Verdi and Wagner: Contrast and Compare. - The Wagnerian

Mastodon Verdi and Wagner: Contrast and Compare. - The Wagnerian

HOME
About
Contact Us
Links
Wagner Books
Wagner Scrapbook
Wagner in 2026: A Guide

skip to main | skip to sidebar

Sunday, 29 May 2011

Verdi and Wagner: Contrast and Compare.

In his video series, Anthony Tommasini contrasts the dynamic duo of 19th-century opera: Verdi and Wagner.

Posted by The Wagnerian at 7:28:00 am

Email This BlogThis!Share to X Share to Facebook Share to Pinterest

Labels: Falstaff, Othello, Tristan und Isolde, Verdi

Newer Post Older Post Home

View mobile version

Featured

A New Vorspiel: The Wagnerian Joins Substack

Book Of The Month

Book Of The Month

Most Popular Articles

Maestro Jan Schantzenbach discusses the relationship between Wagner and Mozart

There are not as many novels whose central theme is opera as there are should be. There are even fewer about productions of Don Giovanni - a...
New remastering of Keilberth's stereo Flying Dutchman 1955, Bayreuth

This is a "press release" and thus I cannot vouch for it's accuracy. However, I will say that I have the Testament release and...
Watch Now: Mozart Drama Documentary - 3 hours

UPDATE: I have been informed that people in some parts of the world are stopped by youtube from viewing. I would suspect that this is becaus...
The Enigma of Purity: Wagner's Parsifal in the 21st Century

In attempting to explore contemporary productions of Parsifal, Charles P Arden finds he must first investigate its past. By Charles P Arden ...
A Maestro's Echo: Strauss Conducts His 'Salome Dance' (1928)

This video, a recording of Richard Strauss himself conducting his "Salome Dance" in 1928 , is a historical treasure . To hear the ...
A Village Forges a Ring of its Own: The West Malvern Social Club Takes on Wagner

ED: Sadly, we believe tickets are sold out. But it might be worth contacting them for any returns. The colossal scale of Wagner's Ring ...
In Discussion with Barry Millington: "A kind of Damascus experience on the road to Southend pier"

We recently had the opportunity to spend some time with one of Britain's – and perhaps the English speaking worlds - most well known W...
Schopenhauer & Freud: One and the same?

Over at The Wagner Blog , Peterp has published a review of a new book which examines the Ring Cycle from a Freudian perspective: The Wagner ...
A New Vorspiel: The Wagnerian Joins Substack

A note to all our readers and fellow pilgrims on the Wagnerian journey: The Wagnerian is now on Substack. You can find us here: thewagnerian...
Siegfried Takes Centre Stage: Sydney Symphony Continues Ring Cycle in 2025, Götterdämmerung Expected in 2026

Sydney's musical calendar continues to feature the Sydney Symphony Orchestra's concert presentation of Richard Wagner's Ring C...

Bloggers to keep an eye on.

operaramblings

Julie Boulianne and friends - Last Wednesday’s concert in the RBA was a showcase for the collaborative pianists of the McGill-UdeM Piano Vocal Arts programme. Each of the five pianists...
23 hours ago
Boulezian

Horton - Chopin and Bach, 29 October 2025 - Wigmore Hall *Chopin:* Prelude in C-sharp minor, op.45 *Bach: *English Suite no.2 in A minor, BWV 807 *Chopin: *Waltz in A minor, op.34 no.2; Fantasy in ...
6 days ago
I HEAR VOICES

R. Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier, Wiener Staatsoper (at the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan), 24.10.2025 - Although Richard Strauss was Bavarian, many associate his name with Vienna, and this is not because they mistake him for Johann Strauss, but because of his...
1 week ago
Wagner & Heavy Metal - Blog

Parsifal in the Metaverse - PARSIFAL at OPERA VLAANDEREN is a musical triumph that drowns in visual excess. With its tension between music and image – between transcendence and techno...
3 weeks ago
MIAMI ☼ CLÁSICA

New World Symphony Opens Its 2025–26 Season with a Declaration of Principles - The opening concert of the New World Symphony’s 2025–26 season was as unusual as it was unique. It was not merely splendid but a remarkable declaration of ...
3 weeks ago
Art and Abart

Amapola by Villeroy Boch - This painting of a teapot and other crockery from the Amapola series by Villeroy Boch adds a sense of calm to a wall. Amapola is the word for Poppy in Span...
1 month ago
Where's Runnicles

EIF 2025 - Orpheus and Eurydice, or, Spectacle over Emotional Depth? - As on other occasions, I'll start with some caveats. This is one of those works I've never really got on with. I've seen it staged at least twice, an un...
2 months ago
The Wagner Blog

NY Wagner Society Announces Auditions for Grants - The Wagner Society of New York has, for many years, awarded grants to young singers whose gifts and talents indicate that they may have a future in the Wag...
8 months ago
Sacrifice

The Future - Today is Nostradomus day.These are my predictions for the coming year (I hoope I'm wrong)> First, Trump will begin the roundup and deportaton anyone he ded...
10 months ago
Alex Ross: The Rest Is Noise

Lahti - I am in Lahti, Finland, to give a talk at the Lahti Symphony's Sibelius Festival. I've been wanting to visit since I encountered Osmo Vänskä's revelatory B...
2 years ago
Unpredictable Inevitability

フェラ友の作り方 - 公園で彼氏のあれをフェラしているところを異性の友達 …
3 years ago
Think Classical

Fake Quotes on Gun Control Attributed to National Socialists - This blog post by American academic in media studies, Professor Randall Bytwerk, on fake and apocryphal quotes often attributed to leading figures in the ...
6 years ago
Wagner's Ring | A Ring of the Nibelung Resource

Royal Opera House announces Ring Cycles for 2018! - Very excited by this announcement. Must start saving now…. ADVANCE ANNOUNCEMENT Four full cycles performed September–November 2018 The 2018/19 Season open...
8 years ago
Wotan At The Movies

Leonard Simon Nimoy March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015 - A very sad day. "I'm touched by the idea that when we do things that are useful and helpful - collecting these shards of spirituality - that we may be he...
10 years ago
Wagner Tripping

The Final Post: Understanding and Forgiveness for All - I began this blog a year ago with the aim of resolving the cognitive dissonance between my love of Wagner’s music with his reputation as a monster. I start...
11 years ago

Show 5 Show All

Copyright © 2011. The Wagnerian . All Rights Reserved