Rienzi: Overture (Part 2)

[NRob84]

Very enjoyable performance.

[Granddaddify]

I have not heard tthis for many years. Wonderful

[Granddaddify]

I have not heard tthis for many years. Wonderful

[jd7x7jd]

thank you for leaving the applause on - we really need this at the end of a great performance. :)

[Alborges960]

Aliás, outro grande gênio musical, Richard Strauss era abominavelmente nazista. Não existe necessariamente ligação entre talento e caráter. Um artista genial pode ser um ser humano odioso, um artista medíocre pode ser um ser humano decente.

[Alborges960]

Que tiene lo gusto de Hitler por opera con la grandeza de Wagner? Himmler llorava escuchando a Mozart! No sé Español, entonces, escrevo o restante em Português. Wagner foi uma inspiração para os nazistas, pois era defensor de uma raça pura, "ariana". Wagner foi um gênio da música, mas era um "pensador" odioso.

[Gabriellaella23]

Love it love it love it

[septip123]

0:19 the melody that begins here...is this the "march from Rienzi"?

[MysticDestroyer13]

I love James Levine's smiles that he shows every once in a while. It shows that he loves what he does deeply.

[firestartertwistedfi]

@MysticDestroyer13 he's a bit of a tyrant with orchestras, though, isn't he?

[psacau]

@MysticDestroyer13 some childes not remmbers his smile for good ...

[gredsfed13]

gtelloz,

Thank you so very much for posting these videos, and allowing me to listen to these classics.

[DRUIDA1991]

(1:55 a 2:25) El extasis Magno de la obra! no se si sera cierto que en algun momento Wagner habra repudiado su obra como se lee por alli, He visto que es una opera muy larga pero su introduccion es magna!

[unsoldat99]

great performance, i guess that's what you get for watching the one of finest conductors and orchestras in the world

[danieltion]

Qué hermosa combinación de fagots trombones trompetas y contrabajos en Rienzi. Siempre Wagner espléndido y magnífico.

[FishMan1202]

just seeing levine smile during this makes it even better

[brassking09]

DSO Phill. Sounded just like this... Good times... But now i'm in Civic. THe top symphony orchestra.

[firestartertwistedfi]

seems like a nice guy, james levine :)

[hisods]

Having performed this with the N.Y. Opera Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in April 1980 and being partial to George Szell and the Cleveland Orchestra's Wagner Overture Series Recordings, I have to say I enjoyed this temendously. Give a listen to the Berlin Philharmonic's recording of the Wagner Overtures. ZEY ARE VERY PRECIZE, yah? Much slower tempi than the American versions.

[ematzkow]

excellent performance by The MET

[Calypsotown29]

I've heard better, more passionate versions, but this still tickles my skin when I hear it. Espcially love to turn it up loud and open my car windows

[Sprongles95]

2:39 "c'mon folks, don't be shy now"

i'm playing this w/ one of the community orchestras i play in.. wonderful to see james levine conducting the great met orchestra here

[zetrone100]

I remember a Germany Propoganda film "Strength of Will" about Hitler and the Neurenburg rally (1934?). The video clip start at an extreme closeup of the center of a horn and pans out as the trumpet becomes more and more audable. Then you see a man behind the horn in a "smart and stark" black SS uniform playing the note.

Of course after the war Wagner was banned in certain parts of Europe. Zee

[thrasher247]

the conductor is very passionate

[jasonfu6699]

Such passion gives me the tingles.

[Nguli34689]

yes

[DoninWhiting]

Again, the Lone Ranger was the star in parts of this Rienzi...in this location it is at 2:46 and on. I can just see the mask man riding off with Tonto!

[peachbeana]

My daughter who is 12 is playing this along with 3 other pieces in the Junior Region Orchestra. This piece is long compared to everything else the orchestra is playing (Acrobats, Sanseneon, and Rhosymedre) but its a very nice piece!!!

[Talvegue]

This is Wagner's composition, isn't it?

[shortmexican6494]

yes

[TromboneMachine]

indeed it is

[violinsinger95]

Yes it is!

[johneunson]

it is so good to see levine happy and totally involved. he really can cast a spell over players and audience alike. a brilliant performance. thank you for sharing this.

[GusMagnusO]

Gotta love Levine, he just loves the music.

[minor7b5natural9]

I hate it when people say that some other interpretation is so much "better" and talk about how he did some parts wrong. That's turning classical music into an exact science. He should be allowed to do it differently, as anyone should. Otherwise every orchestra would sound the same.

