{"product_id":"14128-wagnerian-conductors-mottl-felix-levi-hermann-schuch-ernst-von-sucher-joseph-original-cabinet-photograph","title":"[Wagnerian Conductors] Mottl, Felix. (1856-1911) \u0026 Levi, Hermann. (1839-1900) \u0026 Schuch, Ernst von. (1846 - 1914) \u0026 Sucher, Joseph. (1843 - 1908) Original Cabinet Photograph","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003eOriginal cabinet photograph of, from left to right, the Austrian conductor and composer Felix Mottl, Austrian conductor Ernst von Schuch, German conductor Hermann Levi, and Austrian composer and Director of the Berlin State Opera (1888-1899) Joseph Sucher. Photographed by Max von Rüdiger of Gotha. Lower area somewhat rubbed but otherwise in fine condition, a remarkable image. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e4.25 x 6.5 inches (10.9 x 16.6 cm).\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003eThe Austrian conductor and composer Felix Mottl assisted Hans Richter in preparing the first complete \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eRing Cycle\u003c\/i\u003e at Bayreuth in 1876, and himself conducted \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eTristan und Isolde\u003c\/i\u003e at Bayreuth in 1886. The German conductor Hermann Levi is also remembered as a close friend of Richard Wagner and the conductor of the first performance of \u003ci style=\"\"\u003eParsifal \u003c\/i\u003eat Bayreuth in 1882.  \u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e Specializing in the music-dramas of \u003c\/span\u003eWagner\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, Ernst von Schuch also led the original productions of the Richard Strauss operas \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eFeuersnot\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e (1901), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eSalome\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e (1905), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eElektra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e (1909) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eDer Rosenkavalier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e (1911) as well as the first German productions of operas by \u003c\/span\u003ePuccini\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eMascagni\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e, and the Dresden première of Wagner's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"\"\u003eParsifal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"\"\u003e on 24 March 1914, his last new production before his death on 10 May. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46093540524191,"sku":"14128","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0512\/4826\/7423\/files\/Mottl_Felix_Levi_Hermann_Cabinet_OP_14128_001.jpg?v=1722188709","url":"https:\/\/www.schubertiademusic.com\/products\/14128-wagnerian-conductors-mottl-felix-levi-hermann-schuch-ernst-von-sucher-joseph-original-cabinet-photograph","provider":"Schubertiade Music and Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}