Vogel, Zemlinsky - Der Zwerg, Schreker - Die Gezeichneten, and Korngold - several of his usual suspects.  These are all hyper romantic works, German or Austrian, and all but a couple were issued as part of the late lamented Decca "Entartete Musik" series of composers and works banned by the Nazis.

All make for hugely interesting listening, and the Braunfels, in particular, is just gorgeous.

[woodsyi]

I don't think I heard these guys. 

Post Wagner/Strauss era German opera kind of escaped me.  I am aware of Hindesmith and his controvercial Triptych as well as the gargantuan Licht by Stockhausen but they go away from Romanticism. 

This scene from Braunfels' Die Vogel offers promises.     Any recommendations?

[Randy]

Search these guys on Amazon and you can get extensive samples. See what you think. For Korngold look at De tote Stadt, Die Kathrin, Violanta, and several others. He was prolific. This was an artform made extinct by the Nazis, part of the great German/Jewish, Czech., cultural life wiped out by them. Krasa and Ullman died in Auschwitz, the others went in exile to England and the U. S. where they were ignored. Korngold, of course, found another career in the movies. Goldschmidt lived to see his music revived in the last years of his life. His orchestral works are outstanding, including several concertos recorded by Decca. He died a couple years back, aged nearly one hundred.