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I did not know that--I'd only read a couple of articles (granted, focussed on Dausgaard's Antikrist recording) that seemed to imply that Langgaard's music had really sunk into obscurity.  But yes, I see there are recordings of the symphonies conducted by Stupel and other recordings available.  Thanks for pointing them out.

Yes, the Mainz performance was in German (with a sprinkling of Latin) and the libretto rather strange.  On reading more about this composer it seems that he really was quite forgotten until Dausgaard championed recordings of his works.  I shall be investigating more of Langgaard's music.

I caught most of a broadcast today on deutschlandfunkkulture.de of the German premiere at the Staatstheater Mainz of a two-act opera titled Antikrist, by the Danish composer Rued Langgaard.  I had not previously heard of either this work or the composer but what I heard intrigued me.  There is a lot of information on this website dedicated to Langgaard:  http://www.langgaard.dk/musik/vaerker/antikriste.htm and there is a DVD available of a production from the Royal Danish Opera.  Any recommendations for further listening would be welcome.
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Should anyone have missed the BR-Klassik broadcast, it has been re-broadcast on OE1 and should be available for one week:
https://oe1.orf.at/programm/20180609/518138

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Not, unfortunately, a completed opera, but it will still be interesting to hear when it is broadcast by deutschlankfunkkultur.
http://seenandheard-international.com/2018/05/new-abandoned-liszt-opera-sardanapalo-premieres-in-weimar-in-august/
https://www.nationaltheater-weimar.de/de/index/spielplan/stuecke_staatskapelle/stuecke_details.php?SID=2221
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A composer  new to me, I must admit.  The broadcast is on Thursday 10 May at 20:05 CET.  I will unfortunately be unable to listen or record as I am travelling, and I do not know if this will be available on demand after tomorrow's broadcast.
https://www.br-klassik.de/programm/radio/ausstrahlung-1385294.html
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As it turns out, BR-Klassik has made this available on demand, at as least as of this afternoon when I checked.  There is also a detailed programme available at:  https://www.rundfunkorchester.de/media/Programmheft-3.-Sonntags-2017-2018.pdf (in German).
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Thank you so much!  It's a work completely unfamilar to me and I could have kicked myself for forgetting to tune in.
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I am annoyed at having missed Sunday's live broadcast of Gounod's "Le tribut de Zamora" from Munich.  Did anyone hear this?  I hope it will be available on demand but failing that will have to hope for a recording.
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I discovered too late    that this was broadcast live from Rome today with John Osborne in the title role.  I am hoping that someone managed to record it and can share a copy.
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Thank you!  Today there is a further broadcast from Martina Franca (Verdi's Un Giorno di Regno) http://www.radio3.rai.it/dl/portaleRadio/concerti/ContentItem-f3c9dc41-8209-44fc-8928-241de89934b9.html  and I have just found that the new Munich production of Weber's Oberon (a complicated production, I hear, from a friend who has seen it) is being videostreamed on ARTE in a few minutes http://concert.arte.tv/de/oberon (but will presumably be available on demand later).
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Hi,
(This is my first post.)  I completely forgot this was on today, so I add my hope to the above.
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