Curved Air presents:

Highlights from Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal, and Der Ring Des Nibelungen recorded in Wagner’s own Bayreuth Festspielhaus between 1927 and 1985, with conductors Pierre Boulez, Karl Böhm, and others. Learn about Richard Wagner and Bayreuth here. Learn about the 2023 Bayreuth Festival here.

Photo by Rico Neitzel. 1875 engraving of the Bayreuth Festival Theatre by Édouard Schuré.

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Playlist:

    Time: January 9 - 11:00:00 am
  • Pierre Boulez & Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, “Vorspiel”

    from Parsifal

    Deutsche Grammophon - 1971

  • Time: January 9 - 11:10:00 am
  • Hans Knappertsbusch & Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, “Act II, Scene 2 'Hier war das Tosen!'”

    from Parsifal

    Teldec - 1993

    recorded 1951

  • Time: January 9 - 11:34:00 am
  • Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hopf & Rudolf Kempe, “Siegfried: Ewig war ich, ewig bin ich”

    from Birgit Nilsson sings Richard Wagner & Richard Strauss

    Gala - 1999

    recorded 1954

  • Time: January 9 - 11:47:00 am
  • Karl Böhm & Bayreuther Festspiele, “Siegfried: Act II, scene 2”

    from Der Ring Des Nibelungen

    Decca - 1967

  • Time: January 9 - 12:07:00 pm
  • Karl Muck, “Transformation Music & Grail Scene”

    from The Complete Karl Muck Parsifal Recordings (1927-8)

    Naxos - 2011

    recorded 1927

  • Time: January 9 - 12:33:00 pm
  • Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

    Herbert von Karajan, “Tristan und Isolde, Act II: O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe”

    from Wagner: Tristan und Isolde

    United Classics - 2013

  • Time: January 9 - 12:45:00 pm
  • Karl Böhm & Bayreuther Festspiele, “Siegfried's Funeral March”

    from Der Ring Des Nibelungen

    Decca - 1967

  • Time: January 9 - 12:52:00 pm
  • Karl Böhm & Bayreuther Festspiele, “Act III Liebestod”

    from Wagner: Tristan und Isolde 1966

    Deutsche Grammophon - 1966

    Curved Air    January 9th, 2024

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