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. 

cite as

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

location of experience: Berlin

Listeners

Christian Sinding
Composer
1856-1941

Listening to

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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.


Originally submitted by verafonte on Thu, 21 Apr 2016 22:23:37 +0100
Approved on Wed, 17 Aug 2016 15:32:40 +0100