Falk Struckmann

Where Das Rheingold introduces us to the gods, underworld denizens, and giants who inhabit the world of Wagner's Ring cycle, the second of the four...

Scaoileadh : 2005.05.17
Coitianta : 0.124

The prologue to Wagner's giant masterpiece Der Ring des Nibelungen unfolds the beginning of an epic journey when Alberich seizes the ring of gold,...

Scaoileadh : 2005.03.22
Coitianta : 0.354

In the third work of Wagner's epic cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen, Siegmund's shattered sword is forged once again and kills the dragon that guards...

Scaoileadh : 2006.11.21
Coitianta : 0.01

This dramatic production by the brilliant German stage director Harry Kupfer marked Daniel Barenboim's appointment as the artistic director of the...

Scaoileadh : 2012.04.24
Coitianta : 0.245

A deeply moving performance... one of those nights when it was a privilege to be at the Met." That's how the New York Times described the company's...

Scaoileadh : 2001.10.01
Coitianta : 0.001

Two years prior to the opening scene, the nobleman Florestan has exposed or attempted to expose certain crimes of the nobleman Pizarro. In revenge,...

Scaoileadh : 2003.10.15
Coitianta : 0.968

Parsifal from the 1998 Bayreuth Festival

Scaoileadh : 2011.05.31
Coitianta : 0.054

Requiring 38 soloists, chorus, and large orchestra, Hans Pfitzner's "Palestrina" is a challenging opera to stage. In Munich, the city in which it was...

Scaoileadh : 2009.07.14
Coitianta : 0.463

Musically, Götterdämmerung, like its predecessors in this Barcelona production, has strengths and flaws. Fortunately, Kupfer's...

Scaoileadh : 2005.08.16
Coitianta : 0.313

Scaoileadh : 2000.06.02
Coitianta : 1.936

In Verdi’s retelling of Shakespeare’s towering tragedy, Renée Fleming gives a captivating performance as the innocent Desdemona, a...

Scaoileadh : 2012.10.27
Coitianta : 0.975

The Bayreuth Festival Opera House mounted this production of Richard Wagner's 1865 opera Tristan und Isolde as part of the Bayreuther Festspiele....

Scaoileadh : 1995.07.03
Coitianta : 0.685

A tribute to marriage coming from a bachelor is a tad suspicious. But for Beethoven the idealization of the woman-bride was heartfelt and sincere. It...

Scaoileadh : 2014.12.10
Coitianta : 0.974

This Götterdämmerung is the only installment of the Kirchner/Rosalie/Levine 1994-8 Bayreuth Ring taped for subsequent DVD release. Kirchner...

Scaoileadh : 2007.07.16
Coitianta : 0.127

Get ready for Das Rheingold, the first chapter in Richard Wagner’s four-part epic, The Ring of the Nibelung. Travel to a world where gods,...

Scaoileadh : 2018.06.19
Coitianta : 0.238

A fearless young hero battles otherworldly challenges on a journey to discover his destiny.

Scaoileadh : 2018.06.22
Coitianta : 0.008

As the end nears for the gods, and human ambition rules the world, Alberich’s son Hagen hatches a plot to take control of the ring, threatening...

Scaoileadh : 2018.06.24
Coitianta : 0.301

Iván Fischer makes his DNO debut. He conducts the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Pierre Audi, artistic director of DNO and the Holland...

Scaoileadh : 2017.07.14
Coitianta : 0.896