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5 days ago · Wagner's early life was marked by a passion for the arts, influenced significantly by the works of Beethoven and Shakespeare. His desire to compose music was ignited early, and by the age of 16, he was already working on his first compositions.
2 days ago · Transcriptions are not just a measure of any given opera’s popular success. They are also tokens to their longevity and, in the case of Richard Wagner, a bourgeois substitute for the lengthy and very costly stage works not often performed in 19th and early 20th century theaters. Instead, it would be customary to relish the melodic sweeps of the “Tannhäuser” {…}
4 days ago · Not one work is called a music drama, and Wagner corrected people who used that term for his operas. Lydia Goehr cites Wagner’s essay “On the Name Music Drama” in her article on this whole matter (“From Opera to Music Drama: Nominal Loss, Titular Gain” in Richard Wagner and His World , ed. Thomas S. Grey, Princeton University Press, 2009, pp.65-86).
2 days ago · Wagner’s opera Tristan und Isolde is one of the most influential works of art in history, right from its famous opening ‘Tristan chord’ it has moved audiences for generations. Ahead of Auckland Philharmonia’s Opera in Concert production of this epic opera, join Dr. David Chisholm, Head of the University of Auckland’s School of Music ...
2 days ago · Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813–1883): Redefined opera with his epic “Ring Cycle” and the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk (total artwork). Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (1813–1901): Dominated the opera scene with masterpieces like La Traviata and Aida.
2 days ago · Wilhelm Richard Wagner (* 22. Mai 1813 in Leipzig; † 13. Februar 1883 in Venedig) war ein deutscher Komponist, Schriftsteller, Theaterregisseur und Dirigent. Mit seinen durchkomponierten Musikdramen gilt er als einer der bedeutendsten und einflussreichsten Komponisten der Romantik .
4 days ago · The work’s significance as a touchstone of national culture survived even such troubling episodes as its public endorsement in 1933 as ‘the most German of all German operas’ by Joseph Goebbels or the rendition in previous years by audiences at Bayreuth of both national and Nazi-party anthems at the work’s culmination.
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