Benjamin Britten in London - 2 June, 1932
from Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938, page 106:
Listen to Act I of Tannhauser in evening - tolerable, but bad singing of Tannhauser & Das Hirt (why not a boy for this?)*
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John Evans (ed.), Journeying boy : the diaries of the young Benjamin Britten 1928-1938 (:London, 2009), p. 106. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1434485556862 accessed: 21 December, 2024
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Tannhauser
written by Richard Wagner |
performed by Josephine Wray, Kurt Taucher, Norah Gruhn, Herbert Janssen |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 2 June, 1932 |
| Medium | broadcast |
| Listening Environment | in private, indoors, solitary |
Notes
*Tannhäuser was sung by Kurt Taucher, Wolfram by Herbert Janssen and Venus by Josephine Wray; the shepherd boy (at the start of scene 3) was sung by the soprano Norah Gruhn, as has always been the custom in this opera.
Originally submitted by gkw on Tue, 16 Jun 2015 21:12:37 +0100
Approved on Tue, 27 Sep 2016 11:41:46 +0100