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| | ::*[https://youtu.be/zB53Tg1_EdQ George London "Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge" Das Rheingold]. While we're on the subject of George London, I just have to include this legendary clip. I even remember when it was uploaded to YouTube, after much discussion. | | ::*[https://youtu.be/zB53Tg1_EdQ George London "Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge" Das Rheingold]. While we're on the subject of George London, I just have to include this legendary clip. I even remember when it was uploaded to YouTube, after much discussion. |
| | :*[https://youtu.be/Z8dtRIFVmDw Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Bayreuther Festspiele 2021), 720p]. First ever performance by a female conductor, Oksana Lyniv, at the Bayreuth Festival. Although I have issues with the Third Act, I post it here cause the visual staging of the Overture is certainly worth review. | | :*[https://youtu.be/Z8dtRIFVmDw Richard Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer (Bayreuther Festspiele 2021), 720p]. First ever performance by a female conductor, Oksana Lyniv, at the Bayreuth Festival. Although I have issues with the Third Act, I post it here cause the visual staging of the Overture is certainly worth review. |
| − | *[https://youtu.be/YJUczeraur0 Parsifal "Amfortas! die Wunde" Nikolai Schukoff]. Again, a provincial theatre pirate recording. Lighting and transitions are phenomenal. Alternatively, it could be a pirate recording of a motion picture screen. Anyway, the transition sequence is as good as anything Wagner himself would have staged. | + | *[https://youtu.be/YJUczeraur0 Parsifal "Amfortas! die Wunde" Nikolai Schukoff]. Again, a provincial theatre pirate recording. Lighting and transitions are phenomenal. Alternatively, it could be a pirate recording of a 35mm motion picture screen, but still appears provincial. Anyway, the transition sequence is as good as anything Wagner himself would have staged. |
| | *[https://youtu.be/q0HnfEA-Ce0 Violeta Urmana as Kundry]. I never grow tired of listening to Violeta Urmana. Maybe if she had accepted the offer by several political parties to be President of [[Lithuania]] in 2014, the planet wouldn't be facing nuclear destruction in 2022. | | *[https://youtu.be/q0HnfEA-Ce0 Violeta Urmana as Kundry]. I never grow tired of listening to Violeta Urmana. Maybe if she had accepted the offer by several political parties to be President of [[Lithuania]] in 2014, the planet wouldn't be facing nuclear destruction in 2022. |
| | *[https://youtu.be/Q1ztMcw2e-0 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major: II. Allegro Appassionato (two pianos)]. Pirate recording. | | *[https://youtu.be/Q1ztMcw2e-0 Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major: II. Allegro Appassionato (two pianos)]. Pirate recording. |