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The Katara Opera House honoured two magnet-like opposite Classical Music masterminds from 19th Century; Mahler and Wagner. The show started with the poem symphony by Wagner - Siegfried Idyll, WWV 103 ...

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We close the hour with what could probably be called one of the best birthday gifts ever. Richard Wagner (1813-1883) wrote his "Siegfried Idyll" for his wife Cosima on her thirty-third birthday. We ...

Like Die Walküre, Richard Wagner's Siegfried is a mammoth opera in its own right, but can really be understood only in the context of the entire Ring Cycle, where it falls as the penultimate work in ...

Starting with Wagner's birthday and Christmas gift to his wife Cosima, Co-Concertmaster Natsuko Yoshimoto leads the QSO through Wagner's Siegfried Idyll. It's a piece that was in recognition of the ...

****Richard Wagner, Siegfried Idyll, Prelude to Die Meistersinger, Overture to The Flying Dutchman and Preludes to Acts 1 and 3 of Lohengrin, performed by the New York Philharmonic, Giuseppe Sinopoli ...

$15 cover charge. Dinner reservations guarantee seating. On June 16th we will travel from the sublime to the ridiculous. The sublime being Wagner’s outpourings of love for two different women; ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Filmmakers have been borrowing and adapting the music of Richard Wagner ...

Like Die Walküre, Richard Wagner's Siegfried is a mammoth opera in its own right, but can really be understood only in the context of the entire Ring Cycle, where it falls as the penultimate work in ...