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The Wagner Journal
Five-Day Wonder: Barry Millington undertakes a whistle-stop tour of Wagner’s Romantic operas
Five-Day Wonder: Barry Millington undertakes a whistle-stop tour of Wagner’s Romantic operas
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Reviews of Tannhäuser, directed Solfaghari, conducted Stenz, Cologne, 2008; Der fliegende Holländer, directed Konwitschny, conducted Auguin, Munich, 2008; Lohengrin, directed Friedrich, conducted Schønwandt; Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2008.
November 2008, Volume 2, Number 3, 76–81.
Adroit scheduling and the efficient resources of Deutsche Bahn permitted a five-day reappraisal of the three German Romantic operas – Der fliegende Holländer, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin – that form the centrepiece of Wagner’s early maturity. Each performance had its moments and taken together they offered an illuminating conspectus of production styles over the last decade or so.