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Blu-Ray Video, Andreas Schager (tenor)
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Special offer. Wagner: Parsifal
RecommendedFilmed at the Bayreuth Festival 2023
Andreas Schager (Parsifal), Elīna Garanča (Kundry), Georg Zeppenfeld (Gurnemanz), Derek Welton (Amfortas), Jordan Shanahan (Klingsor), Tobias Kehrer (Titurel)
Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Bayreuther Festspielchor, Pablo Heras-Casado
Andreas Schager is a magnificent Parsifal, tireless throughout with an almost lyric style that embraces every turn of the text. Elīna Garanča’s Kundry is at her most resplendent in Act 2 with... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024, Shortlisted - DVD/Blu-ray of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Video Opera
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Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Andreas Schager (Tristan), Anja Kampe (Isolde), Ekaterina Gubanova (Brangäne), Boaz Daniel (Kurwenal), Stephen Milling (King Marke), Stephan Rügamer (Melot)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim, Dmitri Tcherniakov
[Barenboim's] contribution is masterly, especially in terms of the impeccable balance and refinement of the orchestral playing and the steady momentum of his finely shaped interpretation, which... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2022, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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New. Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Michael Volle (Wotan), Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Andreas Schager (Siegfried), Mika Kares (Fasolt/Hunding/Hagen), Robert Watson (Siegmund), Vida Miknevičiūtė (Sieglinde), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Alberich), Rolando Villazón (Loge)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Christian Thielemann
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Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Andreas Schager (tenor), Stephan Rügamer, Michael Volle, Anja Kampe, Anna Kissjudit, Johannes Martin Kränzle, Staatskapelle Berlin, Dmitri Tcherniakov, Christian Thielemann
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Special offer. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Andreas Schager (Tristan), Camilla Nylund (Isolde), Christa Mayer (Brangäne), Günther Groissböck (King Marke), Olafur Sigurdarson (Kurwenal), Birger
Radde (Melot)
Bayreuther Festspielorchester und-chor, Semyon Bychkov
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Wagner: Parsifal
Andreas Schager (Parsifal), Anja Kampe (Kundry), Wolfgang Koch (Amfortas), René Pape (Gurnemanz), Tomas Tómasson (Klingsor), Matthias Hölle (Titurel)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Staatsopernchor, Konzertchor der Staatsoper, Daniel Barenboim & Dmitri Tcherniakov (director)
Musically it’s first-class…the casting is pretty much ideal and all deliver superbly. Kampe proves with her gleaming high notes that this role needs a soprano…[Schager] has both weight and lyricism.... — More…
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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of a Thousand'
Ricarda Merbeth, Juliane Banse, Anna Lucia Richter, Sara Mingardo, Mihoko Fujimura, Andreas Schager, Peter Mattei, Samuel Youn
Lucerne Festival Orchestra, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Latvian Radio Choir, Orfeón Donostiarra, Tolzer Knabenchor, Riccardo Chailly
His approach is characteristically thoughtful...As you would expect from a handpicked band, the orchestral playing is consistently glorious. The contribution of the combined choirs is authoritative... — More…
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Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Anja Kampe (Brünnhilde), Andreas Schager (Siegfried), Mika Kares (Hagen), Lauri Vasar (Gunther), Mandy Fredrich (Gutrune), Violeta Urmana (Waltraute), Jochen Schmeckenbecher (Alberich)
Staatskapelle Berlin, Christian Thielemann, Dmitri Tcherniakov
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Weber: Der Freischütz
Andreas Schager (Max), Camilla Nylund (Agathe), Daniela Fally (Ännchen), Alan Held (Kaspar)
Wiener Staatsoper, Tomáš Netopil, Christian Räth
The pick of the cast, vocally, is soprano Camilla Nylund, who brings ample, shining tone and a finely sustained line to Agathe’s two solos. — More…
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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Andreas Schager (Tristan), Rachel Nicholls (Isolde), John Relyea (King Mark), Brett Polegato (Kurwenal), Andrew Rees (Melot), Michelle Breedt (Brangäne)
Orchestra and Choir of Teatro Opera of Rome, Daniele Gatti
Immediately there’s well-prepared singing and good coordination with the pit...The two main soloists are good here – they’re both wonderfully respectful of text and project their words clearly... — More…
