We have noted over the years how few images of Wagner's mother, the elusive and somewhat enigmatic, Johanna Rosine Wagner, ever appear in Wagner biographies. And so, we present, Wagner's "Stepfathers" portrait, of unknown date. One that Wagner described as "flattering".
Exemplary Tales of Hoffmann from the Royal Opera
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Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann is a rather difficult opera to stage.
There’s no definitive performing edition and there’s a lot of (too much?)
material...
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