Wagner - Wagner at Wahnfried

Deutsche Grammophon

£12.55

Format: CD
Catalogue No.: 4839590
Barcode: 0028948395903
Release Date: 23rd October 2020
Genre: Classical

The opening of the famous Bayreuth Festival in 2020 was different to any previous one! Due to the Corona pandemic the festival couldn't take place as it was originally planned and all opera performances had to be cancelled. Yet, the Festival and local promoter Musica Bayreuth created a special opening concert in the famous "Haus Wahnfried", the house that Richard Wagner lived in during his Bayreuth years. The Festival's Music Director Christian Thielemann and members of the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra performed the composer's Siegfried-Idyll and were later joined by Finnish soprano Camilla Nylund who sang his Wesendonck-Lieder. Deutsche Grammophon is happy to present this musically outstanding and very special event in cooperation with the Bayreuth Festival and Bayerischer Rundfunk. After five installments of Wagner Operas recorded live at the Festspielhaus, which were released on video throughout past years, this is now a rare audio document of a recording made at Haus Wahnfried, where very few recordings have ever been made.