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Opera North Presents Das Rheingold from Wagner’s Ring Cycle

Opera North’s acclaimed concert staging of Wagner’s Ring cycle, filmed in Leeds, UK, in June 2016. The Ring begins with music evoking the dawn of time and takes us through…
Robert Schumann – Dichterliebe, Op. 48 – Part 1 of 4

Robert Schumann’s “Dichterliebe” is a well-known song cycle composed in 1840. The 16 songs in the cycle are based on poems by Heinrich Heine, published as part of his “Das…
Franz Schubert

…the “Wanderer Fantasy” for piano, the “Die Schone Mullerin” song cycle, and the iconic Eighth Symphony. The Final Years and Legacy The last years of Schubert’s life were marked by…
Götterdämmerung from Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Presented by Vienna State Opera

Wagner Götterdämmerung – Richard Wagner. Adam Fischer/Vienna State Opera, 2016….
Siegfried from Wagner’s Ring Cycle

Richard Wagner’s opera “Siegfried” was performed in Valencia in 2008. The conductor was Zubin Mehta, and the orchestra was the Valencian Community Orchestra. The cast included Franz-Josef Kapellmann as Alberich,…
Die Walküre from Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Presented by Vienna State Opera

Wagner Die Walküre – Richard Wagner. The Valkyrie. Adam Fischer, Vienna State Opera, 2016….
Richard Wagner – Das Rheingold – Der Ring des Nibelungen

Richard Wagner’s “Das Rheingold” is part 2 of his opera cycle “Der Ring des Nibelungen.” The music and text were created by Wagner, with conductor Georg Solti leading the Vienna…
Richard Wagner – Götterdämmerung – Der Ring des Nibelungen – O Heilige Götter

Richard Wagner’s “Götterdämmerung” is the fourth and final opera in his “Der Ring des Nibelungen” cycle. Wagner’s unique approach to opera blends music, singing, poetry, and psychology to create compositions…
Telemann Flute Fantasia No. 1 in A Major, TWV 40 – Vivace-Allegro

…engraving it himself. Some errors and corrections in the engraving suggest he may have composed these works as he engraved them. The fantasias should be viewed as a cycle, not…
Richard Wagner

…he expanded the story and completed the text for the entire cycle by 1852. Wagner’s exile was also marked by the publication of several essays, most notably “The Artwork of…
Exploring Classical Music by Century- Five Works from Each Era

…and “Sederunt Principes,” are characterized by complex and intricate polyphonic textures. 3. Jaufre Rudel’s Troubadour Songs Jaufre Rudel was a French troubadour who composed a number of beautiful and evocative…
Ralph Vaughan Williams

…pursuing composition. His early works, such as the “Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis” (1910) and the song cycle “On Wenlock Edge” (1909), began to establish his reputation as…