Christian Sinding in Berlin - 1891
from Delius: A Life in Letters 1862-1908, pages 57-58:
In the course of four months I only went to the opera once, to hear Meistersinger, otherwise there were only two Walküre performances. The rest of the programme was Oberon, Tannhäuser and Lohengrin, and not much else. Bülow did not have a particularly interesting programme. Only once was I very taken with a symphonic poem "Tod und Verklärung" by Richard Strauss. That was grand. I will not even mention his technique of instrumentation etc., but he had great ideas and an astounding ability to give his ideas form. That impressed me.
Delius, and Lionel Carley (ed.), Delius: A Life in Letters 1862-1908 (), p. 57-58. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1461273817016 accessed: 2 December, 2024
Listeners
Listening to
hide composers
The Mastersingers
written by Richard Wagner |
|
'Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg'
written by Richard Wagner |
|
Oberon
written by Carl Maria von Weber |
|
Lohengrin
written by Richard Wagner |
Experience Information
Date/Time | 1891 |
Medium | live |
Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Letter from Christian Sinding to Fritz Delius, Christiana 16 April 91.