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Hagen, left to keep watch, broods on his plot's success ("Hier sitz ich zur Wacht"), at end of Act 1, scene 2. Then transition into scene 3.
Levine and those superb Met players, plus a terrific Matti Salminen!
Matti Salminen as Hagen
music by Richard Wagner,
film production from 1991.
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from 1991 film production of the complete opera. So this excerpt starts with end of the duet and finishes at start of first act, no concert ending.
Siegfried Jerusalem as Siegfried
Hilegard Behrens as Brünnhilde
Levine and those superb Met players
music by Richard Wagner
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"Zapp" hat BILD-Kolumnist Franz Josef Wagner 2006 ein eigenes Porträt gewidmet. Hier ein kleiner Ausschnitt davon. Highlights: Wagner findet den Haupteingang seines eigenen Verlagsgebäudes nicht, Wagner wird im Foyer nicht erkannt. (Erstausstrahlung: 19.04.2006, NDR)
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Culture Studies: Classical Music: Wagner
(A series of well-known classical music pieces one should known about.)
Wagner, Richard (1813-1883)
Style/Period: Middle German Romantic (New German school; German Nationalist); German
Wagner Lohengrin, "Bridal Chorus"
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From the 1984 TV series "Wagner"-
Richard Wagner asks King Ludwig to publish a letter falsely denying the facts about his relationship to Cosima. The scene poignantly illustrates Wagner's idealized egocentrism and his lack of responsibility towards others, including his Royal patron. (Richard Burton as Wagner, Vanessa Redgrave as Cosima)