Die Hochzeit (1832) Die Feen (1833) Das Liebesverbot (1836) Rienzi (1840) Der fliegende Holländer (1843) Tannhäuser (1845) Lohengrin (1848) Der Ring des Nibelungen: Das Rheingold (1854) Der Ring des Nibelungen: Die Walküre (1856) Tristan und Isolde...
WAGNER Tristan und Isolde * Daniel Barenboim, cond; René Kollo (Tristan); Johanna Meier (Isolde); Matti Salminen (King Marke); Hermann Becht (Kurwenal); Hanna Schwarz (Brangäne); Robert Schunk (Melot, A young sailor); Martin Egel (Helmsman); Bayreuth Festival O & Ch * DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 000916309 (2 DVDs:...
Tristan und Isolde in Stuttgart A s corresponds to the best opera theatre Europe, Stuttgart also has arguably the best dramaturgy. Work for their new Tristan und Isolde started more than five years ago and once the dramatic ideas for this new production...
A strike by La Scala's 800 workers forced the opera house on Thursday to cancel a second performance of Verdi's "Requiem" led by principal visiting conductor Daniel Barenboim."Requiem" was to have been performed Saturday in Parma to help commemorate the 50th anniversary of Arturo Toscanini's...
No costumes. No scenery. Just pure music.Only the orchestra shared the stage with the singers Sunday, and there was not a spear or helmet in sight. With such limitations, this performance of excerpts from "Die Walkuere," "Tristan und Isolde" and "Tannhaeuser" might not be everyone's...
