Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 1, 2025
He emphasized important syllables by dwelling on them, thus producing that dramatic rubato which Wagner considered of such great importance in his operas that, when he brought out "Tannhäuser" in Dresden, he actually had the words of the text copied into the parts of all the orchestral players, in order that they might be able to follow these poetic licenses in the dramatic phrasing of the singer.
If a performance of Tannhauser were to be quite perfect, the last finale of the opera would have to be given as it stands in the new edition of the pianoforte score, including the song of the younger pilgrims. Your score of the Flying Dutchman you can send to Uhlig, who possesses a newly revised score, and will arrange yours in strict accordance with it.
Of the Ballenstedt Musical Festival, with the "Tannhauser" overture, and the "Liebesmahl der Apostel," you have probably heard. Your "Faust" overture made a sensation, and went well. Farewell, and have a go at "Siegfried." Your Today I write only a few hurried lines in order to avoid a misunderstanding.
Till then I must have patience, and need not give you any further explanations. I talked some time ago with the Princess of Prussia about you. The performance of "Tannhauser" at Kroll's is variously commented upon. I am still of opinion that the personal influence and ability of Schoneck are in this matter decisive.
He pulled forward the apparatus, and with some violence sought for a means of stopping its action. Something snapped. A violet spark stung and convulsed his arm and the thing was still. When he attempted next day to replace these Tannhauser cylinders by another pair, he found the apparatus broken....
All this, however, is only the prelude to your "Faust" symphony, to which I look forward with infinite pleasure. I have nothing further to tell you, except that I have been fool enough to take more trouble about a performance of "Tannhauser" at the local theatre than had been my intention. It will take place tomorrow, and, considering the miserable conditions, will turn out fairly well.
If I should wish to produce "Tannhauser" at the beginning of next winter, what would be the conditions? Be kind enough, dear sir, to let me have your answer as soon as possible. With the greatest esteem, Your obedient servant, BERLIN, May 17th, 1854. I have the honour to return the following answer to your question as to the "conditions" of the performance of Wagner's operas in Berlin:
The reaction came, and he wrote Tannhäuser, the opera we are now to examine. It is largely based on sheer animal passion, though another reaction takes place before the end is reached. That reaction proceeds further in Lohengrin, which is sheer mysticism. Tristan is pure human passion Tristan's soul is the antithesis of Lohengrin's.
No harm reading you without names." And I fumbled in my pocket. "Letter gone. Never mind. Facts are: friend's asked girl. Girl's said yes. Now he thinks he's bound by that." "He thinks right," said John. "Not a bit of it. You take Tannhauser. Engagement to Venus all a mistake. Perfectly proper to break it. Much more than proper. Only honorable thing he could do. I'm going to write it to him.
The music was unfamiliar. But the rendering was realistic, and with a contemporary unfamiliarity. Tannhauser did not go to a Venusberg, but to a Pleasure City. What was a Pleasure City? A dream, surely, the fancy of a fantastic, voluptuous writer. He became interested, curious. The story developed with a flavour of strangely twisted sentimentality. Suddenly he did not like it.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking