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DVD of the month

Tannhäuser - David Alden

David Alden's production of Tannhäuser at Bayerische Staatsoper, München

Recording of the month


Important years in Richard Wagner's life

1813 born in Leipzig
1834 Die Feen completed
1843 Holländer premiere
1845 Tannhäuser premiere
1850 Lohengrin premiere
1852 text of Rheingold and Walküre
1854 Das Rheingold completed
1856 Die Walküre completed
1859 Tristan completed
1865 Tristan premiere in Munich
1868 Meistersinger premiere
1869 Das Rheingold premiere
1870 Die Walküre premiere
1871 Siegfried completed
1874 Götterdämmerung completed
1876 First Festival in Bayreuth
1882 Parsifal premiere
1883 Wagner dies in Venice

 

Siegfried (DVD): Harry Kupfer, Daniel Barenboim, John Tomlinson, Graham Clark, Anne Evans

coverConductor: Daniel Barenboim

Der Wanderer / Wotan John Tomlinson
Siegfried Siegfried Jerusalem
Brünnhilde Anne Evans
Mime Graham Clark
Erda Birgitta Svendén
Alberich Günter von Kannen
Fafner Philip Kang
Waldvogel Hilde Leidland

Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele

Stage Design: Hans Schavernoch
Costume design: Reinhard Heinrich

Bayreuther Festspiele, 1992

Harrry Kupfer's Bayreuth production of Siegfried on DVD (Amazon)

Graham Clark (Mime) trying to teach Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried) what fear is. The sparkling chemistry between Clark and Jerusalem is one of the highlights of this Ring. Great performances from both.

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Der Ring des Nibelungen on DVD - Der Ring des Nibelungen on CD

 

 

 

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