Georg Unger played the role of Siegfried in which cycle of four Wagner dramas?
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Georg Unger Georg Unger (1837 – 1887) was a German tenor most famous for playing Siegfried in "Der Ring des Nibelungen" written by Richard Wagner.
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Der Ring des Nibelungen Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung), WWV 86, is a cycle of four German-language epic music dramas composed by Richard Wagner. The works are based loosely on characters from the Norse sagas and the "Nibelungenlied". The composer termed the cycle a "Bühnenfestspiel" (stage festival play), structured in three days preceded by a " " ("preliminary evening"). It is often referred to as the Ring Cycle, "Wagner's Ring", or simply "The Ring".
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Josef Herrmann Josef Herrmann (20 April 1903 - 19 November 1955) was a German baritone, notable for his performances in the operas of Richard Wagner.
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Albert Reiss Albert Reiss (22 February 1870 – 19 June 1940) was a German operatic tenor who had a prolific career in Europe and the United States during the first third of the twentieth century. He spent much of his career performing at the Metropolitan Opera where he sang in more than 1,000 performances, including several premieres, between 1901–1919. Excelling in the tenor buffo repertoire, Reiss was particularly associated with the roles of David in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" and Mime in Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen", two roles he sang in numerous houses internationally.
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Zueignung "Zueignung " (translated as "Dedication" or "Devotion"), is a "Lied " composed by Richard Strauss in 1885 (completed 13 August), setting a poem by the Austrian poet Hermann von Gilm. It was included in the first collection of songs Strauss ever published, as Op. 10 in 1885. Originally scored for voice and piano, the song was orchestrated in 1932 by the German conductor Robert Heger and in 1940 by Strauss himself. It has been one the composer's best-known songs.
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Heiner Müller Heiner Müller (] ; January 9, 1929 – December 30, 1995) was a German (formerly East German) dramatist, poet, writer, essayist and theatre director. Described as "the theatre's greatest living poet" since Samuel Beckett, Müller is arguably the most important German dramatist of the 20th century after Bertolt Brecht. His "enigmatic, fragmentary pieces" are a significant contribution to postmodern drama and postdramatic theatre.
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Die Sieger Die Sieger ("The Victors"; WWV 89), is a draft sketch for an opera text by Richard Wagner.
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Siegfried Peak Siegfried Peak is a peak that forms a saddle with Siegmund Peak immediately southward, standing at the east side of the entrance to Odin Valley in the Asgard Range of Victoria Land, in Antarctica. Named after Siegfried, the peak is one in a group of features in the area named after characters Norse mythology by New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee (NZ-APC). Siegfried was the hero of various German legends, particularly of the Nibelungenlied.
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Hermine Kittel Hermine Kittel (December 2, 1879 – April 7, 1948) was an Austrian contralto from Vienna. She studied singing with Amalie Materna in Vienna. She made her operatic debut in 1897 in Ljubljana. Kittle first sang under Gustav Mahler at the Vienna Hofoper (Vienna State Opera) and later premiered in a revision of "Ariadne auf Naxos". She sang at the Bayreuth Festival in 1902 and 1908, where she sang Erda in "Der Ring des Nibelungen". She also sang at the Salzburg Festival, where she often played Marcellina in "The Marriage of Figaro".
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Siegfried Dehn Siegfried Dehn (24 February 1799 – 12 April 1858) was a German music theorist, editor, teacher and librarian.
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Romeo und Julie Romeo und Julie is a singspiel in three acts by composer Georg Benda. The opera has a German libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter that is based upon Christian Felix Weiße's translation of William Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet".
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Hans von Milde Hans Feodor von Milde (13 April 182110 December 1899, Weimar) was an Austrian operatic baritone and the husband of soprano Rosa von Milde-Agthe. He sang for almost four decades at the opera house in Weimar where he particularly excelled in the works of Richard Wagner. For many years, Milde sang under the direction of Franz Liszt, notably creating the role of Telramund in the world premiere of Richard Wagner's "Lohengrin" under his baton. He sang in several other notable premieres, including singing the role of the High Priest in the first stage performance of Camille Saint-Saëns's "Samson et Dalila" in 1877.
