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German operatic buffo tenor, actor and stage director
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2017-09-02 21:39:45
Met Opera Round-Up: The Season’s Last Gasp — ‘Tristan,’ ‘The Flying Dutchman,’ and the Love of a ‘Good’ Woman (Part Three)
Till “Love-Death” Do Us Part Wagnerian Love Couple: Ludwig & Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld as Tristan and Isolde (1865) Tristan und Isolde, Wagner’s singular and most personal creation, derived from the 12th-century myth of Tristram and Iseult: he, a brash Cornish knight; she, an irate Celtic (or Irish) princess. In most sources cited, the story was undeniably linked to the love affair between Sir Lancelot, a knight of the fabled Round Table, and Queen Guinevere from the old Arthurian legends. In a comparable vein, one of Wagner’s earliest successes, the opera Der fliegende Holländer (known widely as The Flying Dutchman), had at its root a basis in fact as well as in legend. A Dutch ship’s captain by the name of Hendrick Van der Decken (an alias for Barend Fockesz, or Bernard Fokke in some sources), challenged the devil himself by swearing to sail round the Cape of Good Hope, […]
2012-11-03 04:57:46
So shines a good chat
[…] NRK KLASSISK and P2: ELIJAH from Bergen. Staged in a Country-Western bar, the high point is the line-dance version of “Poor ol’ E-Li-Jah, he never had a date.” 2:00-7:00 RADIO CLASICA DE ESPANA: LES TROYENS from The Proms. A hard-hitting expose of the high fashion industry, audience members are urged to “Troy this Awn.” “Naow, troy this one awn.” 2:00-6:00 RTP ANTENA 2: DER FLIEGENDE HOLLANDER from Bayreuth. In a mash-up with IOLANTHE, Van der Decken discovers that while he can fly from the waist up, from the waist down, he’s a neutered cocker spaniel. Under such circumstances, Senta’s suicide not only makes sense, but becomes rather admirable. 2:20-5:00 DR P2 KLASSISK: STRADELLA by Cesar Franck, as opposed to the version by Cesar Devious. 2:30-5:00 BARTOK RADIO: ROMEO ET JULIETTE from Stockholm, 1940. “Do you like Bjoerling?” “I don’t know; I’ve never bjoerled.” 2:30-6:00 CESKY ROZHLAS VLTAVA: SCHWANDA DER DUDELSACKPFEIFFER. […]
2012-02-11 13:30:00
Schubert's industrial winter
Es ist so still, so heimlich um mich. Die Sonn ist unten, der Tag entwich. Wie schnell nun heran der Abend graut. Mir ist es recht, sonst ist mir's zu laut. Jetzt aber ist's ruhig, es hämmert kein Schmied, Kein Klempner, das Volk verlief, und ist müd. Und selbst, daß nicht rassle der Wagen Lauf, Zog Decken der Schnee durch die Gassen auf. The poet, Gottfried von Leitner, describes an industrial scene, normally full of noise and activity. Blacksmiths, tinsmiths, rattling wagons. This is an industrial landscape. But now the sun has set and heavy snow is falling, muffling all sound. The city is deserted, anonymous under a blanket of snow. The protagonist sits alone in the dark. Then the song becomes truly magical. Is it moonlight that fills the room with magic, or is it a memory of someone now lost who returns in silence to cheer the […]
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