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# **Wagner: Tristan und Isolde** **Ludwig Suthaus** (Tristan), **Margarete Bäumer** (Isolde), **Gottlob Frick** (King Marke), **Erna Westenberger** (Brangäne), **Karl Wolfram** (Kurwenal), **Theodor Horand** (Melot) **Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Franz Konwitschny**

Richard Wagner with his daughter Eva, 1867.

𝐖𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐌𝐔𝐂𝐇 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐑𝐔𝐍 Throughout much of his early and middle life, Richard Wagner (1813–1883) was constantly fleeing creditors, political persecution, and financial disaster. Long before becoming one of…

𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿’𝘀 𝗡𝗶𝗲𝗰𝗲, 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝘁𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿, also known by her married name 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻-𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿, was born on 13 October 1826 in Lohnde, near Hanover, and died on…

𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗢𝗭: 𝗔𝗗𝗠𝗜𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡, 𝗥𝗜𝗩𝗔𝗟𝗥𝗬 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗧𝗧𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗙𝗨𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 The relationship between 𝗛𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗼𝘇 and 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 was one of the most fascinating—and most frequently misunderstood—encounters in nineteenth-century music. They…

Wagner-Tristan e Isolde-Furtwangler-Ludwig Suthaus an Kirsten Flagstadt

𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔𝗻 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 — 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗱𝘆𝗹𝗹 — 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗝𝗮̈𝗿𝘃𝗶 https://www.patreon.com/ClassicMusicComposersGroup/posts/wagner-ring-164330624?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗘: 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗥𝗗, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗕𝗔𝗬𝗥𝗘𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗩𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗧, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗛 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 “𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗦𝗬𝗠𝗣𝗛𝗢𝗡𝗬” 𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗰𝗸𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝘆𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗼𝗻𝘆 𝗡𝗼. 𝟯 𝗶𝗻 𝗗 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗼𝗿, 𝗪𝗔𝗕 𝟭𝟬𝟯 — 𝗙𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 (𝟭𝟴𝟳𝟯) — 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗥𝗼𝘇𝗵𝗱𝗲𝘀𝘁𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗸𝘆 — 𝗥𝗲𝗰.…

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗔𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗘𝗧 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘: 𝗕𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗞𝗡𝗘𝗥’𝗦 𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗘𝗡𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 The first personal encounter between Anton Bruckner and Richard Wagner has often been compressed into a picturesque but imprecise formula: Bruckner met…

𝗕𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗼 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 — 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗱𝘆𝗹𝗹 (𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟵) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1uOeD8Fo9A

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗮𝗿𝗿. 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮 𝗽𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘀 — 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗵𝗮̈𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗢𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘂̈𝗿𝗲 - Dag Achatz, Yukie Nagai - piano https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naR0pm1DMxs

Wagner: The Flying Dutchman — Overture — Georg Solti

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗗𝗔𝗦 𝗥𝗛𝗘𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗢𝗟𝗗 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 — 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Herbert von Karajan 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 — Berliner Philharmoniker 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗻 — Thomas Stewart 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗮 — Brigitte Fassbaender 𝗟𝗼𝗴𝗲…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮, 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻 — 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳 - Final ACT 1 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Daniel Barenboim 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 — Patrice Chéreau 𝗦𝗲𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 — Richard Peduzzi 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 — Moidele…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗡 𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗦𝗢𝗟𝗗𝗘 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗮, 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗻 — 𝟮𝟬𝟬𝟳 - Prelude 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻 — Ian Storey 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲 — Waltraud Meier 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲 — Matti Salminen 𝗞𝘂𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗹 — Gerd Grochowski 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗴ä𝗻𝗲 —…

𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 — 𝗧𝗔𝗡𝗡𝗛Ä𝗨𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹, 𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟴 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: Sir Colin Davis 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿: Götz Friedrich 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻: Jürgen Rose 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: Norbert Balatsch 𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗵ä𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿 — Spas Wenkoff 𝗘𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗲𝘁𝗵 — Gwyneth Jones…

In the 1963 performance of Act I of Wagner’s Die Walküre conducted by Hans Knappertsbusch, the cast was: 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗱 — 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘇 𝗨𝗵𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗲 — 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 — 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹 With the 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰,…

𝗪𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘇 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗷𝗲𝗻, 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗼𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗶, 1931 (b/w photo).

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗟𝗘𝗜𝗣𝗭𝗜𝗚: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗗𝗢𝗪 The 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in 𝗟𝗲𝗶𝗽𝘇𝗶𝗴 is one of the most symbolically complex tributes to the composer. It stands on the 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, near…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗜𝗡 𝗕𝗘𝗥𝗟𝗜𝗡: 𝗔 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗕𝗟𝗘 𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗨𝗧𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗜𝗘𝗥𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗡 The 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 in 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝗻 stands in the 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻, one of the city’s great historic parks. It is one…

𝗢𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁, a work now held by the 𝗠𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗲𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸. The painting was connected with Wagner’s relationship with 𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝘂𝗱𝘄𝗶𝗴 𝗜𝗜 𝗼𝗳…