Bayreuth: A History of the Wagner Festival
by Frederic Spotts
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Bayreuth Festival Wikipedia ~ The Bayreuth Festival German Bayreuther Festspiele is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth Germany at which performances of operas by the 19thcentury German composer Richard Wagner are presented Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special festival to showcase his own works in particular his monumental cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen and Parsifal
Bayreuth A History of the Wagner Festival Frederic ~ In this prizewinning and generouslyillustrated bookthe first to provide a frank and fully rounded history of BayreuthFrederic Spotts describes the festivals performances and productions the Wagner family who have run it its debasement in Hitlers court theater and its postwar liberation from its chauvinistic antiSemitic past
The Bayreuth Festival Home Bayreuther Festspiele ~ A new production of Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg will open the 108th edition of the Bayreuth Festival on 25 July 2019
Bayreuth Wikipedia ~ A turning point in the towns history came in 1603 when Margrave Christian the son of the elector John George of Brandenburg moved the aristocratic residence from the castle of Plassenburg above Kulmbach to Bayreuth The first Hohenzollern palace was built in 14401457 under Margrave John the was the forerunner of todays Old Palace Altes Schloss and was expanded and
Richard Wagner and Wagner Operas Music Dramas ~ a website with reviews of Richard Wagner productions background articles as well as interviews with Wagner singers directors etc
Wagner Parsifal ~ Peter Hofmann Simon Estes Waltraud Meier Hans Sotin Wagner Levine Bayreuth Festival Orchestra Wagner Parsifal Music
Parsifal Bayreuther Festspiele ~ Thoughts on “Parsifal” Richard Lorber RL Is Parsifal a religious work Uwe Eric Laufenberg UEL We could say it is a panreligious work or a postreligious work a work that goes beyond religion and that at the same time explores the origin of religion
Tristan und Isolde Bayreuth Festival review hugely ~ The stakes were high but Festival director Katharina Wagners impressive 150th anniversary production of Tristan und Isolde is more than up to scratch says Mark Ronan
Richard Wagner 1813–1883 Kids Music Corner ~ And here is a video of Wagner’s very famous Bridal Chorus from Wagner’s opera Lohengrin also known as Here Comes the BrideThe piece was actually written for an orchestra and choir However it has since been played on all sorts of instruments
