There is little debate among music-lovers that The Rite of Spring tops the list of pieces that changed the world, not chronologically, or necessarily in degree of importance, but in its ability to evoke discussion and yet another re-telling of the riot that erupted at its premiere
Wagner
Beyond Tristan
Thursday, February 21, 2013 by Noel Morris
See the WFMT web exclusive video on the Chicago Symphony’s examination of Richard Wagner’s “Tristan und Isolde.”
Forbidden Love on Tuesday Night Opera
Monday, February 11, 2013 by Noel Morris
A Wagner opera based on Shakespeare?? Yes! But, adapted to his own libretto (as were all of Wagner’s operas). You will not want miss this ultra-rare opportunity to hear Wagner’s second opera Das Liebesverbot after Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure Tuesday night at 8:00 on WFMT. At times you’ll think you’re hearing Bellini, at others Donizetti, more…
Die Meistersinger Comes to Lyric Opera of Chicago
Thursday, February 7, 2013 by Noel Morris
Ever the radical, Wagner must have amused himself, poking fun at the musical establishment. He sidestepped the mythology and magic of his other works to write a romantic comedy. Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg is historical fiction. In fact, Wagner’s central character Hans Sachs did live and work as a poet, a playwright and cobbler in more…
From one ordinary opera goer to another
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 by Louise Frank
All this month on WFMT we have been exploring the music and complicated personality of Richard Wagner. As comedic musicologist (or musicological comedian) Anna Russell so often said, Wagner’s Ring of the Nibelungs is “a magnificent work, providing you can making any sense out of it.” Here she is, in her farewell concert, explaining the more…
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