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The Ring comes to New York: the Met's first Wagner cycle left an indelible mark on the company's history.
The news from Europe was fascinating but confused. Richard Wagner was building his own opera house, a Festspielhaus, in a small town called--depending on which day you read The New Fork Times--Baireuth, Beyroot, Beirut. Bayreuth or Beirout, somewhere in Germany. The Times reported in March 1875, "When the Wagner Theatre now being erected at Beirout is thrown open next year, only his later and less intelligible works will be represented."
In April came the news that any "artistes" desiring to take part in the festival performances of 1876 would have to rehearse during July and August of 1875. A dispatch in June 1876 described the last-minute preparations and ...
- LIVELY `DIE WALKURE' SUPERB IN EVERY ACT.(Life and Arts)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) Campbell, R.M. August 8, 2001 700+ words
...Seattle Opera premiered its second version of Wagner's "Die Walkure" some 16 years ago, it was greeted with more hoots and hollers...proud Valkyrie, having sung it in San Francisco, Chicago, New York and now Seattle. To it she brings a sumptuous sound with...
- ``DIE WALKURE''.(DAILY BREAK)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot September 26, 2002 700+ words
...company unveils its production of ``Die Walkure,'' the second and most popular segment...Virginia Opera was ready to tackle ``Die Walkure.'' Waiting until the right ingredients...negotiations.) The demands of ``Die Walkure'' are enormous. Consider the scenic...
- Wagner, With a Vengeance;`Die Walkure': Despite Moments of Glory, a Slow Ride
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Joseph McLellan June 6, 1989 700+ words
"Die Walkure," Sunday's second installment of...than some may be willing to give. "Die Walkure" has some of the most moving moments...the nagging feeling that a revised "Die Walkure," with about an hour less running...
- Bringing the COC's Die Walkure to theatrical life.(Forging the Ring)
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Gooding, Wayne June 22, 2004 700+ words
...time to juggle the demands of launching Die Walkure, the largest and most complex new production...just three weeks before the opening of Die Walkure, the technical crew starts to erect...thrown in for good measure. Although Die Walkure isn't as brassy as the later two operas...
- `Die Walkure' will not be rushed
- Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel TOM STRINI March 14, 1996 700+ words
...hearing these passages as music. In "Die Walkure," Tuesday night's installment...The "Ring" is a 17-hour epic; "Die Walkure" alone is four hours. The questions...musical haste or impatience. Their "Die Walkure" advances with the deliberate weight...
- WAGNER'S OPERA, ``DIE WALKURE,'' ENTERTAINS.(LOCAL)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot October 1, 2002 700+ words
...production of Richard Wagner's ``Die Walkure,'' unveiled Friday evening...production of Richard Wagner's ``Die Walkure.'' Graphic MUSIC REVIEW Virginia...Opera production of Wagner's ``Die Walkure,'' Friday night at Harrison...
- Metropolitan Opera broadcast of April 20, 1996: Die Walkure
- Magazine article from: Opera News Hamilton, David; Driscoll, F Paul April 13, 1996 700+ words
...work on the Ring, he worked rapidly Die Walkure, written one year after Das Rheingold...element may account for the appeal of Die Walkure, most popular of the Ring dramas and...most frequently performed by itself. Die Walkure undermined Wagner's plans; he wanted...
- Forging the ring: Atom Egoyan in pre-rehearsal rehearsals for Die Walkure.
- Magazine article from: Opera Canada Gooding, Wayne March 22, 2004 700+ words
...Opera Company's new production of Die Walkure, but still a month before any of the...he says. "I have less time for Die Walkure than I had to rehearse the one act of...show Levine's vision of the world of Die Walkure, one that is obviously going to wrack...