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			*... that baritone ''']''', born 9 May 1831, sang the role of Alberich in the first performance of Wagner's '']'' at ] in 1876, and created Klingsor in '']''?
			*... that ''']''', born 2 May 1953, director of the ], initiated and conducted in 2003 the first complete cycle of Wagner's '']'' staged in Russia for over 90 years?
			*... that ''']''' born 23 April 1882, praised for conducting Wagner's '']'' at ] in 1914, performed the first recording of Bach's ] in 1929?
			*... that ''']''', the ] of his time, who died on 19 March 1973, made his debut in the baritone role of Silvio in '']'' at '']'' in 1913?
			*... that ''']''', who died 26 February 1913, attended an early performance of Wagner's '']'' and composed the operas ''Herrat'' (1879) and ''Gudrun'' (1884, after the medieval epic)?
			*... that ''']''', born 17 February 1847, was recommended to the ] by ] and made her debut there in as Bellini's '']''?
			*... that Czech ] ''']''', born 12 January 1870 appeared as Tristan in the Hungarian première of Wagner's '']''?
			*... that ''']''' ''(pictured)'', born in Hungary on 19 December 1888, was preparing the ]'s new production of Wagner's '']'' at the time of his death?
			*... that ], born 12 December 1906, sang the ] parts in late recordings of Wagner's works by ]?
			*... that ] ''']''' ''(pictured)'', who died on 6 December 2003, was admired for the power, beauty, and intelligence of his singing, especially in ] operas.
			{{*mp}}... that Wagner's grandson ''']''' (died 17 October 1966) is credited as an initiator of ], as a stage director and designer in Bayreuth?
			{{*mp}}... that Wagner's ''''']''''' received its premiere at the ] on 22 September 1869, with ] ''(pictured)'' in the role of ]?

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22 May 1813-2013

Did you know ... related to Wagner today ...

... that the foundation stone of the Bayreuth Festspielhaus was laid on 22 May 1872, Richard Wagner's 59th birthday?

... that Patrice Chéreau, born 2 November 1944, staged the 1976 centenary production of Der Ring des Nibelungen (pictured), conducted by Pierre Boulez? (DYK Opera 2 November 2012)

... that the Austrian tenor Karl Beck became a master baker after his singing career, which included creating the title role in Wagner's opera Lohengrin, was cut short by a deterioration in his voice? (DYK 22 January 2013)

... that soprano Rachel Nicholls, a performer of Wagner's Brünnhilde, sang in Bach's dialogue cantata Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen (Dearest Jesus, my desire) "a clear Lutheran analogy to a love duet"? (DYK 13 January 2013)

... that Helene Wildbrunn, a celebrated Wagnerian soprano at the Vienna State Opera and La Scala, began her career in 1907 as a contralto at the Stadttheater Dortmund? (DYK 2 August 2012)

... that Sebastian Weigle, named "Conductor of the Year" by Opernwelt three times between 2003 and 2006, performed Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Frankfurt Opera? (DYK 23 March 2012)

... that Ulf Schirmer, director of the Oper Leipzig, conducted Richard Wagner's early opera Die Feen as part of the Wagner Year 2013, to be performed in concert at the Bayreuth Festival? (DYK 21 February 2012)

... that soprano Janis Martin appeared at the Zurich Opera as Isolde in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde? (DYK 6 November 2010)

... that soprano Ada Adini, a singer of Verdi's Gilda and Leonora, appeared as Brünnhilde in the Italian premiere of Wagner's Die Walküre at La Scala in 1893? (DYK 12 September 2010)

... that soprano June Card appeared as Freia and Gutrune in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, conducted by Michael Gielen and staged by Ruth Berghaus at the Frankfurt Opera? (DYK 27 August 2010)

... that Luise Jaide created two roles in Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen opera cycle? (DYK 10 October 2009)

... that American opera singer Margaret Harshaw portrayed more Wagnerian heroines on stage at the Metropolitan Opera than anyone else in the opera's history? (DYK 2 October 2009)

...that in 1882 impresario Alfred Schulz-Curtius organized the first performance ever in the UK of Wagner's's epic operatic Ring Cycle? (DYK 12 November 2007)

Transcluded from today's WPOpera, kudos User:Gerda Arendt. --Smerus (talk) 03:46, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

Thank you! There are more in the opera archive, related to days:

... that Doris Soffel, born 12 May 1948, performed Sesto in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito at the Royal Opera House in 1982 and went to sing Wagner parts such as Ortrud (pictured)?
... that baritone Karl Hill, born 9 May 1831, sang the role of Alberich in the first performance of Wagner's Ring Cycle at Bayreuth in 1876, and created Klingsor in Parsifal?
... that Valery Gergiev, born 2 May 1953, director of the Mariinsky Theatre, initiated and conducted in 2003 the first complete cycle of Wagner's Ring staged in Russia for over 90 years?
... that Albert Coates born 23 April 1882, praised for conducting Wagner's Tristan und Isolde at Covent Garden in 1914, performed the first recording of Bach's Mass in B minor in 1929?
... that Lauritz Melchior, the Wagner tenor of his time, who died on 19 March 1973, made his debut in the baritone role of Silvio in Pagliacci at Det Kongelige Teater in 1913?
... that Felix Draeseke, who died 26 February 1913, attended an early performance of Wagner's Lohengrin and composed the operas Herrat (1879) and Gudrun (1884, after the medieval epic)?
... that Mathilde Mallinger, born 17 February 1847, was recommended to the Munich Hofoper by Richard Wagner and made her debut there in as Bellini's Norma?
... that Czech Heldentenor Karel Burian, born 12 January 1870 appeared as Tristan in the Hungarian première of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde?
... that Fritz Reiner (pictured), born in Hungary on 19 December 1888, was preparing the MET's new production of Wagner's Götterdämmerung at the time of his death?
... that Ludwig Suthaus, born 12 December 1906, sang the "Heldentenor" parts in late recordings of Wagner's works by Wilhelm Furtwängler?
... that bass-baritone Hans Hotter (pictured), who died on 6 December 2003, was admired for the power, beauty, and intelligence of his singing, especially in Wagner operas.

... that Wagner's grandson Wieland Wagner (died 17 October 1966) is credited as an initiator of Regietheater, as a stage director and designer in Bayreuth?

... that Wagner's Das Rheingold received its premiere at the National Theatre in Munich on 22 September 1869, with August Kindermann (pictured) in the role of Wotan?

Enjoy performances and drama, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:15, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

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