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Sated on excess, passion and Wagner
2013 might be a big year for classical anniversaries, but celebrations of Gesualdo, Britten and even Verdi have all been dwarfed by the biggest of them all: Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday. This year’s Proms feature no fewer than seven of his operas, Wel from New Statesman Read more »
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Germany Celebrates Composer Wagner’s 200th
BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Wednesday celebrated the 200th birthday of Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer whose music has been hailed as sublime art at the height of Western culture even as he remains tainted by his visceral anti-Semitic views, which from The Epoch Times Read more »
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Christian Thielemann, Conductor at Wagner’s Bicentennial
Hiroyuki Ito for The New York Times The conductor Christian Thielemann, this year at Carnegie Hall. SALZBURG, AUSTRIA — On a cool afternoon in March, a crowd filled the Festspielhaus here to see the German conductor Christian Thielemann lead the Dresden from The New York Times Read more »
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Music Review: Staatskapelle Dresden, at Carnegie Hall
That may change, now that it is led by the German maestro of the moment, Christian Thielemann, who became its principal conductor a year ago. Mr. Thielemann and the orchestra seem intent on establishing a greater international presence, having taken over from The New York Times Music Read more »
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Carnegie Hall Live: Dresden Staatskapelle Plays Bruckner
Conductor Christian Thielemann will lead the Dresden Staatskapelle in the majestic Symphony No. 8 by Anton Bruckner at Carnegie Hall. (Matthias Creutziger) Anton Bruckner divides audiences. For admirers, his sprawling, stately symphonies — with their gre from MPR | Minnesota Public Radio Read more »
