Archive for May 4th, 2013

May. 04 2013

5/11/13 – Gotterdammerung – NOON

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Metropolitan Opera Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner Libretto by Richard Wagner Sung in German Approximate running time: 5 hrs. 31 min., 2 intermissions. Robert Lepage’s landmark production of Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen is back for three complete cycles in spring 2013, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. The Ring‘s cataclysmic finale stars Deborah Voigt and Katarina […]

May. 04 2013

Playlist: May/04/13

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8:38 PM Ludwig van Beethoven — Choral Fantasy for Piano, Chorus & Orch. Key: cOpus: 80Conductor: Esa-Pekka SalonenEnsemble: Swedish Radio Symphony OrchestSwedish Radio ChoirHelene Grimaud, pianoDG/Archiv, 1732 8:24 PM Ralph Vaughan Williams — Serenade to Music Conductor: Leonard BernsteinEnsemble: New York PhilharmonicAnd various soloistsCBS/Sony, 47638 8:01 PM Richard Strauss — Four Last Songs Conductor: Herbert […]

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