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: 9 December, 2024

location of experience: Covent Garden

Listeners

Wilhelm Ganz
Accompanyist, Composer, Conducting, Teacher
1833-1914

Listening to

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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