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2020-06-08 07:55:20
Adventures on the Green Hill: Tony Cooper explores Richard Wagner's villa Wahnfried at Bayreuth
Engraving of Wagner's motto over the front portal to Wahnfried (Photo Wikipedia) Richard Wagner’s beloved villa at Bayreuth, Wahnfried, provided the perfect home for him and his family as Wagner aficionado, Tony Cooper, found out The Wagner Family and friends in front of Villa Wahnfried in 1881. Above, from left to right: Blandine von Bülow, Heinrich von Stein (Siegfried's teacher), Cosima & Richard Wagner, Paul von Joukowsky (friend) below, from l to r: Isolde, Daniela von Bülow, Eva and Siegfried (Photo Public Domain: Wikipedia) I simply love Bayreuth and so did Richard Wagner, by all accounts, as he eventually made his home here while establishing the famous Bayreuth Festival in 1876. And by selecting Bayreuth, Wagner made it abundantly clear that his summer opera festival would be far removed from the routine and complacency of urban cultural life. Wagner made his first visit to Bayreuth […]
2020-03-12 07:26:46
Mozart & more: in 'Arias for Josepha', Sarah Traubel explores the arias written for Mozart's Queen of the Night, Josepha Hofer
Arias for Josepha - Mozart, Jacob Haidel, Vincenzo Righini, Franz Xaver Süßmayr, Peter von Winter, and Benedikt Schack / Franz Xaver Gerl; Sarah Traubel, PKF - Prague Philharmonia, Jochen Rieder; SONY CLASSICAL Reviewed by Robert Hugill on 11 March 2020 Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) An enterprising debut recital which explores the music written for Mozart's first Queen of the Night, much of it sung as part of Schikaneder's companyJosepha Hofer née Weber (1758-1819) must have been quite a singer, Mozart wrote the role of the Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote for her, and she seems to have specialised in the high lying roles but her performances also included the Countess on Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro and Konstanze in Die Entfuhring aus dem Serail. On this new disc from Sony Classical, Arias for Josepha: Mozart's first Queen of the Night, soprano Sarah Traubel is accompanied by […]
2020-02-26 08:47:00
'When I conducted the Berlin Philharmonic I purified it'
Rudolph Dunbar, then a war correspondent attached to the American Army, had already scored a personal triumph in London. Three years earlier he had conducted the London Philharmonic, the first of his race to do so. Goebbels' propaganda machine had leapt on this with delight: Britain's 'low cultural level' was exemplified by promoting a black conductor. As a result, he was already well known. The Russians and Americans felt his presence on the podium would symbolise the crushing of fascism, and the Russian commander held a huge luncheon in his honour. But his English counterpart was dismayed. The thought of a black man in charge of this eminent cultural institution was too much for him and he tried to prevent it. Only the fact that the concert was held in the American sector saved the day. 'English people do not like black intellectuals,' says Dunbar pointedly. 'But Hitler polluted the […]
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2020-02-23 16:00:00
The People Who Decide What Books Are Allowed In Prisons Censor Thousands
Of course, the officials say, books and article about how to strangle someone or how to escape handcuffs must be censored. But what about Angie Thomas’ young adult book The Hate U Give? What about The Bluest Eye or The Color Purple? (All have been banned in some prisons – some while Mein Kampf was […]
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