Showing posts with label parsifal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parsifal. Show all posts
Monday, April 26, 2021

Wagner Roses: Parsifal and Tristan/Isolde

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On my way to Bayreuth (pre-Covid) to hear Wagner's operas Tristan and Isolde and Parsifal I stayed with friends in Hamburg. Sitting on ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Two times Parsifal

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If you look at blogs about recordings of Wagner's music you find connoisseurs discussing which singer is best on which recording. Each r...
Sunday, August 13, 2017

Parsifal in Sydney

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I was reading Wagner's letters to Mathilda Wesendonk (original version, online for free) o n the way to Sydney to see Wagner's oper...
Thursday, August 13, 2015

Multi-tasking with Siegfried and Parsifal

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ABC Classic FM is playing the Ring Cycle this week, courtesy of Bayerische Rundfunk (Bayern Radio) which announces each evening in three lan...
Friday, May 03, 2013

Parsifal: wonderful singing/playing but otherwise disappointing

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I had looked forward to the Met Opera Parsifal (the movie version) for months as Parsifal is my all time favorite opera, but to my surpri...
Saturday, January 21, 2012

Book finished, curtains up

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The Woman in White  was gripping but I read it reaaaaally slowly to savour the text. Eventually, however, I finished the book and had to fac...
Sunday, February 18, 2007

My First Parsifal

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My first Parsifal (Schlingensief Parsifal of 2006 in Bayyreuth) Elizabeth Gordon-Werner (October 2006) The year 2006 held several first...