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Blu-ray of the month

 


Recording of the month:
Janowski's Meistersinger

 

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Eva Rieger: Wagner's Women

 


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

 

Waltraud Meier: Liebestod

 

Waltraud Meier as Isolde in Heiner Müller's production in Bayreuth (1993-99)

 

This wonderful production of Tristan und Isolde is now available on DVD.

Stage director for this production was Heiner Müller. The production was shown in Bayreuth the following years: 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1999. It was Waltraud Meier's debut as Isolde. It was Daniel Barenboim's second Tristan in Bayreuth - his first being the classic production by stage director Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, issued on DVD with René Kollo and Johanna Meier in the title roles.

Waltraud Meier: Liebestod from a production in Munich directed by Peter Konwitschny. Zubin Mehta is conducting the orchestra at the Bayreische Staatsoper München.

 

Cast:

Tristan: Jon Fredric West
Isolde: Waltraud Meier
King Marke: Kurt Moll
Kurwenal: Bernd Weikl
Melot: Claes H. Ahnsjö
Brangäne: Marjana Lipovsek

 

Waltraud Meier in Liebestod at La Scala 7 December 2007. Daniel Barenboim conducting, Patrice Chéreau is stage director.

 

Waltraud Meier as Isolde on DVD (Peter Konwitschny)
Waltraud Meier as Isolde in Patrice Chéreau

 

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