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Denhof Opera Company
The Denhof Opera Company was an Edinburgh-based professional opera company founded in 1910 by Ernst Denhof to perform Richard Wagner, Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen, The Ring of the Nibelung'' in English.Harold RosenthalDenhof Opera Company Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press It was the first major opera-performing Company to be established with a base in Scotland. After a series of financial losses it was taken over by Thomas Beecham in 1913 who used it as the basis for his Beecham Opera Company. The Denhof Opera Company was formed in 1910 by Ernst Denhof (1862-1936), an Austrian-born Swiss pianist, musical impresario and teacher based in Edinburgh in Scotland who was inspired by Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen, The Ring of the Nibelung'' cycles given at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in 1908 to give performances of ''The Ring'' in English in Scotland. Denhof hired The Scottish Orchestra augmented with players from London while many of the singers from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernst Denhof 1910
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