Sat 7/13 @ 8PM
Composer Richard Wagner, born in 1813, is controversial in some circles because of Hitler’s use of his music as an emblem of Nazi Germany. But there’s no questioning the enduring popularity of his grand and towering opera music.
The Cleveland Orchestra will celebrate the 200th anniversary of his birth with excerpts from some of those operas: Tristan and Isolde, Die Götterdämmerung, and Die Walküre.
Wagner, of course, requires Wagnerian singers. The Cleeland Orchestra program at Blossom Muic Center will feature soprano Christine Brewer and, making his Blossom Music Festival debut, bass Alan Held. Music director Franz Welser-Möst conducts.
Pavilion tickets are $25-$85. Lawn Tickets are $20, under 18 free.
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Photo: Christine Brewer