WAGNER, RICHARD, 1813-1883. – Pacifica Radio Archives

Six weeks at the opera / produced by Phil Cosgrove and Ben Teague.

Documentary on the Houston Grand Opera Association’s production of Richard Wagner’s Tannhauser.

August 24, 2025

Three poems in words and song / introduced by Frank Coffee.

Poems read in original language with English translation with musical setting following. |Le Spectre de la Rose / Theophile Gautier in French with English translation, song by Hector Berlioz, sung by Eleanor Steber — Traeme / Mathilde Wesendonck in German and English, song by Richard Wagner, sung by Kirsten Flagstad — Anna Molnar / traditional…

August 24, 2025

The Tannhauser disaster / reviewed by Kit Van Cleave.

Critical review of the Houston Grand Opera’s production of Tanhauser.

August 24, 2025

Ticho Porly and Klara Barlow : trip the light fantastic with Tannh7.auser / interviewed by Ben Teague, Ann Gross, and Phil Cosgrove.

Two Tannhauser performers discuss the Houston production of the opera, and compare American to European concepts.

August 24, 2025