In this audio guide you may experience Richard Wagner in 100 minutes in his own words: Letters to his muse Mathilde Wesendonck, his wife Minna and to friends are interpreted by Regula Mühlemann, Chris Pichler, and Katharina Thalbach.

Wagner’s travel descriptions, love and farewell letters as well as his famous »Morgenbeichte« (morning confession) will accompany you during your travel through Switzerland. Photographs and maps provide additional information and ensure that you find the historical Wagner locations in Zurich and Switzerland easily.

The next Zurich Festival will take place from June 14th until July 14th 2013. On the occasion of Richard Wagner’s 200th birthday, the festival’s motto will be »Wagner in the Greenhouse«. Musical theatres, opera, spectacles, concerts, exhibitions, and discussions will focus on Wagner’s stay in Zurich.

Please enjoy also our new recording Im Treibhaus« (In the Greenhouse) from the»Wesendonck-Lieder« (Wesendonck Songs), WWV 91, No III
Text: Mathilde Wesendonck
Music: Richard Wagner
Elisabeth Kulman, mezzo-soprano
Eduard Kutrowatz, piano
Instrument: Erard grand piano of Richard Wagner
at Richard Wagner Museum of Lucerne.
 
You may find historical Wagner locations till this date: houses, trees, the view from Villa Wesendonck across the lake. A citywalk before a concert or at night, through the old town of Zurich between Napfgasse and Zeltweg leads the way to the beginning of the modern age. Here you will find first information on places where the componist lived and worked.