Wagner

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Wagner: Siegfried Idyll
Premiered Today in 1870
Birthday presents come in all forms, shapes and sizes. When Cosima Wagner awoke on 25 December 1870 to celebrate her 33rd birthday, a group of 17 musicians had assembled on the stairs leading to her bedroom. With Richard Wagner conducting,
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Mapping the Musical Genome
The Wagner Family
Richard Wagner (1813-1883) was the manliest man in a manly world of manly composers! Creator of theatrical and musical dramas lasting the better part of eternity, his works are perpetually in danger of drowning in gigantic puddles of testosterone. As
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Wagner: Parsifal
Premiered Today in 1882
Hoping to gain financial independence, Richard Wagner was eager to establish an annual music festival that would realize his particular vision of music and theatre. Initially he contemplated Munich, but his extravagant and scandalous behavior in that city caused him
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Swanning around: Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin at the Royal Opera House
The new Lohengrin at the Royal Opera House, a co-production with Opera Vlaanderen, is musically a very fine production. What it lacks, however, is a unifying concept. Neither direction (David Alden), stage set (Paul Steinberg) nor costumes (Gideon Davey) came
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Wagner: Die Feen (The Fairies)
Premiered Today in 1888
When Richard Wagner died on 23 February 1883, his first complete opera Die Feen (The Fairies) had still not been performed in public. That premier had to wait until 29 June 1888, yet regardless, the work never established itself in
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Making Fun of Wagner
In 1879, the French composer Emmanuel Chabrier requested leave from his job at the French Ministry of the Interior so that he could travel to Munich, which was the only place in the world to hear Wagner’s opera Tristan und
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WAGNER, S.: Lieder
Der Kobold (The Goblin), Op. 3, Act I: Vogellied (Bird Song) From WAGNER, S.: Lieder (2010) Released by Marco Polo Wagner: Der Kobold (The Goblin), Op. 3, Act I: Vogellied (Bird Song)Best known for his operas, several of which are
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Minors of the Majors
Richard Wagner: Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 4
“Minors of the Majors” invites you to discover compositions by the great classical composers that for one reason or another have not reached the musical mainstream. Please enjoy, and keep listening!
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