Interstellar Galactomic Nabucco
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The 2025 production of Verdi’s Nabucco recorded in the Arena di Verona is
nothing if not spectacular; visually and vocally. One might ask though if
it’s an...
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Watch Now: Minkowski Conducts Wagner, Beethoven. With Anne Sofie von Otter
Richard Wagner Faust Overture, WWV 59 Richard Wagner Wesendonck Lieder, WWV 91 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, ... Read on →
A First Timers Guide To Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen
Given the amount of Wagner that will be "out there" this year (in concert, on stage, on the radio and TV), there is every pos... Read on →
ROH Unveils 2013/14 season trailer. It has opera in it shock!
We were perhaps a little "critical" of the ROH 2012/2013 season trailer video. In our defence, this was because it contained n... Read on →
Richard Wagner Books To Be Published in 2013: A list and overview
Given that 2013 is Wagner's Bicentenary, it should come as no surprise that we should see a plethora of books about "the most writ... Read on →
Q&A with Jay Hunter Morris. Boston Wagner Society. May 6
Q&A with Jay Hunter Morris The Met’s Siegfried Moderated by WGBH Host Ron Della Chiesa Monday, May 6, 2013 6:00 p... Read on →
Goodall Ring Cycle In English & Why Wagner Wanted It That Way
A few people have emailed asking if this is available on Spotify. After much searching (Spotify's search algorithms are not always th... Read on →
Bayreuth Festival Names New Managing Director - Heinz Dieter Sense
Heinz Dieter Sense Eva Wagner-Pasquier and Katharina Wagner are to be joined by a new and third director atop the Green Hill as Heinz Di... Read on →
The 'Colón Ring' on film - sans Katharina Wagner
Press Release: At an Argentine production of Wagner's 'Ring,' there was plenty of behind-the-scenes drama. A documentary now... Read on →
Tolkien, Wagner, Nationalism, Modernity & Anarchism"
Found at the ISI Lecture Archive . A lecture from 2001 given by Dr. Bradley J. Birzer, Professor of History at Hillsdale College. Its full... Read on →
Random Youtube Comment Of The Month To A Wagner Video
First, and most likely last, in a new series. While comparing versions of "Heil dir, Sonne!" (which one must admit separates t... Read on →
BBC Radio 4 Documentary Series: Richard Wagner - Power, Sex And Revolution
A new two part documentary about Wagner from BBC Radio 4. Presented by Paul Mason, part one will broadcast 30 April at 11.30am. It will th... Read on →
Trailer And Introduction To WNO's Wagner Dream
June 6 will see the UK premiere of the first fully staged production of the late Johnathon Harvey's Wagner Dream. Below can be fo... Read on →
Images: Early set designs of WNO's Lohengrin
Antony Mcdonald's new production of Lohengrin for WNO will be set in 1840. Below, are some early set designs to give you an idea of what... Read on →
The Best Reproductions Of The Rackham Ring Cycle Prints Available?
As regular readers will be aware, we are producing a series of "flashbooks" for any interested reader featuring Rackham's 1908... Read on →
The Frankfurter Ring Now On DVD. Trailer
Due for release from April 29. Der Ring des Nibelungen Recorded live June/July 2012, Frankfurt Das Rheingold Terje Stensvold (Wotan), J... Read on →
Opera Awards 2014: Wagner dominates with Kaufmann and Stemme
While there may have been some controversial awards given, Wagner was more than well represented in the first ever International Opera Award... Read on →
Flying Dutchman’ as Played on Sight by a Bad Spa Orchestra...
I've always quite enjoyed it to be honest In 1925 Paul Hindemith wrote a short piece for string quartet that — when played well — pr... Read on →
Is It Still Too Soon to Like Wagner Again?
Logan K. Young Published in Classicalite One of the most irritating trends in contemporary musicology has to be the wholesale re-apprai... Read on →
Gods & Heroes. John Tomlinson: Weekend Masterclass, Lectures and Concerts. Wagner, Verdi & Britten
Should you have a free weekend in May this might be very much of interest. And by the sea as well... This also gives an excuse to add a cli... Read on →
New Wagner Boxset: The Great Wagner Singers
In a time when there is a "bucket load" of Wagner "cash in" CDs, the following sticks its head above the water a little ... Read on →
Siegfried: The Illustrated flashbook - Arthur Rackham
It has, it must be said, been sometime coming, but here is the third part in our series. To make up for the delay you could listen to, ... Read on →
MCO to stage "Mini-Ring". Hunter-Morris, Eaglan, Fink.
MINNESOTA CONCERT OPERA CASTS JANE EAGLEN, RICHARD PAUL FINK, JAY HUNTER MORRIS AND OTHER STARS FOR “MINI-RING” TO COMMEMMORATE WAGNER YEA... Read on →
Cosima Wagner: The Movie
Iris Berben. A German TV movie based around the life of Cosima Wagner and the Wagner family of her time, is to enter production later t... Read on →
All of Proms 2013 Wagner to be broadcast on BBC radio - but not on TV
Nina Stemme : Brünnhilde Of the rather fine series of full concert performance of Wagner's works to be performed at this years Pro... Read on →
Proms 2013. Wagner. Parsifal. Elder.
Sunday 25 August 4.30pm – c. 10.10pm Royal Albert Hall Choral music and opera EDIT: Following a number of emails from ... Read on →
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