Nothing makes me feel better than <em>Lohengrin</em> Nothing makes me feel better than <em>Lohengrin</em>

I take such comfort in the assumption that someone or something will save us from injustice and the lust for power.

By Scott Grunow October 30, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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A favorite Wagner performance from Scott Grunow A favorite Wagner performance from Scott Grunow

Rita Gorr as Ortrud, Bayreuth, 1959, Cluytens.

By Scott Grunow August 07, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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A favorite Wagner performance from Krunoslav A favorite Wagner performance from Krunoslav

The superb 1958 Bayreuth Lohengrin, under the wonderful Cluytens.

By Krunoslav August 06, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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First and foremost First and foremost

They say you never forget your first.

By October 14, 2019 at 11:00 AM
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A grandeur night for singing A grandeur night for singing

“Die Zauberflöte is an opera!”  “No, it’s the first musical comedy!”

By August 07, 2019 at 9:00 AM
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Rescue me Rescue me

Fidelio but with an unhappy ending, Bedrich Smetana’s stirring Dalibor opens 2016’s “Trove Thursday” in a 1968 German-language broadcast from Bavarian Radio.

By January 07, 2016 at 10:00 AM
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Opening knight Opening knight

The 1965 season was a time of big changes at the Vienna State Opera.

By August 29, 2013 at 9:15 AM
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