Tag: Richard Wagner
Where did it get stuck? Why there are still tickets for the Wagner Festival – culture
There are still tickets for the Bayreuth Festival – and there is a dispute behind the scenes as to who is to blame. A visit to the hill, to the…
Brigitte Fassbaender’s “Ring” ending at the Festival in Erl. – Bavaria
Excitement and anticipation were great, because the response to the “Siegfried” premiere a week ago in Erl, not least in terms of the differentiated direction, was enthusiastic everywhere – whether…
Nuremberg: protest in front of the opera house – Bavaria
This Friday, people will gather on Richard-Wagner-Platz in Nuremberg and raise a concern: If it were up to them, the piazza in front of the opera house should no longer…
Classic and war: flutes, march
A mercenary squad named Wagner? Reason enough to think about the old relationship between music and the military: what makes classical music fit for military service? A guest post. source…
Russia: Why Wagner?
Wotan’s empire and Putin’s world: What connects the Russian mercenary troupe with the composer. source site
Obituary Gabriele Schnaut – Culture
Gabriele Schnaut celebrated a late triumph with a riddle. It was October 2006, Kent Nagano made his debut as the new general music director of the Bavarian State Opera, set…
Wagner’s “Siegfried” in Dortmund – Culture
Wotan’s spear doesn’t break at the intended point, of all things in the premiere. That’s how it is sometimes with the tricky thing symbols that are needed for Richard Wagner’s…
Obituary for Grace Bumbry – Culture
Your Carmen is legendary. The voice is dark and enticing, the seemingly endless cantilenas ensnare the paralyzed listener, the high notes, sung lightly and slenderly, are triumphant, her passion always…
Obituary for Grace Bumbry – Culture
Your Carmen is legendary. The voice is dark and enticing, the seemingly endless cantilenas ensnare the paralyzed listener, the high notes, sung lightly and slenderly, are triumphant, her passion always…
Salzburg Easter Festival: On Drugs
The Salzburg Easter Festival features a dance premiere, but its most spectacular musical event brings Wagner and DJ Westbam’s techno together. source site