It’s the Minnesinger not the song
Tannhäuser pales beside the other great Wagnerian operas in the degree to which it has innovated the Regisseur’s vocabulary for set design and dramaturgy.
Wolfgang Windgassen
13 pieces since 2013 — in 4 roles, at 2 companies, most often at Bayreuth Festival.
13
pieces
4
roles
2
companies
14
years
By role
By company
3 pieces as Bayreuth Festival — stats above show all coverage for Wolfgang Windgassen.
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The hill is greener
Live recordings of Hans Knappertsbusch conducting Parsifal seem to proliferate like stairways in M.C. Escher prints.
The music lovers
The curious things about accepted wisdom is that sometimes it’s correct.
I’ll take the fall
The days are getting shorter, but you can keep the prattle going this fall’s Talk of the Town! You will, you can, you must join in the discussion about: Great mezzo soprano performances (October),
Gained in translation (November), Teleport me back to… (December).