- The broadcasts are in a high bit-rate
- The introductions are multilingual
- The website is easy to negotiate for none German speakers.
The downside, of course, is that they do not broadcast all of the operas live - but sometimes leave a few days in between.
So, as people are keen to hear these as they are performed I believe I have selected the best places to hear each one as it broadcast. The selection criteria used were:
- A good bit-rate
- Ease of navigation for none native language speakers
- Archive if available
Based on these criteria I would suggest:
Bartok Radio Click here to go directly to the relevant page. Bartok archives it's programs after they are broadcast (indeed, if you click on "calendar" in the top right hand corner and chose July 26th you can listen to yesterdays broadcast of Meistersinger or click the 25th for Mondays Tannhauser) so click play against Lohengrin at the correct time (15:55 CET) Alternatively, there are many other places to hear this - chose the one best for you
To clarify: Click here
Cast
- Conductor Andris Nelsons
- Direction Hans Neuenfels
- Set Reinhard von der Thannen
- Costumes Reinhard von der Thannen
- Light Franck Evin
- Video Björn Verloh
- Dramaturgy and directing staff Henry Arnold
- Conceptual collaboration Susanne Øglænd
- Choral Conducting Eberhard Friedrich
- Lohengrin Klaus Florian Vogt
- Heinrich der Vogler Georg Zeppenfeld
- Elsa von Brabant Annette Dasch
- Friedrich von Telramund Tómas Tómasson
- Ortrud Petra Lang
- The Herald of the King Samuel Youn
- 1st Edler Stefan Heibach
- 2nd Edler Willem Van der Heyden
- 3rd Edler Rainer fence
- 4th Edler Christian Tschelebiew