1958-01-01 (67 years old)
Heilbronn, Germany
Where Das Rheingold introduces us to the gods, underworld denizens, and giants who inhabit the world...
The prologue to Wagner's giant masterpiece Der Ring des Nibelungen unfolds the beginning of an epic ...
In the third work of Wagner's epic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegmund's shattered sword is for...
This dramatic production by the brilliant German stage director Harry Kupfer marked Daniel Barenboim...
A deeply moving performance... one of those nights when it was a privilege to be at the Met." That's...
Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose cert...
Parsifal from the 1998 Bayreuth Festival...
Requiring 38 soloists, chorus, and large orchestra, Hans Pfitzner's "Palestrina" is a challenging op...
Musically, Götterdämmerung, like its predecessors in this Barcelona production, has strengths and fl...
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In Verdi’s retelling of Shakespeare’s towering tragedy, Renée Fleming gives a captivating performanc...
The Bayreuth Festival Opera House mounted this production of Richard Wagner's 1865 opera Tristan und...
A tribute to marriage coming from a bachelor is a tad suspicious. But for Beethoven the idealization...
This Götterdämmerung is the only installment of the Kirchner/Rosalie/Levine 1994-8 Bayreuth Ring tap...
Get ready for Das Rheingold, the first chapter in Richard Wagner’s four-part epic, The Ring of the N...
A fearless young hero battles otherworldly challenges on a journey to discover his destiny....
As the end nears for the gods, and human ambition rules the world, Alberich’s son Hagen hatches a pl...
Iván Fischer makes his DNO debut. He conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Pierre Audi, artist...