Voigt as Brünnhilde Met 2012 (Publicity photos)
"I don't want to set the world on fire":Voigt as Brünnhilde - Götterdämmerung, MET 2012
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
Wagner's 'Parsifal' Draws 5,000 in 4 Nights in Estonia
Parsifal: "So, do you come here often?"" An audience of around 5,000 applauded the National Opera production of Richard...
Monday, 29 August 2011
Verklärte Nacht, Schoenberg, Sinopoli
Off topic but it is a Bank Holiday after all
Watch Now: Beecham: A Play - 1990, Timothy West as Sir Thomas Beecham
I am presently listening to the rather incredible Beecham/Reiner 1937 Tristan und Isolde (Melchior/Flagstad) and doing so came across the fo...
Something you don't hear very often Part 1: Wagner's Polonia Overture
PART 1 Part 2 Orchestra of Polish Radio: Kawalla
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Saturday, 27 August 2011
A New London Ring Cycle? An interview with Ben Woodward
Ben Woodward Sometimes it would seem that there is a certain level of insanity in those who obsess, as many of us here can seem to do...
Friday, 26 August 2011
Watch Now: Valery Gergiev - Lizt, Tchaikovsky & Shostakovich
Gergiev, Matsuev, Capuçon in Annecy on medici.tv .
Wednesday, 24 August 2011
Nike Wagner criticises Bayreuth's new production of Tannhäuser & prophecies the end of a Wagner clan dominated Bayreuth
In an interview in Bunte, Nike Wagner (never shy of criticising Bayreuth it must be said) criticises Bayreuth's new Tannhäuser producti...
Free Tickets: Berliner Philharmoniker, Mahler’s Seventh Symphony, Simon Rattle, Friday 26 August (online)
Don't say the Wagnerian never offers you anything free - well, actually I'm not offering this just letting you know. These online c...
Tuesday, 23 August 2011
Katharina's Meistersinger goes off for a rest, next up Tristan
K Wagner: What could she have planned for poor old Tristan and Isolde? Not necessarily news but: Wednesday will not only be the last...
Monday, 22 August 2011
Das Rheingold, in a Church, in Fulham? August - Sept 2011
As you may have noticed, I love opera productions - and especially Wagner productions - "off the beaten track". Don't get me w...
Sunday, 21 August 2011
Watch Free: Glyndebourne The Turn of the Screw - 6:00pm 21/08/11 and then "On Demand"
Off topic but: For those who are living in a bunker - The Turn of the Screw live stream from Glyndebourne starts at 6:00 pm Click here...
The Wagnerian Weekly: 21/08/11 - Does Klaus Florian Vogt sing in the shower?
Vogt: Does he sing in the shower ? As normal, there is much in this that is not covered here on the site. This week includes: The ME...
Ruhr Triennale: Tristan und Isolde (New Production) August - Sept 2011
Willy Decker Willy Decker's last year as Director sees his new production of Tristan und Isolde. Given, as you no doubt are alread...
Friday, 19 August 2011
Das Rheingold: An analysis in notes, pictures and sound (full recording plus vocal score plus
This is wonderful. Found on youtube. A full analysis of the leitmotifs plus a vocal score. Pop to youtube and rate it if you like it. Perhap...
Watch Live: Claudio Abbado and the Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Bruckner 5 and Mozart "Haffner"
Watch Live tonight and on-demand for 30 days there after - free (Starts 18: 30. Press player/image below and countdown timer/play button wi...
Wednesday, 17 August 2011
Watch: Der Ring des Nibelungen for children (complete) Mariinsky Opera
This is wonderful - really! If you have children, or grandchildren, sit and watch this with them. Made freely available by Mariinsky Opera o...
Tuesday, 16 August 2011
Siegfried, The Met, Oct 2011, Overview and documentary of Siegfried's "3d" effects
Nothing really new but the première will soon be upon us and I thought it was time to up the details Lepage, discusses Siegfried plus ...
The Wagnerian's guide to the Gramophone Classical Music Awards 2011 - Wagner "related" entries only
Yes, it's that time again - Gramphone have announced this years shortlist. Ok, so there isn't any Wagner in the opera category and ...
Monday, 15 August 2011
Wagner on opera directors, conductors and artists
With Bayeuth's new "season" near completion there has been much discussion about opera productions -especially productions of...
Sunday, 14 August 2011
Watch Now: Cosi fan tutte Opera de Lyon 2011
Don't fancy paying 15 Euros for a Lohengrin with Mice? But still have an opera itch that needs scratching? How about another Cosi at the...
Bayreuth Stage Productions: "Yet in some respects this audience gets what it deserves"
"Yet in some respects this audience gets what it deserves. They (we) are a strikingly complicit bunch of fatcats. They watch themselves...
Friday, 12 August 2011
New Release: Janowski, Der Fliegende Holländer
I happen to be one of those people that thinks Janowski's 80's studio recording of the Ring Cycle is one of the better on record and...
An Introduction To Tristan und Isolde
Regular readers may have noticed that we like Tristan und Isolde - just a little. Frequent visitors may have also read and listened to the f...
MORE THAN JUST OPERA: WNO EXTRA
Press release: Welsh National Opera is offering more this autumn with its WNO Extra* series. Members of the public will have the chance ...
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Daniel Barenboim: First a Knighthood now the Nobel Peace Prize?
Source AFP Argentine-Israeli conductor Daniel Barenboim will be nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize for using music to bring peace to the Mid...
Exclusive: Longborough Opera, A Siegfried in Pictures - 2011
A few months ago, I brought you a picture feature of the SF Ring Cycle. At the time this rather "old fashioned" picture featu...
Wednesday, 10 August 2011
Wagner Transcriptions Volume 4: Die Meistersinger
This is from the press release. I have not listened to it yet so can't comment, although will try to shortly. Release Date: 30/08/11 ...
Valery Gergiev says the Mariinsky Theatre's 2nd stage WILL be ready by 2013
For those that have no idea what this is about a little background stolen from Wiki: The Mariinsky Theater Second Stage is a planned secon...
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