Wilhelm Ganz in Covent Garden - 19 February, 1910
from Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life, page 273:
The climax came with the production of Elektra at Covent Garden under the enterprising direction of Mr. Thomas Beecham. I went to the rehearsals of the opera, so as to get to know the music, and at the first performance on February 19th, 1910, as I could not get a seat, I stood for the whole of the performance not bad for a man of my age !
cite as
Wilhelm Ganz, Memories of a Musician: Reminiscences of Seventy years of Musical Life. In Internet Archive (London, 1913), p. 273. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1436445995717 accessed: 13 October, 2024
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Elektra
written by Richard Strauss |
performed by Sir Thomas Beecham |
Experience Information
| Date/Time | 19 February, 1910 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Originally submitted by sp327 on Thu, 09 Jul 2015 13:46:36 +0100
Approved on Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:06:12 +0000