WAGNER; SIEGFRIED

Siegfried Wagner: Sonnenflammen, Sound and Fury Signifying…?

Robert Levine

Here is yet another of Siegfried Wagner’s 14 operas, the […]

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Siegfried Wagner: Die heilige Linde, For the Converted

Robert Levine

Philo, a favorite of the Roman emperor and a wily

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Siegfried Wagner: Rainulf & Adelasia/Trekel

Robert Levine

This remarkably bloated work–it runs for three hours and 24 minutes and features a 16-minute overture–is necessary listening for Wagner family completists and those who

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S. Wagner: Symphonic works

David Hurwitz

This seven-CD box gathers together the complete orchestral music of Wagner’s hapless son Siegfried, an amiable composer of modest gifts who spent his life like

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Siegfried Wagner: Bruder Lustig

ClassicsToday

It is inevitable that the son of one of the most influential composers of his (or any) era would be compared to his famous father.

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Dausgaard Plays A Mean Mahler 10

David Hurwitz July 13, 2025

A Mahler Cycle From–You Guessed It–Dusseldorf

David Hurwitz July 13, 2025

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CD From Hell: Bad Transfers of Kletzki’s Embarrassing Mahler 1 and 9

David Hurwitz July 13, 2025

Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann
by Robert Levine
October 6, 2024
Benjamin Bernheim Rules as Met’s Hoffmann Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, NY; Oct 24, 2024 Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffmann is a nasty work. Despite its
RIP David Vernier, Editor-in-Chief
by David Hurwitz
August 4, 2024
David Vernier, ClassicsToday.com’s founding Editor-in-Chief passed away Thursday morning, August 1, 2024 after a long battle with cancer. The end came shockingly quickly. Just a
Finally, It’s SIR John
by ClassicsToday
June 24, 2024
He’d received many honors before, but it wasn’t until last week that John Rutter, best known for his choral compositions and arrangements, especially works related