Götterdämmerung
Bridgewater Hall, Manchester
Don Carlos
Opera North
Manchester has a long and exalted history of service to Wagner, with Hans Richter, first conductor of the Ring, the chief conductor of the Hallé from 1899-1911, and Barbirolli a great Wagnerian, though there are lamentably few records of him in this repertoire.
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