Hermann Klein in London - 1884

from Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900, page 189:

Imagine two concert performances of “Parsifal" (with very few cuts, moreover) being given in London only a couple of years after the first production of that glorious music-drama at Bayreuth! Yet this was actually done in the autumn of 1884 by the Royal Choral Society, under Joseph Barnby, with Therese Malten (the original Kundry), Gudehus, and Scaria in the principal parts. And really the exacting work was very creditably interpreted.

cite as

Hermann Klein, Thirty Years of Musical Life in London, 1870-1900 (New York City, 1903), p. 189. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1438264789808 accessed: 3 November, 2024

location of experience: London

Listeners

Hermann Klein
Music Critic, Singing Teacher, Writer
1856-1934

Listening to

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Parsifal
written by Richard Wagner
performed by Heinrich Gudehus, Emil Scaria, Therese Malten, Royal Choral Society, Sir Joseph Barnby

Experience Information

Date/Time 1884
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, indoors, in public

Originally submitted by sp327 on Thu, 30 Jul 2015 14:59:50 +0100
Approved on Mon, 25 Apr 2016 11:31:42 +0100