The Wagner Centenary
To mark the centenary of Wagner's death (13 February 1883) BBC2 presents GÃTZ FRIEDRICH'S production of Wagner's great human comedy, recorded at the Swedish Royal Opera House, Stockholm.
Wagner told his patron Ludwig II that this opera would be different from his other works, 'entirely new ... it all sings - sings tenderly, merrily, cheekily, comically - but sings!'
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE ROYAL OPERA, STOCKHOLM
Conducted by Berlslav Klobucar
Introduced by HUMPHREY BURTON
Act 1: St Catherine's Church, Nuremberg, in the middle of the 16th-century - Midsummer's Eve.
Sung in German with English subtitles
Designer GONTHER SCHNEIDER-SIEMSSEN
Costumes ALlurE MECZIES
Directed for SWEDISH TELEVISION by THOMAS OLOFSSON
(Act 2 will be shown at 8.10 pm)
