{"product_id":"voices-from-a-golden-age-edward-christian-hare-assesses-early-recordings-from-new-bayreuth","title":"Voices from a Golden Age: Edward Christian-Hare assesses early recordings from ‘New Bayreuth’","description":"\u003cp\u003eReview of \u003cem\u003eRichard Wagner: Bayreuth 1954\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003eTannhäuser,\u003c\/em\u003e conducted Keilberth; \u003cem\u003eDie Walküre\u003c\/em\u003e, conducted Keilberth; \u003cem\u003eLohengrin\u003c\/em\u003e, conducted Jochum; \u003cem\u003eParsifal\u003c\/em\u003e, conducted Knappertsbusch (\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ePan Classics PC, \u003c\/span\u003e13 CDs).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraph\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thewagnerjournal.co.uk\/products\/the-wagner-journal-november-2026-volume-20-number-3?utm_source=copyToPasteBoard\u0026amp;utm_medium=product-links\u0026amp;utm_content=web\"\u003eNovember 2026, Volume 20, Number 3\u003c\/a\u003e, 86–9.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003eBy 1954, ‘New Bayreuth’ was firmly established as an annual event in Germany’s postwar calendar. Wagner’s festival had been banned by the occupying American army in 1945; the Festspielhaus instead hosted non-Wagnerian performances as Germany began to recover from the war. Finally in 1951, the curtains opened on postwar Bayreuth under the co-directorship of Wagner’s grandsons, Wieland and Wolfgang.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Wagner Journal","offers":[{"title":"Individual","offer_id":56265306243414,"sku":null,"price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"Institution","offer_id":56265306276182,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/thewagnerjournal.co.uk\/products\/voices-from-a-golden-age-edward-christian-hare-assesses-early-recordings-from-new-bayreuth","provider":"The Wagner Journal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}