Paskuda, Georg

Der fliegende Holländer by Richard Wagner( )

28 editions published between 1961 and 2018 in 3 languages and held by 336 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An opera about the captain of an infamous Dutch ghost ship who can be freed only by a woman who consents to marry him

Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss( )

12 editions published between 1989 and 2009 in German and held by 329 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Set in the mid-18th century [Der Rosenkavalier] is a comic intrigue involving the aristocratic Marschallin, her young lover Octavian, her vulgar cousin Baron Ochs and his prospective fiancée Sophie. In a conscious throwback to earlier operatic practice, Octavian is played by a woman"--The Telegraph, 8 Jun 2014

Parsifal by Richard Wagner( )

9 editions published between 1964 and 2006 in German and Undetermined and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wagner's mystical opera makes extraordinary demands on the conductor, but James Levine is renowned for the special affection and authority he brings to this transcendent work. The music shimmers and glows, evoking the legendary world of the Knights of the Holy Grail and the pure fool who brings healing power to the land. Peter Hofmann stars as the questing title hero, Jerome Hines sings the wise old man, Gurnemanz, and Mignon Dunn is the voluptuous Kundry, whose erotic temptations almost ensnare the young hero

Tannhäuser : highlights = höhepunkte = extraits by Richard Wagner( )

2 editions published in 1997 in German and held by 262 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Lear by Aribert Reimann( Recording )

9 editions published between 1979 and 2001 in German and Undetermined and held by 172 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tannhäuser by Richard Wagner( Recording )

18 editions published between 1961 and 2014 in German and Undetermined and held by 71 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wagner worked on Tannhäuser, his fifth opera, from 1842 to 1845, conducting the first performance on October 19, 1845 at the Dresden Royal Opera. The first two nights were uncertaqin successes, but by the third performance the opera began to have its effect on the audience. Over the next few years it became enormously popular throughout Germany, then moved to other countries. In 1859 it became the first Wagner opera to be performed in America. By 1861 Tannhäuser had been given hundreds of times, when Wagner was called upon to produce a revised version for the Paris Opéra. Despite the composer's efforts to adapt the work for French tastes, anti-Wagner riots broke out and he withdrew the work. It was not seen again in France until 1895. Meanwhile Tannhäuser, in the Dresden version, opened the second season of New York's Metropolitan Opera in November of 1884. Nowadays either the Dresden or Paris version may be given, depending on the director's preference; the current recording is an amalgam of the two. -- Page [1-2] of program notes

Der fliegende Holländer : opera in 3 acts by Richard Wagner( Recording )

3 editions published between 1997 and 2006 in German and held by 18 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

RIDDERBUSCH, Karl (bass). JONES, Gwyneth (soprano). ESSER, Hermin (tenor). WAGNER, Sieglinde (mezzo-soprano). EK, Harald (tenor). STEWART, Thomas (baritone). BAYREUTH FESTIVAL CHORUS. BAYREUTH FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA. BOHM, Karl (conductor)

Die Frau ohne Schatten by Richard Strauss( Recording )

10 editions published between 1964 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 17 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Strauss and Hofmannsthal's sumptuous and magical fairy tale receives an authoritative performance conducted by the great Karl Böhm, a protégé of the composer, in his last Met broadcast. The extraordinary cast is led by Leonie Rysanek as the Empress, the "woman without a shadow" of the title, who stars opposite James King as the ethereal Emperor, Walter Berry as the goodhearted Barak the Dyer, Ursula Schröder-Feinen as the hapless Dyer's Wife, and Mignon Dunn as the sinister Nurse

Tristan und Isolde by Richard Wagner( Visual )

3 editions published between 1967 and 2004 in German and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Wagner's opera in 3 acts, set in legendary Brittany and Cornwall, with a tragic love story that revolves around the themes of love, night, and death

Arabella by Richard Strauss( Recording )

11 editions published between 1964 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 14 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Star soprano Renée Fleming gives a radiant performance in the title role of Strauss's opera, a bittersweet comedy set in 1860s Vienna, starring as the beautiful daughter of an impoverished noble family. Hans-Joachim Ketelsen is Mandryka, the wealthy landowner and unlikely suitor who wins Arabella's heart. Barbara Bonney sings Zdenka, Arabella's younger sister, and Raymond Very is Matteo, the officer who thinks he is in love with Arabella but unexpectedly finds his happiness elsewhere. Judith Forst and Eric Halfvarson round out the cast as Count and Countess Waldner, Arabella and Zdenka's parents. Christoph Eschenbach conducts