In this episode we celebrate 140 years after the first edition of the Bayreuth festival and the first full performance of Richard Wagner’s “The Ring of the Nibelung”. Richard Wagner – At the bottom of Rhine (Das Rheingold) Richard Wagner – game of the Rhinemaidens (Das Rheingold) Richard Wagner – Schwules Gedunst (Das Rheingold) Richard…
This episode of Between Birds of Prey pays homage to Richard Wagner and his great breakthrough opera ‘Tristan und Isolde’, which was premiered 151 years ago. Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Prelude (Tristan und Isolde) Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act I – Scene 1. Westwarts schweift der…
This week we have the second part of the celebration of Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’ 150 years. You can also listen to the first part of this celebration. Here is the audio and playlist: Richard Wagner – Tristan und Isolde – Act II – Scene 2 – 3. Lausch, Geliebter (Tristan und Isolde) Richard Wagner –…
This episode of Between Birds of Prey pays homage to Richard Wagner and his great breakthrough opera ‘Tristan und Isolde’, which was premiered 150 years ago today. ‘Tristan und Isolde’, a 4-hour meditation in love and death was a musical revolution that, with its famous Tristan Chord, paved way for the atonal music of the early 20th century….