The Fantasy Operatic Never-Never...

[Prommer]

Hansel und Gretel under Sir Reginald Goodall (but would the dream pantomime ever finish?)
Die Meistersinger under Carlos Kleiber (just imagine the Wahn monologue!)

But then, what of those performances that did happen, but were not set down? A separate thread, please!

[Petrushka]

Never mind just Meistersinger - just imagine what Carlos Kleiber would have made of the Ring.

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Caractacus staged at the ROH (as Elgar requested), conducted by the composer.

[Prommer]

Freischutz conducted by Klemperer...

[Prommer]

Never mind just Meistersinger - just imagine what Carlos Kleiber would have made of the Ring.

Well, yes... He would have been at his best in the duets, Wotan-Fricka, Wotan-Brunnhilde, Waltraute-Brunnhilde, Brunnhilde-Siegfried....

If only.

[Barbirollians]

La traviata - with a young Callas/ a sober Bjorling and Barbirolli

[Zucchini]

Ian Bostridge as Otello

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Ian Bostridge as Otello

- naughty, zucchi; very naughty!

[Barbirollians]

Ian Bostridge as Otello

With Lesley Garrett as Desdemona ?

[Prommer]

Never mind just Meistersinger - just imagine what Carlos Kleiber would have made of the Ring.

The Mikado conducted by CK too? He told Peter Jonas that he wanted to do this, shortly after PJ left Chicago to return to the UK to run ENO... Can you imagine?

[Madame Suggia]

Gurrelieder or Lulu conducted by Horenstein

[Prommer]

Lulu conducted by Carlos Kleiber, the composer's son...

[Prommer]

Ariadne auf Naxos, conducted by Beecham.