We have been reminded of the BBC’s 1983 super-slow mini-series on the domestic life of Richard Wagner.
The composer was played by Richard Burton, Cosima by Vanessa Redgrave. It gets worse as you go down the list. The English enunciation of German names is comic.
The director was Tony Palmer. The music was conductoed by Georg Solti.
Enjoy.
The post Wagner’s worst ever cast? appeared first on Slippedisc.
Birmingham Opera Company is about to perform Tippett’s opera New Year. It is an extremely rare event, dividing opinions sharply on itsm merits. Keith Warner will direct. BOC Music Director Alpesh Chauhan will conduct the […]
The UK-German cellist Sophie Kauer, who gave a credible performance of the Elgar concerto in the Todd Fields film Tar, has landed another screen role. Sophie will play one of two sisters in Jaclyn Bethany’s […]
Se in 14th-century Siena, Italy, Francesco Cilea’s opera Gloria, performed here in its 1932 revised edition, contains the tragic story of two lovers caught up in a conflict (between the Guelphs and the Ghibellines: of […]
%20BBC%20Betsan%20Evans.jpg?w=160&resize=160,160&ssl=1 "Innovative repertoire, worthy winners & talent development: looking back at the final of BBC Young Musician")
