Back in the days when even the Wagnerian was to young to wonder around in the woods looking for a bear, the Sydney Opera House celebrated it's opening with a Wagner gala concert performed by the legendary Charles Mackerras and Birgit Nilsson on 29 September 1973. Now 39 years later (39 years? I really am getting old) they are to recreate that performance albeit, obviously, with a different coupling: Simone Young and Christine Brewer. Details below where, if you click the more info link at the bottom, you will find a music player containing the original concert!
Program
WAGNER
Die Meistersinger: Prelude
Tannhäuser: Dich, teure Halle
Tristan und Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
Götterdämmerung: Siegfried's Rhine Journey, Funeral March, Brünnhilde's Immolation
Simone Young conductor
Christine Brewer soprano
Dates:
Aug 9 - 11, 2012
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