BBC 3 to Broadcast Met and WNO Wagner in 2013

Along with Verdi and Britten, BBC Radio 3 will broadcast all of Wagner's dramas in  2013. Included will be Parsifal, with Jonas Kaufmann in the title role (March 2), Das Rheingold (April 6), Die Walküre (April 13), Siegfried (April 20) and Götterdämmerung (May 11), all live from the Met, as well as Lohengrin, broadcast live from Welsh National Opera (May 26).

A series of programs based around Wagner (and also  Britten and Verdi) will also be broadcast throughout 2013