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𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗗 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗳𝗮𝗹 To choose a recording of a Wagner opera is never a neutral decision. It is not only a question of sound quality, famous…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗦 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝘆𝘁𝗵, 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 𝗣𝗶𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 To conduct the operas of 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 is not simply to conduct opera. It is to enter one…

𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗚𝗼̈𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮̈𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗴 / 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗱𝘀, 𝗪𝗪𝗩 𝟴𝟲𝗗 — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕𝗼̈𝗵𝗺, 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟳 — 𝗟𝗣 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqV0Y1TXi8c

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗥𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱 / 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗪𝗪𝗩 𝟴𝟲𝗔 — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕𝗼̈𝗵𝗺, 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟲 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upb3XVmsHDA&list=PLT4YV9Csj1xG1itx0kXlPS6jhGdxJTOHX

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱, 𝗪𝗪𝗩 𝟴𝟲𝗖 — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕𝗼̈𝗵𝗺, 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟲 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11n1rxuTPhQ

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘂̈𝗿𝗲 / 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗸𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗲, 𝗪𝗪𝗩 𝟴𝟲𝗕 — 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗹 𝗕𝗼̈𝗵𝗺, 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮, 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟳 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFfg1MZjjjE

𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗢𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀, 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗹𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀 & 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀 - 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗿𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗢𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮 - 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗞𝗼𝗻𝘄𝗶𝘁𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗻𝘆 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ys2sNjCN2k&list=OLAK5uy_nQrxXbpGMLXCn9eqzfGvgJaJ159oNiw8E&index=1 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗗𝗶𝗲 𝗠𝗲𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝘂̈𝗿𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴, 𝗪𝗪𝗩 𝟵𝟲: Ouverture 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗵𝗮̈𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗪𝗪𝗩 𝟳𝟬: Ouverture 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲 𝗛𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮̈𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿,…

𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 - 𝗗𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗢𝗵𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲 / 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱𝘀 - 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗞𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗿 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNTmpISEBWA

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — 𝗥𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇𝗶, 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗟𝗲𝘁𝘇𝘁𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗻 — 𝗣𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 - Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰: 𝗧𝘄𝗼 𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗕𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗻, 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿, 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗲𝗻𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 The relationship of 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲 and 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗻 with classical music was profound,…

𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗜𝗜 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁, oil on canvas, 131.4 x 117.5 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, donated by Frederick Loeser in 1889. This portrait was painted by…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁: 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗯𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗯𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 The first meeting between 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 took place on 𝟭𝟬 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟴𝟱𝟯, in 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀, when…

𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗡𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗠𝗘𝗬𝗘𝗥𝗕𝗘𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘁, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘆𝗮𝗹 — 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵-𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 The relationship between 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 and 𝗚𝗶𝗮𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝘆𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗿 is one of the most revealing,…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗶𝗱𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗪𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 Cosima Liszt — better known to history as 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 — died in Bayreuth on 𝗔𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗹 𝟭,…

Cosima Liszt / Franz Liszt / Richard Wagner

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 *1843–1916+ Musician, conductor, Austria — with the five children of 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿, from left: 𝗘𝘃𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘄 and 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘄 — published 1930. (Photo by…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 *May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883 + Composer, Dvl: 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 and 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿, 𝗛𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗻 and 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗷.- 1881 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 *May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883, composer. 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 and 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 with their family. Seated on the left: the Russian painter 𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗬𝘂𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝘆. Undated. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via…

𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 (𝟭𝟴𝟭𝟯–𝟭𝟴𝟴𝟯), 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, 𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗶𝘀 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵. 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿: 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿. 𝗟𝗲𝗳𝘁: 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿. 𝗥𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁: 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝘂̈𝗹𝗼𝘄.

𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘆 with 𝗝𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗳 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗹 in 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿'𝘀 𝗚ö𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱ä𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗴 - 1953

𝗛𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗞𝗻𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗰𝗵 - 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 𝗩𝗼𝗻 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗷𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗮𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 , 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵

𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐞 𝐑𝐲𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐤: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐞-𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐬, 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐢 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 There are singers whose greatness lies in beauty of sound, and there are others whose greatness lies in something…

𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗵𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝘆𝗿𝗲𝘂𝘁𝗵. 𝗪𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗹𝗮𝗽. 𝗖𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗮, 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗳𝘁, 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗲. (Friedrich Georg Papperitz, engraving)

Cosima Liszt, Siegfried Wagner, Richard Wagner