Bayreuth has now completed its first cycle this year and every opera has been broadcast. But wait. What if you missed one? Don't worry, ...
Missed A Bayreuth Live Broadcast? Then Listen to them here - while you can
Sunday, 31 July 2011
Karajan audio feature, Mutter interview and Karajan live at the Salzburger Festspiele l1966
This is an article, documentry and interview with Mutter about Karjan from NPR in 2008. I found the Karajan live(Beethoven Symph 1) at Salz...
Saturday, 30 July 2011
Watch Free: Fleming, Thielemann, Vienna Philharmonic - Strauss @ Salzburg Festival
Edit: 08/08/11: Seems Medici have put this on their free "on-demand" service Good old Medici, what would we do without their fr...
Sick Of Mice & Biogas? Watch Valery Gergiev conduct Die Walkure (act 1) Plus Struass
The one I have to say I have been waiting for: Live from Verbier , at 6.00pm CET and ondemand for 30 days there after - free. With: Eva...
A None Review: Siegfried Longborough (LFO) 2011
"Friend Seidl tells us about the performance of Siegfried in Munich, which to judge by his report, must have been thoroughly bad - they...
Friday, 29 July 2011
Bayreuth: Why would anyone go for the music?
Kate Brown goes to Bayreuth on behalf of DW and finds much more than opera - or giant penises for that matter Bottoms up, Wagner The B...
Thursday, 28 July 2011
Romanticism vs. Modernism at the Royal Opera House
Given the"controversy" around newer productions at Bayreuth, I thought this extract from the late 90's BBC documentary about t...
Wednesday, 27 July 2011
Bayreuth 2011: 27/07/11 - Lohengrin - Listen Live and on demand there after.
I have been trying to keep only to Bayreuth Broadcasts from BR-Klassik. The reasons for this are as follows: The broadcasts are in a high ...
The Wagner Journal: Fancy a free copy guv?
Lets be honest, only rarely do composers get their own published, professional - and somewhat academic -Journal. Beethoven of course, Bach ...
Baumgarten blames lack of rehearsal time on Tannhäuser Boos? Bayreuth 2011
Tannhäuser fights for his "morals" - in his pants Really? It takes Baumgarten, according to an interview today, years to rehe...
Siegfried: Longborough Festival Opera - Review of the Reviews
Yes, it's that time again. The critics have digested their picnics, metabolised their no doubt unhealthy consumption of alcohol (I wil...
Tuesday, 26 July 2011
The Wagnerian on Facebook
We don't really like Facebook to be honest, however, as a lot of people do: The "Wall" is the most important part as it is s...
Where and when to listen to: Bayreuth 2011: Tristan und Isolde
"After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true. --S...
Monday, 25 July 2011
Bayreuth 2011: Tannhäuser - A Picture Feature. Watch while you listen
So, Sebastian Baumgarten's unveils his new production of Tannhäuser. If you are listening to this but cannot see it, I present a Speci...
Melchior and Easton: Siegfried Act 3 Scene 3 (1932)
Excellent quality. The youtube uploader has dated this as 1931 but as far as I am aware this should be dated 1932. If anyone could confirm...
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Kirsten Flagstad: "I am not a teacher:
Kirsten Flagstad's advice for young singers who want to sing Wagner. Recorded 1950
Israel and Wagner: Together at last?
"It was a very difficult and rocky path to get to this point," Paternostro said earlier at a news conference. "There wasn...
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