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Sebastian Weigle
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Sebastian Weigle (born 1961, in East Berlin) is a German conductor and horn player. He is currently Generalmusikdirektor of the Oper Frankfurt and principal conductor of the Yomiuri Nippon Symphony Orchestra. Biography: Weigle is a nephew of the conductor and music educator Jörg-Peter Weigle and the brother of the late violist Friedemann Weigle of the Artemis Quartet. Weigle studied at the Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" in horn, piano and conducting. In 1987 he founded the Berlin Chamber Choir, and later he led the New Berlin Chamber Orchestra. He was principal horn player in the orchestra of the Berlin State Opera for 15 years. He also was a member of the jazz orchestra "Vielharmonie" in East Berlin. In 1993, Weigle became chief conductor of the Junge Philharmonie Brandenburg. In 1997, he became Erster Staatskapellmeister of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. In 2003, Weigle was named "Conductor of the Year" by the German magazine Opernwelt, and subsequently won this award in 2005 and 2006. From 2004 to 2008, he was music director of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona. Weigle conducted a new production of Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at the Bayreuth Festival in 2007, staged by Katharina Wagner, as well as repeated performances in the following years. From 2008 to 2023, Weigle was Generalmusikdirektor (General Music Director) of the Oper Frankfurt. He conducted new productions of Daphne and Arabella by Richard Strauss, Korngold's Die tote Stadt, Reimann'
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Die Walkure: Act I Scene 1: Prelude
6732Die Walkure: Act I Scene 1: Wes Herd dies auch sei (Siegmund, Sieglinde)
4323Die Walkure: Act I Scene 1: Einen Unseligen labtest du (Siegmund, Sieglinde)
3544Die Walkure: Act I Scene 2: Mud' am Herd fand ich den Mann (Sieglinde, Hunding, Siegmund)
3155Die Walkure: Act I Scene 2: Friedmund darf ich nicht heissen (Siegmund, Hunding, Sieglinde)
2776Die Walkure: Act I Scene 2: Ich weiss ein wildes Geschlecht (Hunding)
2347Die Walkure: Act I Scene 3: Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater (Siegmund)
2198Die Walkure: Act I Scene 3: Schlafst du, Gast? (Sieglinde, Siegmund)
2079Die Walkure: Act I Scene 3: Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Siegmund, Sieglinde)
18010Die Walkure: Act III Scene 1: Hojotoho! Hojotoho!, "Ride of the Valkyries" (Die Walkuren)
179albums
Wagner: Die Walküre
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Sommer: Orchestral Songs
Wagner: Rienzi
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The Best Of Elina Garanca
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The Essentials: Mozart
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Die Feen: Große romantische Oper in drei Akten
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Mozart for Babies
Wagner: Siegfried
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100 Must-Have Movie Classics, Vol. 2