tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post6365886970988902826..comments2024-03-05T10:14:38.181+00:00Comments on CLASSICAL ICONOCLAST: Sensation! Andreas Schager Siegfried Prom BarenboimDoundou Tchilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-68201137482981745262013-07-30T22:17:34.695+01:002013-07-30T22:17:34.695+01:00Many thanks, David, I'll fix the typo. I was w...Many thanks, David, I'll fix the typo. I was writing at 3 am after five Wagner sagas in 7 days plus Elgar in between. I'm shattered ! But still managed to do 1/4 of Bayreuth. Never get that much in a newspaper<br />Doundou Tchilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07469682216179706743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-416983732847060845.post-40722747863821891592013-07-30T00:20:27.782+01:002013-07-30T00:20:27.782+01:00Andreas Schager was the tenor who replaced Lance R...Andreas Schager was the tenor who replaced Lance Ryan in Act 1 of Siegfried at the Berlin Stattsoper in April. Ryan had not turned up and was unable to be contacted. Schager was in the house rehearsing for Gotterdammerung in the same cycle and was asked by Barenboim to sing Siegfreid from the wings while a stage manager mimed the part. This was the same night Schager sang in Magic Flute with Rattle. Schager was brilliant and got a huge ovation. Fortunately Ryan turned up for Act 2 (no explanation for his lateness) and Schager raced off to the Philharmonie for his Magic Flute appearance. The story was widely reported at the time (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/opera/9987919/Wagners-Ring-Staatsoper-Berlin-review.html).<br />Schager sang in Gotterdammerung 2 nights later to a standing ovation. There was definitely a feeling we were hearing something special.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11077208382147406147noreply@blogger.com