Tannhäuser: Overture (James Levine)

[@poiuyt185]

rip Levine. one of the best opera conductor of all time.

[@joanbrate]

most Majestic piece of music. Thank you Wagner.

[@normfromhome8994]

An opera about somebody who indulges in lust and is troubled by this. Levine must have been nonplussed by Tannhauser's inner troubles.

[@janouglaeser8049]

HAHAHA

[@shdjdjdjene]

bullshit. he was the greatest opera conductor of all time.

[@maggiealvarezv]

Saw Tannhäuser today with James Levine... I have no words to express my feelings. This was my first Wagner and fell 100% in love with him and with Levine. Thank you so much for making it possible for us to experiences such ecstasies even with so many miles between us... Maggie Alvarez Mexico City

[@taoscom7145]

+Maggie Alvarez saw it at cinema?

[@mrlopez-pz7pu]

Save your gushing for when the Met uploads this entire performance. But they never do. Schenk's production should be seen in full, considering the array of easily available Euro-trash productions online.

[@RPoshekGladbach]

Godspeed, Maestro!

[@67tredor]

The greatest conducter in the univers

[@johnnylawrence6974]

To be played at my h Glorious Funeral Hallelujah

[@colleencupido5125]

Maestro James Levine, RIP. The following was written years ago for another individual, but I think it is fitting to put it here: MELODY Dramatic as a piano concerto Serene as a harp recital Mighty as a symphony Intellectual as a string quartet Heaven-storming as an opera Playful as flute variations Majestic as a choral work Intricate as a Spanish guitar piece All-encompassing like a vocal recital Melancholy as solo cello music Complex as a baroque concerto But still your melody remains the same. By Mrs.Colleen Cupido

[@lublondon]

REST IN PEACE, James

[@travisj.1938]

Beautiful 👏

[@josephcade2485]

First time I heard this music was during a taped special about the Mt. St. Helens eruption.

[@MegaMelodytime]

"Return my love. A longing burns deep inside me. Return my love. I want you always beside me. A love like ours must be made for you and for me. return. won't you return my love for my love is yours."

[@yupi45]

Si se pudiera subir el video completo de esta versión, sería una gran contribución a la cultura porque esta versión moderna es muy buena.

[@spind]

Bravo !

[@kellychartrand5532]

Do not care if he had sexual problems. Love his work . Totally grateful for his work , just a magnificence in conducting. His lohengrin prelude was magnificent.

[@antoniop9874]

Grande entre los grandes.

[@gabrileGaborou]

haha 4:36 ! that's Levine, he makes the little signal, promptly obeyed, and then he smiles to the musician

[@jacktayl]

ELMER: Return my love Our longing burns Deep inside me BUGS: Return my love I want you always Beside me ELMER: Love like ours must be BUGS: Made for you and for me TOGETHER: Return Won't you return my love For my love is yours

[@germanquintero10121946]

espléndido

[@wotan10950]

He was certainly great with Wagner, Verdi, Puccini. I wasn’t too convinced by his Mozart. It’s sad what happened to his reputation.

[@atrebil71]

Levine è stato molto influenzato dal mito "Toscaniniano"

[@colleencupido5125]

Michele: Levine hosted a TV special on Toscanini- I believe in the 80s. Check it out

[@maestrotownsend8833]

Slow down the playback speed to .75 at around 1:55 and you'll thank me later.

[@kookamunga2458]

I think many but not all of the top notch conductors are dead . It is a dying art . " The big five " have the best conductors now . The rest don't pay very well . More people should hear the music of Wagner , Arnold Schoenberg and Tchaikovsky !

[@nateofnathan8297]

Dave Schulz Christian theliman, Petrenko, bloomstedt, dudamel, gergiev, termirkanov, Honneck, rattle, Ozawa, Tilson Thomas, Jansons, Barenboim, Mehta, pappano, Haitink, chailly, shall I dare keep going?

[@jessicakespohl8340]

Wrong hear you used here! As for good conductors, there are enough good ones: Barenboim, Dudamel, Pappano some examples; but stupidity of pandemic politicians is ruining arts worldwide.

[@starwarsjunkie7776]

Wow, his conducting doesn't help at all. Too bad Kleiber never had this job.

[@MrKlemps]

starwarsjunkie7777 Kleiber was a genius of sorts but too unstable to be a music director of anything, let alone a major opera company. His repertory was minimal and his rehearsal demands alone would have scuttled any possibility of working with an American (i.e. unionized) orchestra.

[@liliantso9767]

yep, too eccentric. You have to constantly empty his fridge in order for him to do anything.

[@imapaine-diaz4451]

you notice, nobody is watching the conductor? I wonder why?

[@Graycardin888]

Wagner's only testament was: "Do not let jewish conductors conduct my music". Because his music is pure German. And they broke the testament.

[@degrazia7669]

Wagner entrusted the creation of Parsifal to Hermann Levi, son of a rabbi.

[@colleencupido5125]

Soso: Excuse Me- but IF Wagner ever said such a stupid statement: The greatest recording of ANY operas was the original-and first- recording of Wagner's Ring by the Jewish Sir Georg Solti. I take my Faith seriously, but remember the playful comment by the Great movie director William Wyler, director of Ben Hur ( and other absolute masterpieces of the film art) " It takes a Jew to tell this story properly"

[@loudlong]

Too fast.

[@MrsAkahoshi]

I'd rather Karajan performance

[@MrKlemps]

Regina Celia N. G. Akahoshi It's still a free country (so far as I know). WHY would you "rather" it?

[@MrsAkahoshi]

Sorry But I love Karajan performance....

[@schneisi]

+Regina Celia N. G. Akahoshi I Agree. My Father was his Set Designer and closest companion. :-)

[@danielrutkowski6636]

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