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Wagner 200th Anniversary Celebration
Strathmore, 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD | Get Directions »
$28.00
Piotr Gajewski, conductor
Attention Wagner novices and aficionados alike! Enjoy selections from each of Richard Wagner’s 10 best-known operas to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Highlights include the Overture to The Flying Dutchman, an opera about re-demption through love; Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre, heard in many popular movies and commercials; the stirring curtain-raiser Prelude to Die Meistersinger; and the intense Prelude and Liebestod (“Love-Death”) from Wagner’s vaunted music-drama about the immortal lovers, Tristan and Isolde.
Wagner The Flying Dutchman Overture
Tannhäuser Prelude to Act III
Parsifal Good Friday Spell
Das Rheingold Entry of the Gods into Valhalla
Die Walküre Ride of the Valkyries
Die Meistersinger Prelude
Siegfried Forest Murmurs
Götterdämmerung Siegfried’s Funeral Music
Lohengrin Prelude to Act III
Tristan and Isolde Prelude and Liebestod (“Love-Death”)
Event Details
| Where | Strathmore 10701 Rockville Pike, North Bethesda, MD 20852 ((5301 Tuckerman Lane)) |
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| Time | 8:00 pm |
| Website | http://www.nationalphilharmonic.org |
| Phone | 301-581-5100 |
| office.nationalphilharmonic.org | |
| Price | Starting at $28 |
| Tickets | Buy Tickets |
More About Strathmore
Strathmore presents a lively and diverse program of art exhibitions, concerts and performing arts programs, as well as literary lectures and events. Artistic offerings presented in the Music Center include world-class performances by major national folk, blues, pop, jazz and classical music artists.
Strathmore is home to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore, National Philharmonic, Washington Performing Arts Society, Levine School of Music, CityDance Ensemble, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras and interPLAY; see the Strathmore website for schedule information. The Prelude Cafe is open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks and pre-concert meals. The Strathmore Tea Room is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Strathmore is accessible from the Grosvenor/Strathmore Metro stop and via car, with a parking structure across the street.
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- Carmina Burana Sun, Jun 9, 3:00 pm
- Beethoven's Eternal Masterworks Sat, Sep 28, 8:00 pm
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- Romantic Sentiments Sat, Oct 26, 8:00 pm
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- Lost Childhood: A Concert Opera Sat, Nov 9, 8:00 pm
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