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Transcluded from today's [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Opera|WPOpera]], kudos [[User:Gerda Arendt]]. --[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 03:46, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
Transcluded from today's [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Opera|WPOpera]], kudos [[User:Gerda Arendt]]. --[[User:Smerus|Smerus]] ([[User talk:Smerus|talk]]) 03:46, 22 May 2013 (UTC)
:[[User talk:Gerda Arendt#Wagner special|Thank you]]! There are more in the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/DYK Archive|opera archive]], related to days:
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*... that '''[[Doris Soffel]]''', born 12 May 1948, performed Sesto in [[Mozart]]'s ''[[La clemenza di Tito]]'' at the [[Royal Opera House]] in 1982 and went to sing Wagner parts such as Ortrud ''(pictured)''?
*... that baritone '''[[Karl Hill]]''', born 9 May 1831, sang the role of Alberich in the first performance of Wagner's ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen|Ring Cycle]]'' at [[Bayreuth Festival|Bayreuth]] in 1876, and created Klingsor in ''[[Parsifal]]''?
*... that '''[[Valery Gergiev]]''', born 2 May 1953, director of the [[Mariinsky Theatre]], initiated and conducted in 2003 the first complete cycle of Wagner's ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen|Ring]]'' staged in Russia for over 90 years?
*... that '''[[Albert Coates (musician)|Albert Coates]]''' born 23 April 1882, praised for conducting Wagner's ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]'' at [[Royal Opera House|Covent Garden]] in 1914, performed the first recording of Bach's [[Mass in B minor structure|Mass in B minor]] in 1929?
*... that '''[[Lauritz Melchior]]''', the [[Heldentenor|Wagner tenor]] of his time, who died on 19 March 1973, made his debut in the baritone role of Silvio in ''[[Pagliacci]]'' at ''[[Royal Danish Theatre|Det Kongelige Teater]]'' in 1913?
*... that '''[[Felix Draeseke]]''', who died 26 February 1913, attended an early performance of Wagner's ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]'' and composed the operas ''Herrat'' (1879) and ''Gudrun'' (1884, after the medieval epic)?
*... that '''[[Mathilde Mallinger]]''', born 17 February 1847, was recommended to the [[Bavarian State Opera|Munich Hofoper]] by [[Richard Wagner]] and made her debut there in as Bellini's ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]''?
*... that Czech [[Heldentenor]] '''[[Karel Burian]]''', born 12 January 1870 appeared as Tristan in the Hungarian première of Wagner's ''[[Tristan und Isolde]]''?
*... that '''[[Fritz Reiner]]''' ''(pictured)'', born in Hungary on 19 December 1888, was preparing the [[Metropolitan Opera|MET]]'s new production of Wagner's ''[[Götterdämmerung]]'' at the time of his death?
*... that [[Ludwig Suthaus]], born 12 December 1906, sang the [[tenor|"Heldentenor"]] parts in late recordings of Wagner's works by [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]]?
*... that [[bass-baritone]] '''[[Hans Hotter]]''' ''(pictured)'', who died on 6 December 2003, was admired for the power, beauty, and intelligence of his singing, especially in [[Richard Wagner|Wagner]] operas.
{{*mp}}... that Wagner's grandson '''[[Wieland Wagner]]''' (died 17 October 1966) is credited as an initiator of [[Regietheater]], as a stage director and designer in Bayreuth?
{{*mp}}... that Wagner's '''''[[Das Rheingold]]''''' received its premiere at the [[National Theatre Munich|National Theatre in Munich]] on 22 September 1869, with [[August Kindermann]] ''(pictured)'' in the role of [[Odin|Wotan]]?

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Enjoy performances and drama, --[[User:Gerda Arendt|Gerda Arendt]] ([[User talk:Gerda Arendt|talk]]) 09:15, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

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22 May 1813-2013

Did you know ... related to Wagner today ...

  • ... that the Austrian tenor Karl Beck became a master baker after his singing career, which included creating the title role in Wagner's opera Lohengrin, was cut short by a deterioration in his voice? (DYK 22 January 2013)

Transcluded from today's WPOpera, kudos User:Gerda Arendt. --Smerus (talk) 03:46, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you! There are more in the opera archive, related to days:
  • ... that Wagner's grandson Wieland Wagner (died 17 October 1966) is credited as an initiator of Regietheater, as a stage director and designer in Bayreuth?

Enjoy performances and drama, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:15, 22 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]