Wagner in Switzerland. Wesendonck-Lieder /
This concert is a celebration of Richard Wagner's 200th anniversary in 2013, featuring famous soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra who perform Wagner's Siegfried Idyll at his home in Tribschen, Switzerland: The original place, where he composed and world premiered the piece on the st...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | German |
| Language Notes: | Sung in German. |
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Berlin, Berlin State :
C Major Entertainment,
2013.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | This concert is a celebration of Richard Wagner's 200th anniversary in 2013, featuring famous soloists of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra who perform Wagner's Siegfried Idyll at his home in Tribschen, Switzerland: The original place, where he composed and world premiered the piece on the staircase in 1870 as a birthday present to his wife Cosima. The program is rounded by the Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder in the original version for female voice and piano, performed by the exceptional mezzo-soprano Elisabeth Kulman and pianist Eduard Kutrowat on Wagner's original grand piano. The performance-part is complemented by documentary features offering an insight into Richard Wagner's life at Tribschen. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed July 26, 2016). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (26 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:25:58 |