had recorded it. He sees the ensembles as anticipating Tannhäuser and Lohengrin but picks out "the delightful buffo duet for Gernot... and Drolla", saying it looks forward more to Das Liebesverbot "except that it surpasses in unassuming tunefulness anything in the following score". Recordings There are ten recordings of Die Feen available as of 2015, only the first of which is a studio recording. Die Feen, conducted by Edward Downes with April Cantelo (Ada), John Mitchinson (Arindal), Della Jones (Farzana), Tom McDonnell (Morald) etc. BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra, BBC Northern Singers. Uncut, studio recording (Manchester College of Music), early May 1974. (Deutsche Grammophon Complete Wagner Edition 00289 479675-7) Die Feen, conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch, with a cast including John Alexander (Arindal), Linda Esther Gray (Ada), June Anderson (Lora), Cheryl Studer (Drolla), Kurt Moll (Fairy King) etc. live performance with multiple cuts to the score Munich Opera Festival (1983) (ORFEO C 062 833 F) Die Feen, conducted by Gabor Ötvös with Raimo Sirkiä (Arindal), Sue Patchell (Ada), Arthur Korn (Gernot), Birgit Beer (Drolla) etc. live recording from Teatro Comunale di Cagliari (1998) (Dynamic CDS 217/1-3) Die Feen, conducted by Sebastian Weigle with Burkhard Fritz (Arindal), Tamara Wilson (Ada), Thorsten Grümbel (Gernot), Brenda Rae (Lora), etc. live recording of the concert performances, May 3rd and 6th 2011 at the Alte Oper Frankfurt (2011) (Oehms Classics) Die Feen, conducted by Xiao Juan Chen. Live recording by the CMD German Opera Company of Berlin, April 2016 Conductors who have recorded the overture include Francesco D'Avalos (Asv Living Era B0000030XD), Marek Janowski (Angel B00005UVAN), Franz Konwitschny (Archipel ARPCD0239), Alexander Rahbari (Naxos B0001Z65J4), Alois Springer (Vox B000001KAH) and Hans Swarowsky (Vox B000001KD3). ReferencesNotes''' Further readingDie Feen (recording and textbook, 1984), Munich: Orfeo GmbH.Die Feen'' (recording and booklet including libretto, 1998), Genova, Dynamic. "Die Feen: Performance History", Stanford University Opera Glass site Morgan, Simon, "Seen and Heard International Opera Review: Wagner Die Feen" on musicweb-international.com (Two 2005 German productions of the opera. Retrieved 13 July 2019) External links Libretto in German and English, murashev.com , Robert Sage conducting the Lyric Opera of Los Angeles, 2010 Operas by Richard Wagner Libretti by Richard Wagner German-language operas Romantische Opern Operas 1833 operas 1888 operas Operas set in fictional, mythological and folkloric settings Stefan Zweig Collection Operas based on works by Carlo Gozzi