/tags/tristan-und-isolde Tristan und Isolde en-US Copyright Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:52:05 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2018-12-03/new-recording-collection-celebrates-birgit-nilssons-birthday-centennial Birgit Nilsson was born 100 years ago, on May 17, 1918, at her parents’ farm in Sweden. By her death in 2005, Nilsson had long been considered the world’s… Mon, 03 Dec 2018 15:52:05 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2018-12-03/new-recording-collection-celebrates-birgit-nilssons-birthday-centennial Christopher Purdy /show/classical-101-by-request/2018-05-17/today-is-birgit-nilssons-100th-birthday Born May 17, 1918, Birgit Nilsson was an extraordinary Swedish soprano.I vividly recall Nov. 4, 1979. I was on my way to a study group, preparing for a… Thu, 17 May 2018 15:51:28 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2018-05-17/today-is-birgit-nilssons-100th-birthday Christopher Purdy /show/classical-101-by-request/2018-04-16/tenor-jonas-kaufmann-takes-on-tristan There may be a phantom of the opera in literature, in the movies and on Broadway. But in recent years, tenor Jonas Kaufmann has risked being labeled the… Mon, 16 Apr 2018 14:51:19 GMT /show/classical-101-by-request/2018-04-16/tenor-jonas-kaufmann-takes-on-tristan Christopher Purdy /podcast/classical-101-podcasts/2016-10-05/opera-abbreviated-tristan-und-isolde The Metropolitan Opera begins a new season of live in HD transmissions from the Met stage in New York to cinemas worldwide with their new production of… Wed, 05 Oct 2016 12:00:00 GMT /podcast/classical-101-podcasts/2016-10-05/opera-abbreviated-tristan-und-isolde Christopher Purdy /classical-101/2015-06-10/tristan-and-isoldes-150th-birthday-on-saturdays-opera-and-more There are learned people who divide the history of western music of the past 500 years into two categories: before and after Tristan.Richard Wagner's… Wed, 10 Jun 2015 20:21:37 GMT /classical-101/2015-06-10/tristan-and-isoldes-150th-birthday-on-saturdays-opera-and-more Christopher Purdy /classical-101/2010-09-08/wagnerians-and-vegetarians-and-the-rest-of-us I was recently reading "The Face on Your Plate" by Jeffrey Mousaieff Masson, who has written eloquently about the emotional lives of animals in other… Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:01:36 GMT /classical-101/2010-09-08/wagnerians-and-vegetarians-and-the-rest-of-us