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Wagner Complete Opera Wagner-Festival house Bayreuth Staatsoper Berlin Richard Wagner (1813–1883) Complete Opera Index - R. Wagner Operas 1 Die Feen / The Fairies – WWV 32 2 Das Liebesverbot / The Ban on Love – WWV 38 3 Rienzi, der Letzte der Tribunen / the Last of the Tribunes– WWV 49 4 Der fliegende Holländer / The flying Dutchman – WWV 63 5 Tannhäuser – WWV 70 6 Lohengrin – WWV 75 Der Ring des Nibelungen / The Ring of the Nibelung – WWV 86 7 Das Rheingold / The Rhine Gold – WWV 86a 8 Die Walküre / The Valkyrie – WWV 86b 9 Siegfried – WWV 86c 10 Götterdämmerung / The dusk of the gods – WWV 86d 11 Tristan and Isolde – WWV 90 12 Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg / The Mastersingers of Nuremberg – WWV 96 13 Parsifal – WWV111 Die Feen / The Fairies – WWV 32 Romantic Opera in 3 Acts (Early work) Total time ca. 2 1/4 Hours Premiere: 29.06.1888 (National theatre Munich) Cast of recording Orchestre e Choro del Teatro Communale di Cagliari – Gabor Övtös Jyrki Korhonen – Feen-König (Bass), Sue Patchell – Ada (Sopran), Ulrike Sonntag – Zermina (Sopran), Manuela Kriscak – Farzana (Sopran), Raimo Sirkiä – Arindal (Tenor), Artur Korn – Gernot (Bass), Dagmar Schellenberg (Sopran), Birgit Beer (Sopran), Sebastian Holecek (Bariton), Frieder Lang (Tenor), Alessandro Patalini (Tenor), Francesco Ruta (Bass) Recorded 1998 Libretto by Richard Wagner. Roles: • Feenkönig / Fairy King (Bass) • Ada (Soprano) - a Fee / a fairy • Arindal (Tenor) - König von Tramond / King of Tramond • Lora (Soprano) - eine Schwester / his sister • Drolla (Soprano) - deren Zofe / her maid • Morald (Baritone) - Arindals Freund und Loras Geliebter / Arindal's friend and lover of Lora • Gernot (Bass) - Arindals Freund / Arindal's friend • Gunther (Tenor) - am Hof von Tramond / at the court of Tramond • Bote / Messenger (Tenor) • Zemina (Soprano) - a Fee / a fairy • Farzana (Soprano) - a Fee / a fairy • Herald (Bass) - Arindals Feldherr / Arindal's commander • Groma (Bass) - ein Zauberer /a magician • Chor / Chorus - Feen, Geister, Krieger, Kinder, Volk / fairies, Groma's invisible spirits, soldiers, • childrens, people Synopsis: In Fairyland, the fairy tale time: Act 1 The Fairies Farzana and Zemina want Ada, who has fallen in love with a man, cure of this love and save their immortality. Arindal, accompanied by his friend Gernot, succeeds in, the beautiful fairy for itself succeeds, but he may no question of her name or origin of them for eight years. Shortly before the deadline expired, Arindal can no longer restrain his curiosity and represents the forbidden question. He is expelled from the fairy kingdom and exiled by Gernot in a rocky desert area. There Morald and Gunther search for her for eight years missing King and meet Gernot, who told them her story. It is bad to Arindal's Kingdom, because Murald, Lora has once dismissed, is invaded with his army. Finally Morald and Arindal come together with the help of the magician Groma and the king decides to return home. He takes leave of Ada, which he has found and asks him not to curse. Act 2 Arindal has returned to his people. But he only thinks of Ada and is unable to lead the army against the enemy, fighting under Morald. Ada appears in the form of magic, raises her two children seemingly into the fire and fought Arindal army. Everything is horrified. Arindal believes that his wife is evil. He cursed them and listening to his despair that everything is just been a sample. The fairies win back Adas immortality, but she must atone turned one hundred years in stone. Morald defeated the enemies, Harald is unmasked as a traitor. Arindal goes mad after he has recognized his fault. 3 Act 3 Morald and Lora are hailed as the new royal couple, but Morald wants to govern only until Arindal is healthy again. This heard in his madness Adas action and breaks with Gernot in order to free them. From Groma he gets magic weapons and a lyre, which should help him. Gernot and Arindal fight against ghosts and brazen men, defeat them and find the stone turned into Ada. Through the magic lyre and his singing Arindal can Ada bring her to life again, although Zemina and Farzana wish him bad luck. The Fairy King takes the brave as immortalized in his kingdom. Arindal fulfills Ada's request to renounce the earth: He gives his children and the crown Morald and Lora and pulls the cheers of the immortals into fairyland. ewig mit seiner Ada vereint ist. Das Liebesverbot / The Ban on Love – WWV 38 Great comic Opera in 2 Acts Total time ca. 2 1/2 Hours Premiere: 29.03.1836 (Magdeburg) Cast of recording ORF-Chor & Wiener Rundfunkorchester - Robert Heger Brighella - Ludwig Welter, Pilato - Herbert Prikopa, Antonio - Willy Friedrich, Angelo - Ernst Salzer, Danieli - Franz Handlos, Claudio - Anton Dermota, Isabella - Hilde Zadek, Friedrich - Heinz Imdahl, Luzio - Kurt Equiluz, Marianna - Christiane Sorell, Dorella - Hanny Steffek Recorded 1963 Libretto by Richard Wagner (Shakespeares "Measure for Measure"). Roles: • Friedrich / Frederick (Bariton) – Statthalter Siziliens • Luzio / Lucio (Tenor) – junger Edelmann / young Nobleman • Claudio (Tenor) – junger Edelmann / young Nobleman • Antonio (Tenor) – Freunde / Friends • Angelo (Bass) – Freunde / Friends • Isabella (Soprano) – Claudios Schwester • Mariana (Soprano) – Novizin im Kloster • Brighella (Bass-Bariton) – Chef der Sbirren / chief of the watches • Danieli (Bass) – Wirt einer Weinstube / Host of a wine bar • Dorella (Soprano) – Kammermädchen / Maid • Pontio Pilato (Tenor) – Diener Danielis (Servant Danieli's • Chorus – Richter, Sbirren, Masken, Volk / Judge, Watches, Masks, People Synopsis: Sicily, in the Middle Ages. Act 1 Palermo im 16. Jahrhundert. Friedrich, der Stadthalter des Königs, erläßt in Palermo strenge Regelungen, die ausschweifendes Verhalten und besonders den bevorstehenden Karneval untersagen. Die neuen Verordnungen richten sich insbesondere auch gegen die freie Liebe. Das Volk, dem diese Anordnungen verkündet werden, hält sie für einen groben Scherz, es sieht sich jedoch konfrontiert mit harten Maßnahmen durch den Polizeichef Brighella, der mit seinen Sbirren die Einhaltung der Gebote überwacht. Als erster bekommt dies Claudio zu spüren, ein junger Edelmann, der von Brighella bei einer Liebelei erwischt und deshalb am folgenden Tag zum Tode verurteilt werden soll. Sein Freund Luzio sucht auf Bitten des Festgenommenen dessen Schwester auf, die als Novizin in einem Kloster lebt und beim Statthalter für ihren Bruder bitten soll. Im Kloster der heiligen Elisabeth lebt Isabella mit anderen Novizinnen, darunter Mariana, die frühere Frau des Stadthalters, die dieser jedoch aus politischem Machtstreben verstoßen hat. Als Luzio zu den Frauen stößt und diesen vom Schicksal seines Freundes berichtet, sind diese entsetzt über die harte Strafe, die Claudio wegen einer Liebschaft treffen soll und über den Sinneswandel des ehemals in der Liebe so ausschweifenden Stadthalters. Isabella, in die sich Luzio vom ersten Augenblick an verliebt hat, ist bereit, für ihren Bruder Fürsprache einzulegen. 4 Im Gerichtssaal, in dem zunächst Brighella mit harten Maßnahmen das aufgebrachte Volk zurückdrängt, verkündet Friedrich alsbald das Todesurteil gegen Claudio, nachdem er den vom Volk geforderten Rückruf seiner Gesetze abgelehnt hat. Da schreitet jedoch Isabella ein und bittet für ihren Bruder. Es gelingt ihr, den Statthalter, der sich gleichfalls in sie verliebt hat, umzustimmen: Er wird Claudio die Freiheit schenken, wenn Isabella sich ihm hingibt. Um diesen eigenen Widerspruch Friedrichs zu seinen Gesetzen auf zudecken, wendet sich Isabella heftig gegen den Stadthalter. Dann läßt sich aber zum Schein von ihm beschwichtigen und geht auf den Handel ein, um Claudio die Freiheit zu sichern. Act 2 Im Gefängnis berichtet Isabella ihrem Bruder von dem Handel mit Friedrich, worauf Claudio zunächst empört über die Rolle ist, die seine Schwester dabei spielen will. Schließlich lenkt er aber ein, und Isabella vertraut ihren Plan Luzio an, der gleichfalls zunächst entsetzt reagiert, dann jedoch in alles einwilligt. Isabella bestellt Friedrich, er möge maskiert zur Verabredung erscheinen, wodurch der Statthalter selbst gegen das von ihm erlassene Vermummungsverbot verstoßen muß. Durch die Maskierung soll es Mariana möglich sein, an Isabellas Statt ihren Mann zu empfangen und hinters Licht zu führen. Als der Stadthalter die Nachricht erhält, ist er außer sich vor Freude. In der Stadt wird unterdessen dem Verbot zum Trotz der Karneval gefeiert. In diesem bunten Treiben tauchen nun Isabella und Mariana, identisch gekleidet, auf. Mariana begibt sich zum verabredeten Punkt, wo der Stadthalter glaubt, Isabella erwarte ihn. Auch Luzio fällt auf die Verkleidung der beiden Frauen herein und folgt Mariana, die er für Isabella hält. Isabella erhält unterdessen von Pontio ein Pergament, auf dem sich die versprochene Begnadigung für ihren Bruder befinden soll. Als sie jedoch das Siegel erbricht, muß sie die Bestätigung des Todesurteils gegen Claudio lesen. Empört ruft sie das Volk zusammen und entlarvt hinter den Masken unter anderem Friedrich, der sich mit Mariana den Freuden und Freiheiten des Karnevals hingibt. Friedrich gesteht seinen eigenen Gesetzesbruch ein und will sich der von ihm selbst dafür geforderten Strafe unterwerfen; das Volk jedoch verzeiht und läßt ihn gehen. Das Urteil gegen Claudio wird aufgehoben, Luzio gewinnt Isabella für sich. Im Jubel auf den Karneval und die Liebe wird die Ankunft des Königs gemeldet. Rienzi, the Last of the Tribunes – WWV 49 Great tragical Opera in 5 Acts Total time ca. 4 1/2 Hours Premiere: 30.10.1842
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