Theatrical Giulio Cesare from Dmitri Tcherniakov
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In 2025 the Salzburg Festival assembled a stellar cast and an exceptional
orchestra for Dmitri Tcherniakov’s challenging but compelling production of
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Der Ring des Nibelungen: Residential Summer School, Edinburgh 2012
As we get closer to 2013, the number of special events around Wagner and his works will obviously intensify. My intention is to begin to det... Read on →
Free Download: Preludes to "Die Meistersinger" & "Parsifal" Fritz Reiner 1938
Found over at the wonderful, and voluntary, Archive.org. Transfered from the Victor 78s. Free and in the public domain (well you wouldn... Read on →
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Marek Janowski) Now available.
A little late it would seem, I was under the impression that this was not due for release till the 16 January 2012 (at least in the UK) and... Read on →
Watch now (on demand) Pierre Boulez and the Orchestre de Paris play Schoenberg and Bartok (inc: Verklärte Nacht) 2 hrs 26
Slightly off topic I appreciate but I thought to good not to share and you do get Verklärte Nacht! Will remain available for about 6 months... Read on →
Vague Connection to Wagner No 1: Charles Kingsley - "Freya" 1852
Out of the morning land, Over the snow-drifts, Beautiful Freya came, Tripping to Scoring. White were the moorlands, And frozen bef... Read on →
UK Premiere of Jonathan Harvey's Opera around the last few moments of Wagner's death: "Wagner Dream" Sunday 29 Jan 2012
Premiered at the Grand Theatre Luxembourg on April 28, 2007, Jonathan Harvey's "Wagner Dream" (with a libretto by Jean-Claude... Read on →
German Union DGB, criticizes Bayreuth's ticket prices - after they lose their annual closed performances.
I wasn't going to report this, instead I was going to leave it till I compiled an article on all of Bayreuth's new changes to ticket... Read on →
Stuart Pendred to peform Hagen in LFO Götterdämmerung 2013
A newcomer to Longborough this year will be Stuart Pendred, singing Hagen in Götterdämmerung. Stuart trained as an actor and his career ha... Read on →
A brief explanation of Wagner's Ring Cycle Leitmotifs
Taken from the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD series, members of the Metropolitan Opera Brass section explain and demonstrate Wagner's u... Read on →
Wagner’s famous piano to be lost to Bayreuth once more?
The centre of the argument Bayreuth and Leipzig may not be such good bedfellows after all As everyone knows, King Ludwig II adored Wagn... Read on →
Video Lecture: "The Global Marketing of Wagner" Nicholas Vazsonyi
Another video lecture from Bayreuth as part of the Wagner Worldwide program. Here Vazsonyi expands and discuses some of the ideas in his b... Read on →
Watch Now: Marek Janowski discusses Wagner and PentaTone's new Wagner Edition.
Excellent interview. Enlightening and well worth watching. A must see in my opinion - especially for those interested in the controversies ... Read on →
Watch Now: Mozart Drama Documentary - 3 hours
UPDATE: I have been informed that people in some parts of the world are stopped by youtube from viewing. I would suspect that this is becaus... Read on →
Video lecture: "Gender and Wagner's Music" - Eva Rieger
Part of the Wagner Worldwide lecture series. Among other works, alas not all translated into English, Rieger is the author of Wagner's W... Read on →
Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Royal Opera House (ROH) Review Roundup
“Wahn, Wahn, überall Wahn” while Wagner – and indeed Schopenhauer if he had done so – was certainly using it in a very different way, it ... Read on →
LFO's Siegfried, Daniel Brenna, to make Bayreuth debut in 2013.
As regular readers maybe aware I was something of a fan of Daniel Brenna's very youthful Siegfried at LFO back in July.. With that in mi... Read on →
Sir John Tomlinson discusses the ROH revival of Meistersingers
. Photo by Clive Barda If there was only one reason to catch the ROH revival it would surely be the presence of Sir John. With that in mi... Read on →
Free audio book (listen online or download) Shaw's "The Perfect Wagnerite"
George Bernard Shaw This is part of the voluntary project known as Librivox and is in the public domain ( click here for information and... Read on →
René Kollo to go back on the road, this time reading from his new novel.
In case you missed, Rene Kollo - yes that Rene Kollo - has written his first novel. No, not a memoir, but a psychological thriller called, w... Read on →
Antonio Pappano discuss the ROH's Meistersinger, Ring Cycle, Tosca on TV and at last mentions Parsifal 2013
Pappano: "Is that an iceberg I see before me? The ROH marketing and press departments often remind me of an iceberg: big, slow and c... Read on →
Peter Coleman-Wright discuess being Sixtus Beckmesser in the ROH revival
From the Australian Times Will Fitzgibbon RENOWNED Australian baritone, Peter Coleman-Wright, does not have the air of a sour, narrow-mind... Read on →
An introduction and Audio review of the new Furtwangler sets on EMI plus "Hitler's Conductor"
An introduction to Furtwangler and a review of the new Wilhelm Furtwängler: The Great EMI Recordings (EMI: 9078782) From NPR. A little co... Read on →
Watch Now: Gundula Kreuzer's lecture on the new MET Ring Cycle (1 hr 30 mins)
A lecture which is part of Wagner Worldwide 2013. While interesting and intriguing for us Wagner "nerds" only I would suspect Gu... Read on →
17/12/11 - Free Broadcast: Lohengrin: Franz Völker, Maria Müller, etc Recorded 1942
Muller/Volker Bayreuth 1936 Lohengrin: Franz Völker, Elsa von Brabant: Maria Müller, Heinrich der Vogler: Ludwig Hofmann, Friedrich von Tel... Read on →
Christine Brewer: Brunnhilde, Beethoven and Strauss - A busy few months ahead
Dominant as ever in the concert hall this winter, Christine Brewer – styled “the ideal modern Wagnerian soprano” by the Los Angeles Times – ... Read on →
Toby Spence & Meistersinger von Nürnberg:"A little piece of self love"?
From today's "Independent" It never hurts an performerto have a little self-love. Take tenor Toby Spence, limbering up to s... Read on →
Robert Dean Smith leaves Wagner for an affair with an obnoxious American
Taken from an interview in Joplin Globe. For more follow the link at the bottom. Area man makes name on opera stages By Roger McKinney ... Read on →
Claire Rutter and Stephen Gadd: New Years Concert
While not even a little Wagner in sight, it is Rutter and Gadd (who was a fine Kurwenal at Grange Park earlier this year) after all - plus i... Read on →Watch Now: Bach: Matthäus Passion | Philippe Herreweghe & Collegium Vocale Gent
A little off topic - and season, but, as I love Bach's Matthaus Passion and Philippe Herreweghe's especially, it was such a surpris... Read on →
Maestro Jan Schantzenbach discusses the relationship between Wagner and Mozart
There are not as many novels whose central theme is opera as there are should be. There are even fewer about productions of Don Giovanni - a... Read on →
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