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Gretl Schörg Born in Vienna, Schörg first trained for the profession of typist. In 1937, at the age of 23, she won a beauty contest and became " Queen of Danube ". That same year she made her stage debut in Ostrava at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre in the world premiere of Ödön von Horváth's play "Der jüngste Tag". She spent the next two years performing at that theatre, and at theatres in Karlovy Vary, Ostrava, Marienbad, and Vienna (Theater in der Josefstadt). In 1939 she joined the opera house in Aussig (now Usti nad Labem) where she became popular as a performer in operettas. She made her professional opera debut at that house as Hannerl in Heinrich Berté's arrangement of Franz Schubert's "Das Dreimäderlhaus".
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Schneewittchen (opera) Schneewittchen (Snow White) is an opera by Heinz Holliger. He wrote the libretto based on a poetic text by Robert Walser in iambic trimeter. The opera received its première on 17 October 1998 at the Zurich Opera House which had commissioned the work. The work is a psychoanalytical reworking of the fairy tale, analysing the complex relationships between the roles. It is not a .
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Der Waffenschmied Der Waffenschmied (The Armourer) is an opera (Singspiel) in three acts by Albert Lortzing. The German-language libretto was by the composer after Friedrich Wilheim von Ziegler's "Liebhaber und Nebenbuhler in einer Person" (Lover and Rival in One Person). This is often considered his third most popular work. His works are considered to be part of the Biedermeier period. It premiered in Vienna at the Theater an der Wien on 31 May 1846 conducted by Lortzing. The role of Marie was written with Jenny Lind in mind who he hoped would sing the part. The opera was eventually successful enough that Lortzing was offered the post of Kapellmeister at the theatre which he held until the revolution of 1848, when he had to return to Leipzig. Arnold Schönberg, arranged Lortzing’s "Waffenschmied“ for piano for 4 hands. The story is set in the city of Worms in the 16th century.
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Die schöne Müllerin Die schöne Müllerin (Op. 25, D. 795), is a song cycle by Franz Schubert based on poems by Wilhelm Müller. It is the earliest extended song cycle to be widely performed. The work is considered one of Schubert's most important cycles, and one of the pinnacles of "Lied", and it is widely performed and recorded.
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Felix Draeseke Felix August Bernhard Draeseke (7 October 1835 – 26 February 1913) was a composer of the "New German School" admiring Liszt and Richard Wagner. He wrote compositions in most forms including eight operas and stage works, four symphonies, and much vocal and chamber music.
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Bayreuth canon The Bayreuth canon consists of those operas by the German composer Richard Wagner (1813–1883) that have been performed at the Bayreuth Festival. The festival, which is dedicated to the staging of these works, was founded by Wagner in 1876 in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth, and has continued under the directorship of his family since his death. Although it was not originally held annually, it has taken place in July and August every year since the 75th anniversary season in 1951. Its venue is the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, which was built for the first festival. Attendance at the festival is often thought of as a pilgrimage made by Wagner aficionados.
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The Fourposter The Fourposter is a 1951 play written by Jan de Hartog. The two-character story spans thirty-five years, from 1890 to 1925, as it focuses on the trials and tribulations, laughters and sorrows, and hopes and disappointments experienced by Agnes and Michael throughout their marriage. The set consists solely of their bedroom, dominated by the large fourposter bed in the center of the room. Its simple set and small cast have made it a popular choice for amateur theatrical groups.
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Hans Unger Hans Unger (August 26, 1872 – August 13, 1936) was a German painter who was, during his lifetime, a highly respected Art Nouveau artist. His popularity did not survive the change in the cultural climate in Germany after World War I, however, and after his death he was soon forgotten. However, in the 1980s interest in his work revived, and a grand retrospective exhibition in 1997 in the City Museum in Freital, Germany, duly restored his reputation as one of the masters of the Dresden art scene around 1910.
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Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld Der Pfarrer von Kirchfeld (“The Priest of Kirchfeld”) is an anti-clerical folkplay by Ludwig Anzengruber in Viennese dialect, first produced 5 November 1870 in Vienna. It is Anzengruber's most popular drama.
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Bayreuth Festspielhaus The Bayreuth Festspielhaus or Bayreuth Festival Theatre (German: Bayreuther Festspielhaus , ] ) is an opera house north of Bayreuth, Germany, dedicated solely to the performance of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner. It is the venue for the annual Bayreuth Festival, for which it was specifically conceived and built. Its official name is Richard-Wagner-Festspielhaus .