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Recording of the month

Der fliegende Holländer conducted by Franz Konwitschny


DVD of the month

The Copenhagen Ring


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

 

Parsifal conductors in Bayreuth

1882

Franz Fischer
Hermann Levi
Richard Wagner

During the final performance Wagner took the baton out of Hermann Levi's hand and conducted the last act from the transformation scene to the end.

Hermann Levi in a letter to his father: "At the end of the work the audience broke into applaus that defies description. But the Master did not show himself, but remained with us musicians, making bad jokes, and when the noise of the audience showed no sign of abating after ten minutes, I shouted ’Quiet! Quiet!’ at the top of my voice. This was heard up above, and people did quieten down, and then the Master, still at the conductors desk, began to speak, first to me and the orchestra; then the curtain was raised, the whole company of singers and technical personnel was assembled on the stage, and the Master spoke with such affection that everyone started to weep – it was an unforgettable moment!"
From Derek Watson: Richard Wagner: A Biography
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1883

Franz Fischer
Hermann Levi

1884

Franz Fischer
Hermann Levi

1886

Hermann Levi

1888

Felix Mottl

1889

Hermann Levi

1891

Hermann Levi

1892

Hermann Levi

1894

Hermann Levi

1897

Anton Seidl
Felix Mottl

1899

Franz Fischer

1901

Karl Muck

1902

Karl Muck

1904

Karl Muck
Michael Balling

1906

Michael Balling
Franz Beidler
Karl Muck

1908

Karl Muck
Michael Balling

1909

Siegfried Wagner
Karl Muck

1911

Michael Balling
Karl Muck

1912

Michael Balling
Karl Muck

1914

Karl Muck

1924

Wilibald Kaehler
Karl Muck

1925

Karl Muck
Wilibald Kaehler

1927

Karl Muck

1928

Karl Muck

1930

Karl Muck

1931

Arturo Toscanini

1933

Richard Strauss

1934

Franz von Hoesslin
Richard Strauss

1936

Wilhelm Furtwängler

1937

Wilhelm Furtwängler

1938

Franz von Hoesslin

1939

Franz von Hoesslin

1951

Hans Knappertsbusch

1952

Hans Knappertsbusch

1953

Clemens Krauss

1954

Hans Knappertsbusch

1955

Hans Knappertsbusch

1956

Hans Knappertsbusch

1957

Andre Cluytens
Hans Knappertsbusch

1958

Hans Knappertsbusch

1959

Hans Knappertsbusch

1960

Hans Knappertsbusch

1961

Hans Knappertsbusch

1962

Hans Knappertsbusch

1963

Hans Knappertsbusch

1964

Hans Knappertsbusch

1965

Andre Cluytens

1966

Pierre Boulez (CD)

1967

Pierre Boulez

1968

Pierre Boulez

1969

Horst Stein

1970

Pierre Boulez (CD)

1971

Eugen Jochum

1972

Eugen Jochum

1973

Eugen Jochum

1975

Horst Stein
Hans Zender

1976

Horst Stein

1977

Horst Stein

1978

Horst Stein

1979

Horst Stein

1980

Horst Stein

1981

Horst Stein
Released on DVD. Cast: Siegfried Jerusalem, Eva Randova, Bernd Weikl, Hans Sotin, Matti Salminen.
Stage director was Wolfgang Wagner.

1982

James Levine

1983

James Levine

1984

James Levine

1985

James Levine

1987

Daniel Barenboim

1988

James Levine

1989

James Levine

1990

James Levine

1991

James Levine

1992

James Levine

1993

James Levine

1994

Giuseppe Sinopoli

1995

Giuseppe Sinopoli

1996

Giuseppe Sinopoli

1997

Giuseppe Sinopoli

1998

Giuseppe Sinopoli

1999

Giuseppe Sinopoli

2000

Christoph Eschenbach

2001

Christian Thielemann

2004

Pierre Boulez

2005

Pierre Boulez

2006

Adam Fischer

2007

Adam Fischer

2008

Daniele Gatti
A new production. Stage director: Stefan Herheim.
Read more about the Herheim/Gatti Parsifal production at Bayreuth here

 

 

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