[gtelloz]

Your r right! thats why classsical music is so passionate...its never the same. Is not a matter of who's better or not, is about enjoying it and get excited with discovering new thing trough different interpretations...

[crowtheartist]

@gtelloz

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[JacobSteuer]

This is going to come off as incredibly uninformed, but who is the guy who can be seen sitting under the podium starting around the 20 second mark?

I've seen a lot of orchestra concerts, and Im preeety sure they don't have that there ;)

[DiLassu]

levine's the best

[divine604]

The interpretation by vernon handley and royal philarjmonic orchestra is 10 times better

[PhilBonzo]

totally agree this is too slow at some parts - my opinion

[744PIC]

Bravo!! One of my favourite Wagner pieces. I love the entire piece, but my favourite part starts at 3:36. :D

[Isidroprada]

Después de escuchar esta ópera en Linz , junto a su amigo August Kubizek , Adolfo Hitler experimentó una suerte de transfiguración y bajo las estrellas le reveló a su amigo que había descubierto su vocación y que algún día le habría de tocar liberar a su pueblo de la servidumbre en la que se encontraba. Años después,cuando Hitler era el primer hombre de Alemania, y en una entrevista con su viejo amigo, el führer recordando aquel episodio dijo a Kubizek :"Fue allí cuando todo comenzó"...

[gtelloz]

Q ridicula manera de criticar esta increible musica y genialidad del compositor y relacionarla con los efectos que produjo un maniatico como Hitler. Wagner fue un genio de la musica, y los efectos y consecuencias posteriores no deben manchar su aporte tan grande al arte.

[Isidroprada]

La verdad es que reconozco que puede haber sido un error compartir esta anécdota , especialmente en un espacio tan público , donde lo único que puede esperarse son respuestas estereotipadas como las tuyas.Wagner es inmenso y nadie lo discute. Su música posee energía palpitante y es vida misma. Pero es triste constatar tanta pobreza espiritual y mental , ya que solamente pronunciar el nombre de Hitler motiva respuestas matrices y dogmáticas típicas de un mundo que ya no produce verdadera cultura.

[gtelloz]

Exacto. es mejor compartir estas cosas en lugares apropiados, donde hablen los expertos y autorizados

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@gtelloz

genial y es absolutamente cierto que estos comentarios solo algunos los sabran comprender, las ideas y los ideales actuales estan encaminados solo en una direccion y esa es el control de masas mediante circos mediaticos que producen basura, pero no Arte.

[alaincito]

si para ti es un maniatico, estas en tu derecho, pero el tambien fue un genio, tu, al dia de hoy, no podrias hacer ni la minima parte de lo que hitler hizo, ni peor, ni mejor.

[otilecram]

@Isidroprada :) Hola, también he leído el libro de August Kubizek donde narra la anécdota que refieres en tu comentario y estoy muy de acuerdo con tu comentario en respuesta a gtelloz. Un saludo!

[hillwills]

What a fine conductor Maestro Levine is. 37 years with the Met...Music Director for over 30 (the longest tenure of anyone). I'm hoping to see him with the Boston Symphony at Carneigie Hall later this year.

[AldirTWCspammer]

I'm a Rienzi :D

[eddie9042]

what does that mean

[AldirTWCspammer]

Means I'm a member of the Rienzi family o.o

[trumpetgeek1010]

levine is so fun to watch! haha. I get to play this next year in my youth symphony!!

[hundingwelser]

THIS IS WAGNER

[trudith]

This music is one of my all-time favorites and James Levine does his usual masterful job of directing some fine musicians in all of the nuances.

[mimimusician]

This is beautifual. I like the Trombonist. Who is that guy?

[herbiehusker13]

don't know. what orch is it? is it in Bayreuth?

[LHA015]

James Levine conducts the overture of Rienzi. The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. 1996.

[rhofinger]

His name is David Langlitz & is the current principal trombonist for the Met

[misschina2008]

Thanks - do you know him?

[ilmaestro18]

Thank you so much! Do you have more from this gala?

By the way, who's the man sitting below the podium starting from 0:18 to 0:28?

[gtelloz]

u r a very observer person...no clue, i would say is the chorus master or the guy that changes the scores...but i do have more this. maybe i'll post one or two maximum.

[herbiehusker13]

at the end, the curtain comes up and a new event takes place. My guess is that he has something to do with that.

[Matelad]

God save the Queen!