Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930)
Siegfried Wagner was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner. He was a productive opera composer and was the artistic director of the Bayreuth Festival from 1908 to 1930.
Siegfried Wagner with his father Richard Wagner, a relationship that cannot have been easy.
From Cosima Wagner's Diaries
At lunch a dismal occurrence; Fidi behaves badly toward his father; the dreadful thought that he might prove unworthy of him takes possession of me, and this thought, instead of being turned against myself in resigned acknowledgement of original sin, turns inside me against my child, and I hit him, so violently that it causes bruises. No words, not even my sobs, can express the horror I feel about myself – oh, fortunate people who lived in times when one could atone! In this instance, as always, R. heavenly toward me.
Cosima Wagner: Diaries. 22 July 1878
Siegfried Wagner at Bayreuth
Siegfried Wagner conducting the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. “What I find most surprising in Siegfried’s Wagner recordings is the casual and natural style of singing and orchestral playing – no bombast, no overwhelming grandness. It’s almost as if Siegfried prefigured conductors such as Clemens Krauss or Pierre Boulez by 100 years.” (Kevin Clarke to Sam Goodyear)
1896
Das Rheingold (Conductor)
Die Walküre (Conductor)
Siegfried (Conductor)
Götterdämmerung (Conductor)
1897
Das Rheingold (Conductor)
Die Walküre (Conductor)
Siegfried (Conductor)
Götterdämmerung (Conductor)
1899
Das Rheingold (Conductor)
Die Walküre (Conductor)
Siegfried (Conductor)
Götterdämmerung (Conductor)
1901
Der fliegende Holländer (Stage director)
Das Rheingold (Stage director & Conductor)
Die Walküre (Stage director & Conductor)
Siegfried (Stage director & Conductor)
Götterdämmerung (Stage director & Conductor)
1902
Der fliegende Holländer (Stage director)
Das Rheingold (Conductor)
Die Walküre (Conductor)
Siegfried (Conductor)
Götterdämmerung (Conductor)
1904
Tannhäuser (Conductor)
1906
Das Rheingold (Conductor)
Die Walküre (Conductor)
Siegfried (Conductor)
Götterdämmerung (Conductor)
1908
Lohengrin (Conductor, Stage director)
1909
Lohengrin (Conductor & Stage director)
Parsifal (Conductor)
1911
Das Rheingold (Conductor)
Die Walküre (Conductor)
Siegfried (Conductor)
Götterdämmerung (Conductor)
1912
Das Rheingold (Conductor)
Die Walküre (Conductor)
Siegfried (Conductor)
Götterdämmerung (Conductor)
1914
Der fliegende Holländer (Stage director & Conductor)
1927
Tristan und Isolde (Stage director)
1928
Tristan und Isolde (Stage director)
Das Rheingold (Conductor)
Die Walküre (Conductor)
Siegfried (Conductor)
Götterdämmerung (Conductor)
1930
Tannhäuser (Stage director)
Tristan und Isolde (Stage director)
1931
Tannhäuser (Stage director)
Tristan und Isolde (Stage director)
Footage showing Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930)
Annamia Eriksson plays Siegfried's Horn Call from Richard Wagners "Siegfried", act 2.
Siegfried Wagner's operas
| Opus | Title | Composition | Première |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Der Bärenhäuter | 1898 | 22 January 1899 Munich, Hofopera |
| 2 | Herzog Wildfang | 1900 | 23 March 1901 Munich, Hofopera |
| 3 | Der Kobold | 1903 | 29 January 1904 Hamburg, Stadttheater |
| 4 | Bruder Lustig | 1904 | 13 October 1905 Hamburg, Stadttheater |
| 5 | Sternengebot | 1906 | 21 January 1908 Hamburg, Stadttheater |
| 6 | Banadietrich | 1909 | 23 January 1910 Karlsruhe, Hoftheater |
| 7 | Schwarzschwanenreich | 1910 | 5 November 1918 Karlsruhe, Hoftheater |
| 8 | Sonnenflammen | 1912 | 30 October 1918 Darmstadt, Hoftheater |
| 9 | Der Heidenkönig | 1913 | 16 December 1933 Cologne, Städtische Bühnen |
| 10 | Der Friedensengel | 1914 | 4 March 1926 Karlsruhe, Badisches Landestheater |
| 11 | An allem ist Hütchen Schuld! | 1915 | 6 December 1917 Stuttgart, Hofopera |
| 12a | Das Liebesopfer (libretto only, no music completed) | 1917 | |
| 13 | Der Schmied von Marienburg | 1920 | 16 December 1920 Rostock, Städtische Bühnen |
| 14 | Rainulf und Adelasia | 1922 | 1923 Rostock (prelude only) |
| 15 |
Die heilige Linde |
1927 | 2001 Keulen (prelude only) |
| 16 | Wahnopfer | 1928 | 1994 Rudolstadt, Heidecksburg only libretto and Act 1 finished |
| 17 | Walamund (libretto only, no music completed) | 1928 | |
| 18 | Das Flüchlein, das Jeder mitbekam | 1929 | 29 April 1984 Kiel (completed by Hans Peter Mohr) |
Source: Wikipedia, Wagnermania.com
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