Der Bärenhäuter (opera)

Der Bärenhäuter is an 1899 German-language opera by Siegfried Wagner based on the German folk tale Der Bärenhäuter, or the Bearskin man.^[1] As with most of Siegfried Wagner's opera's it is more influenced by his teacher Humperdinck than his father Richard Wagner's operas.^[2]

Recording

Kerstin Quandt, Roland Hartmann, Adalbert Waller, André Wenhold, Beth Johanning, Volker Horn, Henry Kiichli. Thüringian Symphony Orchestra, Konrad Bach. Marco Polo 2004

References

↑ http://www.siegfried-wagner.org/html/baerenhaeuter.html
↑ Henry-Louis de La Grange -Gustav Mahler: Volume 3. Vienna: Triumph and Disillusion (1904-1907) 1995 019315160X "she wanted to see her son Siegfried's most recent opera, Bruder Lustig, being premiered in Vienna. After the resounding success of Der Barenhauter in Vienna in 1899, Mahler had asked Siegfried Wagner to send him the score of his next work. ... Herzog Wildfang... not up to Vienna standards.83 Undiscouraged, Siegfried sent the score of his third opera, Der Kobold, which Mahler found equally unsuitable."

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