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A nice Midsummer with Meistersinger von Nurnberg

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#1 · (Edited)
:cool:Have a nice midsummer!!!:cool:

Hi everyone, today I was watching on DVD Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg and I thought, Why don't start a thread about Midsummer?

Purcell, Britten, Mendelsshon and others have composed music about Midsummer (operas or music for stage).
But for me Wagner's Meistersinger von Nurnberg is the best for a such magical night. :cool:
How do you think about that? What's the best Midsummer's composition and what is your favorite version?

My favorite is Meistersinger von Nurnberg and I have only one version, the Opera Australian' version: conductor Mackerras, sing Does, McIntyre, Frey, Pringle, Doig, Shank, Gun, Allman. Anyway, this dvd is nice with a traditional and wonderful settings.

The principal aria from Die Meistersinger von Nurnber: Morgenlicht leuchtet with Rene Kollo.:tiphat:

 
#2 ·
Midsummer's compositions I have loved: hmm. Not a one. I don't even like Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Midsummer nights, however, I am much in favor of. A bottle of wine, Traviata (or your latest obsession) on the CD player, fireflies rising in the gloaming ... ah.
 
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OH, sorry, I didn't remember that character's name! Yeah, I've watched I think as far as the evening time after the first competition, when Eva and another character are walking down the street ... that's the last scene I remember at all, anyway. Well, I'm hoping for great things from Parsifal, next season. We'll see!
 
#15 ·
OH, sorry, I didn't remember that character's name! Yeah, I've watched I think as far as the evening time after the first competition, when Eva and another character are walking down the street ... that's the last scene I remember at all, anyway. Well, I'm hoping for great things from Parsifal, next season. We'll see!
Holy mackerel, Greg, if you got bored with Meistersinger I think you might find Parsifal heavy-going. I'm still struggling with it though I like everything else I've seen/heard by Wagner (including Rienzi)
 
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