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Wagner, Tristan and Isolde. LSO, Pappano, Barbican 1/7/26

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Antonio Pappano   conductor; Clay Hilley   Tristan; Sara Jakubiak   Isolde; Marina Prudenskaya   Brangaene; Franz-Josef Selig   King Marke; Gyula Orendt   Kurwenall Neal Cooper   Melot; Michael Gibson   Sailor/Shepherd; James Emerson   Steersman; London Symphony Chorus  I got myself into a ridiculous situation over this concert. I bought the ticket over a year ago and hadContinue reading “Wagner, Tristan and Isolde. LSO, Pappano, Barbican 1/7/26”

Wagner, Götterdämmerung extracts; LSO, Barbican, 24/5/26

Wagner   Siegfried Idyll; Wagner   Excerpts from Götterdämmerung. London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle   conductor. Anja Kampe   Brünnhilde. Elizabeth DeShong   Waltraute This concert was organised in probably the best way to arrange these ‘bleeding chunks’. Dawn and Siegfried’s Rhine Jourmey, plus Waltraute’s narration in the first half; Sigfried’s Idyll, leading to the Funeral March and theContinue reading “Wagner, Götterdämmerung extracts; LSO, Barbican, 24/5/26”