Romantic Opera 2

22 recordings of live productions of operas from 1830 to 1900 from leading opera houses including Bayerische Staatsoper, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Dutch National Opera. Productions include: Wagner’s Der Ring des Nibelungen (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2021), Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov conducted by Antonio Pappano (The Royal Opera, 2016), and Krzysztof Warlikowski’s production of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten (Bayerische Staatsoper, 2013).

Highlights:

• Experience Wagner’s complete Der Ring des Nibelungen (Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2021) including Das Rheingold, Die Walküre, Siegfried and Götterdämmerung with Stefan Herheim’s Brechtian interpretation that focuses on Wagner as the creator.
• Observe the intricacies of Bryn Terfel’s critically-acclaimed performance as the title character in Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov (The Royal Opera, 2016) alongside Sir Antonio Pappano’s dramatic and sweeping conducting.
• Explore psychoanalytic undertones in Krzysztof Warlikowski’s production of Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten (Bayerische Staatsoper, 2013) where the opera’s fairy-tale origins are elaborated upon to focus on themes of inner fears, guilt, and identity.
• Compare the Dutch National Opera’s 2010 production of Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer with Theater an der Wien’s 2015 version, available in the Romantic Opera 1 collection.

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