What opera have you been listening to, lately?

[Hoffmann]

A lovely work I don't listen to very often - features Caballe at her peak, other voices are so-so.

[Clayton]

Wagner: Parsifal
Peter Hofmann (Parsifal), Dunja Vejzovic (Kundry), Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz), José van Dam (Amfortas), Siegmund Nimsgern (Klingsor), Victor von Halem (Titurel), Hanna Schwarz (Alto Stimme)
Berlin German Opera Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

[Amfortas]

^^^ Great recording!

Congratulations, Clayton! If you're able to get into Parsifal, you've become a true Wagner connoisseur!

[Clayton]

maybe more just a fool

[Amfortas]

maybe more just a fool

Durch Mitleid wissend, der reine Tor . . .

[Clayton]

again, not me

I have too many impurities

[Hoffmann]

Wagner: Parsifal
Peter Hofmann (Parsifal), Dunja Vejzovic (Kundry), Kurt Moll (Gurnemanz), José van Dam (Amfortas), Siegmund Nimsgern (Klingsor), Victor von Halem (Titurel), Hanna Schwarz (Alto Stimme)
Berlin German Opera Chorus, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

So, what did you do with what was left of the day?

[Hoffmann]

This opera has some pleasant moments, but not much happens musically. It likely makes a bigger impression on the stage. It seems to me that Schreker's earlier works Der Ferne Klang and Die Gezeichneten show up in the German opera houses' repertory, but I don't recall Der Schatzgäber showing up, at least not in the opera houses I tend to track.

[Clayton]

So, what did you do with what was left of the day?

listened to act 4 again

I am in act 4 now, because after act 4 number 2, I decided I wanted to hear act 4 again but this time after act 1, 2, and 3

[Ann Lander (sospiro)]

listened to act 4 again

I am in act 4 now, because after act 4 number 2, I decided I wanted to hear act 4 again but this time after act 1, 2, and 3

Not only is Wagner lumpy, he sends you mad.

I rest my case ....

[Soave_Fanciulla]

Not only is Wagner lumpy, he sends you mad.

I rest my case ....

Laughed so loud the cat shot off the sofa and is now cowering in the kitchen.

[JohnGerald]

I have been very afraid of what the title Der Schatzgraber" means in English ...

(please don't spoil the moment if the translation is innocuous.)

[Soave_Fanciulla]

I have been very afraid of what the title Der Schatzgraber" means in English ...

(please don't spoil the moment if the translation is innocuous.)

I think this:

[Hoffmann]

I decided to close out the year with a long walk - because of the move, my walking the past several months went all to hell.

Arlington is no where near as interesting to walk in than downtown DC. Photos, I think, would reveal a suburban wasteland (except there are some nice houses along the way).

I chose this for my walking music - glorious! Highly recommended! (even if you aren't out walking)

[Soave_Fanciulla]

The second act of this recording is my single favourite act of any CD I own. It's epic. Kaufmann, Stemme and Mattei. I nearly passed out.